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"How to ask the right questions"

'How to ask the right questions' will be a talk about the journey of learning to do research and asking yourself the right questions.

Biography

Wytske FokkensWytske J. Fokkens is Professor at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. Her main field of interest is sinus/skullbase surgery and mucosal pathology of the upper and lower airways. She is the secretary general of the ERS. She is the Chairman of the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps (EPOS). Dr. Fokkens is a member of the executive committee of ARIA, and workpackage and center leader of GA2LEN, the EU network of excellence. She is the author of more than 350 papers on rhinology and allergy that have been published in peer-reviewed journals. She has written a textbook on Rhinology: Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery, From the Lab to the Operating Room – An Evidence Based Approach, (Thieme ). Since 15 years she organizes an advanced sinus surgery course. She serves as Editor in chief of Rhinology and Associate Editor of Allergy and Clinical Respiratory Journal. Recently she received the EAACI Paul Ehrlich award for improving experimental research.  She is honorary member of EAACI, the Spanish and Roumanian Rhinologic Society. She is married and has three children.

 

Chair: Professor Martin Burton

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