Working Groups

The PI-TB Early Career Professionals (ECP) Working Group focuses on helping trainees and junior faculty become more involved in the PI-TB Assembly and ATS. The ECP Working Group meets on a bi-monthly basis and helps facilitate several programs intended for early career members. The programs include:

• Pulmonary Infection Network of Experts (PINE) webinars which highlights different pulmonary infections in an interactive case presentation format with comments from field experts
• Apprenticeship program which facilitates introductory involvement in different PI-TB committees including program committee, planning committee and web committee
• Mentoring program to pair early career members with mentors at the ATS International Conference
• The Assemblies Teaching Competition at the ATS International Conference to showcase teaching skills
• Ongoing projects and initiatives to promote networking and develop educational content for members

For more information, click on links below:

• PINE Webinars
• Apprenticeship Program - The program will reopen in Winter!
  
• Mentoring Program - The program will reopen in Winter!
• Teaching Competition
• GET INVOLVED! - Register to express interest in serving on ATS-wide and Assembly Committees, Working Groups and projects

ATS is one of six specialty societies to be awarded a grant from the CMSS and CDC to increase COVID-19, influenza, and routine vaccination rates among high-risk adult patients nationally while fostering a culture of vaccination advocacy and promotion within ATS and among the pulmonary community.

ATS is partnering with and funding eight health care systems across the United States over the course of the award to test and implement strategies to improve vaccine uptake using a Quality Improvement approach.

The ATS Vaccine Initiative Advisory Panel was created to provide guidance on ATS Vaccine Initiative, a grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) and the CDC. It is composed of a diverse, passionate team of ATS members with expertise in a broad array of disciplines including: infectious disease, clinical practice, vaccinology/immunology, basic and clinical research, behavioral science, and nursing to provided knowledge and guidelines for the ATS Vaccine Initiative. The panel also includes patient/family representatives to provide the patient-centered perspective.

More information on the ATS Vaccine Initiative is here.

If you are interested in the ATS Vaccine Initiative, please reach out to Amy Stern, MHS (astern@thoracic.org) or Anna Hrovat, MPH (ahrovat@thoracic.org).