Cass Byrnes is a Professor of Paediatric Population Health, in the Paediatric Department at the University of Auckland and a Paediatric Respiratory Specialist at the Starship Children & Kidz First Hospitals.
She leads research in prevention of disease and disease progression that occurs with acute respiratory tract infection in early childhood. She seeks to improve health equity especially for M?ori and Pasifika children. Her clinical care is focussed in acute respiratory infections, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis and asthma.
GAN gratefully acknowledges funding from the University of Auckland and Wellcome (Grant number 203919/Z/16/Z) as well as sponsorship from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline that has helped to make the GAN Symposium 2024 possible. We thank the speakers and the organisations they represent for their contributions including securing their own funding to enable their participation. The Symposium programme was developed independently by the GAN Steering Group.
Professor Emeritus Innes AsherUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Dr Karen BissellUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Dr Sainimere BoladuaduaUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Professor Cass ByrnesUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Professor Chen-Yuan ChiangInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseTaiwan |
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Professor Asma El SonyEpidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) for Public Health, Research and DevelopmentSudan |
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Dr Sunia FoliakiMassey UniversityNew Zealand |
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Professor Luis Garcia-MarcosUniversidad de MurciaSpain |
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Dr Shami JayasooriyaUniversity of SheffieldUnited Kingdom |
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Professor Refiloe MasekelaUniversity of Kwazulu-NatalSouth Africa |
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Professor Eva MoralesUniversidad de MurciaSpain |
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Professor Kevin MortimerUniversity of Kwazulu-NatalSouth Africa |
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Professor Neil PearceLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom |
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Professor Helen ReddelGlobal Initiative for AsthmaAustralia |
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Dr Sarah RylanceWorld Health Organization |
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Dr Sabrina SapsfordUniversity of AucklandNew Zealand |
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Dr Nishtha SinghAsthma BhawanIndia |
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Dr Marie StolbrinkLiverpool School of Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom |
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