Events

During this event, Leslie Engel, MPH Associate Director of the ATS Research Program and Kamran Atabai, MD the Chair of the ATS Scientific Grant Review Committee, will discuss funding opportunities from the American Thoracic Society. We will be joined by Christina Eckhardt, MD, MS who is the Chair of the EOPH Early Career Professionals Group and a current recipient of the ATS Research Grant in Interstitial Lung Disease.

Join us for the third session in the "Grant Writer's Toolkit" webinar series. This session will feature Maria Brancato, BA, National Director of Awards and Grants at the ALA, Ciara Shaver, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University and member of the ATS Scientific Grant Review Committee, and Jeffrey Curtis, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan and VA physician scientist. This webinar is designed to guide researchers as they navigate early career funding opportunities.

Join a panel of experts to discuss key topics including work authorization and visa sponsorship, advocacy in IMG immigration public policy, career development and strategies to build community and well-being for IMG physicians.

This webinar will bring together experts in pulmonology, radiology, and thoracic surgery to discuss the natural history of subsolid nodules, current knowledge gaps, and future directions. The discussion will focus on defining clinically significant growth, determining optimal surveillance strategies, establishing intervention thresholds, and exploring the role of non-surgical biopsies and biomarkers in clinical decision-making.

Join us for our annual Lung Aging Working Group retreat featuring two expert presentations on lung aging and cellular senescence. The event will feature Natalia Vanegas, PhD from The Ohio State University and Jonathan Baker, PhD from King’s College London.

Authors of the paper will be joined by an expert panel to discuss the effects and role of inspiratory muscle training in difficulty to wean ICU patients

A moderated interview discussing the role of advocacy through the ATS and in local environments with a focus on early career professional opportunities.

Join us for a journal club presented by Margaret Freeberg, PhD (Virginia Commonwealth University) who will discuss a publication on “Transglutaminase 2 Knockout Mice are Protected from Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis with Preserved Lung Function and Reduced Metabolic Derangements” in Physiological Reports. We will be joined by discussion panelists Ana Mora, MD (Ohio State University) and Victor Thannickal, MD (Tulane University).

The Section on Genetics and Genomics is pleased to announce a Journal Club (JC) on the paper “Convergent and Divergent Immune Aberrations in COVID-19, Post-COVID-19-Interstitial Lung Disease, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis” presented by first author, Bochra Tourki, PhD.

Join us for a journal club presented by Matt Nizamoglu, PhD who will discuss a publication on “Three dimensional fibrotic extracellular matrix directs microenvironment fiber remodeling by fibroblasts” in Acta Biomaterialia. We will be joined by discussion panelists; Amanda Tatler, PhD (University of Nottingham) and Daniel Weiss, MD, PhD (University of Vermont).