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2026 AII Assembly Abstract Scholarship Awardee Presentations (Part 1)

  • When

    Tuesday, September 29 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm EST
  • Where

    Online
  • Type

    Assembly Webinars & Podcasts
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AII Assembly abstract scholarship awardees at ATS 2026 will share their research findings. Speakers will be Erica Orsini, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic "Chronic Exposure to Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Virulence Factors Suppress PIEZO1 to Impair Bacterial Clearance in Cystic Fibrosis", Puja Mehta, MBBS, PhD, Yale University "The Bronchoalveolar and Systemic Immune Landscape in Post-Covid-19 Residual Lung Abnormalities (RLA)", Vaibhav Upadhyay, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco "Lactate From the Gut Microbiome Fuels Lung Mitochondria and in Excess Contributes to Lung Injury", and Yun Zhang, MB, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine "AI-Powered Imaging Analysis Combined With Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Reveal Unique Immune Patterns Linked to Emphysema Progression". We will be joined by Anne Sperling, PhD, University of Virginia, and Michelle Manni, PhD, University of Pittsburgh.