Early Career Professionals Working Group
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 Vaccine Initiative Advisory Panel
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).
Ph.D. and Basic and Translational Scientist Working Group
The mission of the ATS Ph.D. and Basic and Translational Scientist Working Group is to advocate for science and discovery by promoting basic/translational research throughout all channels of the ATS.
We are committed to highlighting and supporting basic and translational scientists, with a particular focus on the unique perspectives and contributions of Ph.D. scientists, to enhance and promote the overall ATS mission, driving innovations in global health by advancing scientific discoveries, enhancing patient care, and strengthening public health via research of pulmonary disease, critical illness, and sleep disorders. Ph.D. and basic/translational scientists bring indispensable skill sets to tackle important scientific challenges, and are a critical component of the overarching ATS goals to further scientific discovery.