Each year, European Respiratory Society (ERS) presents a number of prestigious awards to recognise the achievements of a select group of leaders in the field of respiratory medicine. Dr Joanna Pepke-Zaba, PhD, FRCP, consultant respiratory physician at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge UK, director of Pulmonary Vascular Diseases Unit 2003-2019. She was instrumental in organization of pulmonary hypertension (PH) service in UK specifically the National Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) program. She is affiliated with University of Cambridge and her research is concentrating on the translational programs in the field of PH with focus on CTEPH and PAH. She has trained generations of research fellows, serves on various scientific, educational, international boards and societies, is section editor of The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. She has published over 200 papers, h index 61.
