Meet the 2026 Awardee: Janine Gote-Schniering, PhD
Janine Gote-Schniering, PhD is a SNSF Starting Grant Assistant Professor at the Lung Precision Medicine Program at the Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern, and principal investigator at the Clinic for Rheumatology and Immunology at the University Hospital Bern in Switzerland. Since 2023, she has led an interdisciplinary research program focused on chronic inflammatory and fibrotic lung diseases. She obtained her PhD in Biomedical Imaging from ETH Zurich and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Zurich and the Helmholtz Center Munich, where her work developed at the interface of immunology, lung biology, and imaging-based precision medicine. Her research integrates fundamental and translational approaches to uncover the mechanisms underlying impaired lung regeneration and pulmonary fibrosis. A central focus of her work is how immune ageing disrupts regenerative cellular networks and promotes fibrotic remodeling of lung tissue. Dr. Gote-Schniering has made key contributions to the Human Lung Cell Atlas, where she helped define cellular phenotypes and circuits driving lung regeneration and fibrogenesis. Methodologically, her research combines high-resolution imaging, AI-based radiomic analyses, single-cell multi-omics, and human 3D tissue models. Through this integrative approach, she bridges mechanistic discovery with translational research, including the development of imaging-based precision medicine strategies for patient stratification and treatment response assessment.
Description
This award recognizes an early-career faculty member with exemplary achievements in a scientific area of interest to the AII Assembly who demonstrates clear promise for a future of sustained productivity and whose primary appointment is outside of the United States or Canada. A single awardee is selected per year. The awardee will receive a framed certificate, and their work will be briefly highlighted at the Assembly Membership Meeting. There is no monetary award for this recognition.
Qualifications
- The bulk of the awardee’s research or academic activity should have been performed outside of the United States or Canada.
- The awardee must be a Primary or Secondary AII member.
- The awardee must be an Instructor, Assistant Professor, or equivalent (e.g., Lecturer, Privat Docent, junior professor) at the time of nomination.
- Nominees must be ≤ 12 years from their terminal doctoral degree (PhD) or completion of medical fellowship training (MD, MD/PhD). Individual waivers of the time rule will require a written statement as to the reason for the waiver and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- Previous awardees are not eligible for the same award.
Nominations
- Nominations must be submitted by AII Primary or Secondary Assembly members. If this is the major barrier to nomination, please contact the ATS AII Planning Chair.
- Significant involvement in sister/brother societies related to pulmonary health (e.g., ERS) will be considered.
- Please submit a completed nomination form summarizing the nominee’s contributions in their area of expertise and why you believe they demonstrate clear promise for ongoing productivity/achievement.
- Upload the nominee’s NIH Biosketch or equivalent research CV (limit 5 pages). Ensure that the Biosketch or CV accurately reflects all the activities listed on the nomination form.