Mark Spears's Avatar

Mark Spears

@mspears.bsky.social

Chest physician with a research interest in ILD. Based in Perth, UK.

117 Followers  |  276 Following  |  7 Posts  |  Joined: 17.08.2024  |  1.5783

Latest posts by mspears.bsky.social on Bluesky

Ok, we are now open in Tayside, and 2 patients in already!

28.08.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

First sites (UK only sadly) should open to recruitment Spring 2025

22.11.2024 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Investigator meeting done! Excited about our starting our new study TETON PPF with United Therapeutics.

19.06.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Napoli's Scottish midfielder #8 Scott McTominay (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A football match between Napoli and Empoli FC at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples on April 14, 2025. Napoli's Uruguayan defender #17 Mathias Olivera fights for the ball with Empoli's Italian forward #99 Sebastiano Esposito.

Napoli's Scottish midfielder #8 Scott McTominay (R) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the Italian Serie A football match between Napoli and Empoli FC at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium in Naples on April 14, 2025. Napoli's Uruguayan defender #17 Mathias Olivera fights for the ball with Empoli's Italian forward #99 Sebastiano Esposito.

Napoli are crowned Serie A champions.

Goals from Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku made sure of it on a dramatic final day

They finish just one point ahead of Inter to win the fourth league title in their history.

23.05.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 742    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 18
Preview
Disseminated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presenting with polyarthritis and endocarditis A 25-year-old man presented with cervical lymphadenopathy, night sweats, and weight loss, leading to a diagnosis of stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (ABC type) with mediastinal and cardiophrenic ...

Disseminated Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection presenting with polyarthritis and endocarditis - The Lancet Infectious Diseases www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Interesting case presentation. Poor chap as well, but at least he is getting better now

27.03.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image Post image

We are hiring!

We have a fully-funded 2-year T32 post-doc slot to study spatial biology in lung regeneration.

Background in data visualization useful but not required.

If you’re interested or know of anyone, please get in touch or pass along!

RaredonLab.com

Description & teasers attached:

26.01.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
DR NZ Dr Euan MacDonald moves to Rotorua in New Zealand to work in the city’s hospital. An Dr. Euan DΓ²mhnallach a' dol gu Sealann Nuadh, a dh' obair san ospadal ann an Rotorua.

Lovely to see my old trainee working in NZ. Excellent programme. And in Gaelic! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

28.12.2024 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interesting work, and I look forward to how this influences future research in the area.

03.12.2024 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of AJRCCM

Cover of AJRCCM

Really cool! our β€œSingle-Cell Analysis Reveals Novel Immune Perturbations in Fibrotic Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis” made it to cover of the American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. Kudos to soon to be #DoubleDoc Amy Zhao & crew!! #BestStudents www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....

16.11.2024 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

First sites (UK only sadly) should open to recruitment Spring 2025

22.11.2024 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
South West trust awarded Β£2m NIHR funding for global first respiratory study The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has received Β£2m from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) for research into a health condition that adversely affects ...

Ever wondered if steroids do more harm than good in Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis? Don’t worry, the trial that is needed is on the way!

rdn.nihr.ac.uk/news/south-w...

22.11.2024 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@mspears is following 20 prominent accounts