Events

The Pulmonary Rehabilitation Assembly Journal Club continues its Landmark Studies Celebration and Reflection Series. This session highlights the 30-year anniversary of “Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Endurance Training in Patients with COPD” (Maltais F, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1996;154:442–7). Dr. François Maltais will join as VIP guest, with expert insights from Drs. Richard Casaburi and Martijn Spruit.

AII Assembly abstract scholarship awardees at ATS 2025, Shiqi Zhang, MB, MD, PhD, Divya Bhatia, PhD, MPhil, MS, Nathanial Tolman, MEd, MD, and Ruihua Ma, BS, MS will share their research findings, joined by an expert panelist, Benjamin Medoff, MD.

A panel will discuss the landmark Nature Immunology study, “A single-cell spatial chart of the airway wall reveals proinflammatory cellular ecosystems and their interactions in health and asthma” published in June 2025. This study applied advanced single-cell spatial transcriptomics to map the human airway wall and uncovered previously unrecognized proinflammatory niches, providing critical insights into how distinct cellular ecosystems contribute to asthma pathology.

AII Assembly abstract scholarship awardees at ATS 2025, Luke Forde, BM BCh, Adam Boulton, PhD, MS, BS, and Samuel Mailhot-Larouche, MD, MSc, will share their research findings, joined by an expert panelist Jeffrey Sturek, MD, PhD.

A panel will discuss, How To Conduct a Needs Assessment for a Med Ed Grant Application.

During this seminar, we will discuss a case of post TB lung disease (PTLD) and go over epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment implications with two global leaders in PTLD. Presenter, Mansi Chaturvedi, MD, University of Maryland/NIH, moderator, Jerry Zifodya, MD, MPH, TM, Tulane University, experts, Celso Khosa, PhD, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Dr. Brian Allwood, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa.

A brief presentation on cryotherapy in Pediatrics and how to get training on the cryoprobe followed by an expert panel discussion on various aspects of cryotherapy including benefits and how to set up and get institutional buy in for new centers.

We will review the recently published ZENITH trial, followed by a discussion led by expert panelists.

The ATS 2026 Call for Scientific Abstracts and Case Reports is now open. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 5.

This webinar will bring together thought leaders from the Japanese Respiratory Society (JRS) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to discuss advances in multi-omics approaches and their applications in respiratory research. Featuring presentations from Dr. Bowler (ATS G&G, Cleveland Clinic) and Dr. Edahiro (JRS, Osaka University).