Shaping the Future of Respiratory Care: A Look Into the Next Decade and Strategic Recommendations by the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airways Diseases

Authors

• Xander Bertels, Ghent University
• Glenis K. Scadding, Royal National ENT Hospital
• Vibeke Backer, Copenhagen University
• Susanne Lou, Charité Universitätsmedizin
• Wytske J. Fokkens, University of Amsterdam
• Peter J. Barnes, Imperial College London
• Manuel Bernal Sprekelsen, University of Barcelona
• Leif Bjermer, Skane University Hospital
• Michael Blaiss, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
• Elena Borzova, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
• Marie-Charlotte Brüggen, Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE)
• Guy G. Brusselle, Ghent University Hospital
• Lars Olaf Cardell, Karolinska Institutet
• Diego M. Conti, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Marjolein Cornet, Alrijne Hospital
• Eugenio De Corso, UOC Otorinolaringoiatria, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS
• Bernard De Groeve, IMEC
• Ratko Djukanovic, University of Southampton and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
• Adam T. Fox, Evelina London Children's Hospital
• Mina Gaga, Hygeia Hospital, Marousi, Greece
• Philippe Gevaert, Ghent University
• Peter Gibson, University College London
• Claudia L. Gray, University of Cape Town
• Joseph Han, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion UniversityFollow
• Liam Heaney, Queens University Belfast
• Enrico Heffler, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital
• Hans Jürgen Hoffmann, University of Aarhus
• Claire Hopkins, King's College London
• Daniel Jackson, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
• Outi Jauhola, Helsinki University Hospital
• Milos Jesenak, Institute of Clinical Immunology and Medical Genetics, Department of Pulmonology and Phthisiology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Martin, Slovakia
• Pål Johansen, University of Zurich
• Ekaterina Khaleva, University of Southampton
• Basile Landis, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genèv
• Stella Lee, Harvard Medical School
• Valerie Lund, Royal National Ear, Nose, Throat and Eastman Dental Hospital
• Mika Mäkelä, Helsinki University Hospital
• Marinda McDonald, The Allergy Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Erik Melén, Karolinska Institutet and Sachs’ Children and Youth Hospital
• Joaquim Mullol, Universitat de Barcelona
• Antonio Nieto-García, La Fe University Hospital
• Ian Pavord, University of Oxford
• Anju Peters, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• David Price, Observational and Pragmatic Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore
• Santiago Quirce, La Paz University Hospital
• Dermot Ryan, University of Edinburgh
• Pernilla Sahlstrand-Johnson, Skåne University Hospital
• Sophie Scheire, Ghent University
• Peter Schmid-Grendelmeier, University Hospital of Zurich
• Sven Schneider, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vienna, Austria
• Brent A. Senior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Catherine M.E. Shire, Patient Advisory Board, The European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway diseases, Brussels, Belgium
• Peter K. Smith, Griffith University
• Zsolt Szépfalusi, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Comprehensive Center Pediatrics
• M. Thijs A. Teeling, The European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases
• Michael E. Wechsler, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health
• Philippe Houssiau, Novo Holdings
• Klaus F. Rabe, LungenClinic Grosshansdorf (member of the German Center for Lung Research [DZL]), Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Grosshansdorf, Germany
• Peter W. Hellings, University Hospitals Leuven
• José Luis Castro, World Health Organization, Genèva, Switzerland

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2026

DOI

10.1016/j.chest.2025.12.043

Publication Title

Chest

Volume

169

Issue

6

Pages

1641-1652

Abstract

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) remain 1 of the leading causes of preventable morbidity and disability worldwide, affecting up to one-third of the total Western population in 2025. Recognizing the substantial burden of inflammatory airway diseases such as asthma, COPD, chronic rhinosinusitis, and respiratory allergy, the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA) organized the symposium “Shaping the Future of Respiratory Care” in April 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, at the occasion of the 10-year jubilee. Featuring keynote speakers from the World Health Organization and EUFOREA, this initiative had the following aims: (1) promoting dialogue on translating innovations into daily clinical practice; (2) encouraging collaboration between the different stakeholders in the respiratory field; and (3) defining strategic priorities to transform respiratory care and arrest the CRD epidemic over the next decade. The symposium highlighted the importance of moving toward predictive, preventive, and patient-centered medicine, while supporting value-based health care systems to improve long-term patient outcomes. This report summarizes the main insights and strategic directions discussed at the meeting.

Rights

Copyright © 2026 American College of Chest Physicians.

This is an open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO (CC BY IGO) License.

Original Publication Citation

Bertels, X., Scadding, G. K., Backer, V., Lau, S., Fokkens, W. J., Barnes, P. J., Sprekelsen, M. B., Bjermer, L., Blaiss, M., Borzova, E., Brüggen, M. C., Brusselle, G. G., Cardell, L. O., Conti, D. M., Cornet, M., De Corso, E., De Groeve, B., Djukanovic, R., Fox, A. T.,…Castro, J. L. (2026). Shaping the future of respiratory care: A look into the next decade and strategic recommendations by the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases. Chest, 169(6), 1641-1652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2025.12.043

Repository Citation

Bertels, X., Scadding, G. K., Backer, V., Lau, S., Fokkens, W. J., Barnes, P. J., Sprekelsen, M. B., Bjermer, L., Blaiss, M., Borzova, E., Brüggen, M. C., Brusselle, G. G., Cardell, L. O., Conti, D. M., Cornet, M., De Corso, E., De Groeve, B., Djukanovic, R., Fox, A. T.,…Castro, J. L. (2026). Shaping the future of respiratory care: A look into the next decade and strategic recommendations by the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases. Chest, 169(6), 1641-1652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2025.12.043