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Two UWA academics have been recognised by the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ).

Professor Philip Thompson, Director of the Centre for Asthma, Allergy and Respiratory Research has been awarded the most prestigious award from TSANZ - The Society Medal.

This is awarded annually to the Society member who has contributed most to the promotion of respiratory medicine and science in Australia and New Zealand.

Winthrop Professor Fiona Lake, who holds the Eric Saint Chair in Medicine, was also awarded the TSANZ 50 ^th Anniversary medal for Education at the TSANZ recent annual scientific meeting in Darwin.

Thoracic medicine includes the study and treatment of lung and other respiratory diseases.

Pneumonia, whooping cough and other respiratory diseases are still rife in Australia, despite a common perception that they belong to the last century.

Infectious lung diseases have a big impact on Australians, with respiratory infections being the major cause of morbidity and mortality among elderly people and Indigenous populations.