ATS RSF Assembly
Welcome to the official account of the ATS Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function (RSF)!
- 💻 Inside the Editorial Office: Peer Review and Editorial Board Training for Early Career Scientists 📅 1 pm ET, 10th February 2026 ⏰ 60 minutes 🔗 tinyurl.com/y8zrz6ae Join the ATS PBTS Working Group, Larissa Shimoda, PhD, and Andrew Halayko, PhD, for a behind-the-scenes look at how journals work ✍️
- 💻 Preclinical Tools for Respiratory Diseases: Investigating Lung Structure and Function in Discovery Pipelines 📅 4pm ET, Monday, 2nd February 2026 This live webinar will feature 2025 Ann Woolcock Memorial Award winner, Chantal Donovan, University of Technology Sydney. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4jas3zs4
- ✍️ APPLY NOW: Are you a PhD postdoc or early-career PhD faculty who is ready to thrive in academic medicine? Apply now for admission to the PhD Scientist Track, which is part of the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 2/2/2026 📩 #ATS_PhD 🔗 tinyurl.com/55pffs43
- 👋 Say hello to Gaurav Singh, a PhD Candidate at Toronto Metropolitan University. Gaurav’s research focuses on the development of innovative imaging biomarkers for COPD, specifically through the use of low dose CT images to identify pulmonary vascular remodeling. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2p8mh37
- Join us for a Journal Club 📚 💻 Cell-Population Resolved Multiomics Analysis of the Developing Lung 🗓️ Friday, 2026 Jan 30, 3-4pm ET 📢 Mereena George Ushakumary, PhD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/cell-...
- Science communication in an era of skepticism — practical strategies from experts in public health, policy & #SciComm research. Featuring Jonathan Samet, Mary Rice & Santiago Gisler. 📅 Feb 26 | 1:30pm ET 🔗 thoracic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- DEADLINE EXTENDED: Are you a PhD postdoc or early-career PhD faculty who is ready to thrive in academic medicine? Apply now for admission to the PhD Scientist Track, which is part of the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 2/2/2026 📩 #ATS_PhD 🔗 tinyurl.com/55pffs43
- 📢 Early Career RSF Members, consider applying to the Apprenticeship Program! See what Dr Peter Niedbalski, current program chair elect, has to say about his experience as an apprentice! This is an excellent way to learn about the work of our committees. ⏳ Deadline: February 6, 2026
- 📢 ATS Assemblies Apprenticeship Programs – Now Open! The Apprenticeship Programs offer in-person, conference-based activities and virtual opportunities designed to give early career members a behind-the-scenes look at how ATS Assemblies operate. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yzrtesna
- 🚨 The ATS Assemblies Mentoring Programs are now accepting mentors and mentees for the highly popular ATS Mentoring Programs, which pairs early to mid-career professionals with seniors Assembly members. Apply here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4jw2rpys Deadline is March 6, 2026.
- 📣 Vote now for your Assembly Leaders! Program Committee Chair-Elect: 🗳️ Nicholas Jendzjowsky, PhD, MSc,BSc 🗳️Markus Weckmann, PhD Nominating Committee Members: 🗳️Ramaswamy Krishnan, PhD 🗳️Jill Johnson, PhD 🗳️Richard Johnston, PhD, ATSF Voting closes Jan 30, 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4hzcc8ht
- DEADLINE EXTENDED: Are you a PhD postdoc or early-career PhD faculty who is ready to thrive in academic medicine? Apply now for admission to the PhD Scientist Track, which is part of the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 1/12/2026 💥 #ATS_PhD 🔗 tinyurl.com/55pffs43
- Introducing Dr Laith Ayasa, a PDF at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Dr Ayasa’s research involves multidisciplinary management approaches to complex airway diseases, focusing on custom airway prostheses, robotic bronchoscopy and pleural disease management. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yssew9vp
- Are you a US or international PhD postdoc or early-career PhD faculty who is ready to thrive in academic medicine? Apply soon for admission to the PhD Scientist Track, which is part of the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 1/5/2026 ⏰ #ATS_PhD 🔗 tinyurl.com/55pffs43
- 👋 Are you a US or international PhD postdoc or early-career PhD faculty who is ready to thrive in academic medicine? Apply now for admission to the PhD Scientist Track, which is part of the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 1/5/2026 #ATS_PhD 🔗 tinyurl.com/55pffs43
- Meet Kayla Williams, a PhD Candidate at Oregon Health & Science University. Kayla’s research explores the complex relationship between maternal obesity and offspring asthma, focusing on nutritional interventions to prevent transgenerational programming of obesity and asthma. 🔗 tinyurl.com/43u9pfp9
- Introducing Dr Naoya Tanabe, a Lecturer at the University Graduate School of Medicine in Kyoto, Japan. Dr Tanabe’s research focuses on the pathogenic differences and functional influences of airway mucus plugs in type 2 and non-type 2 airway diseases 🫁 Find out more here: tinyurl.com/3h6kw2xj
- Welcome Ekamdeep Sandhu, an MSc Candidate at McMaster University in Canada. Ekamdeep’s research leverages advanced quantitative lung imaging to characterize mucus plugging in asthma, and investigate therapeutic responses to biologics and airway clearance therapies 💊 More here: tinyurl.com/4chpcbs7
- Are you a US or international PhD postdoc or early-career PhD faculty who is ready to thrive in academic medicine? Apply now for admission to the PhD Scientist Track, which is part of the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 1/5/2026 #ATS_PhD 🔗 tinyurl.com/55pffs43
- 📢 ATS Assemblies Apprenticeship Programs – Now Open! The Apprenticeship Programs offer in-person, conference-based activities and virtual opportunities designed to give early career members a behind-the-scenes look at how ATS Assemblies operate. 🔗 tinyurl.com/yzrtesna
- Teaching Competition Program – applications now open! This multi-Assembly competition allows junior educators to showcase their teaching/presentation skills at the 2026 ATS International Conference. Awards: 🥇1st Place: $750 & feature article 🥈2nd Place: $250 🔗 tinyurl.com/2vn3u9kv ⏰6th Feb 2026
- Meet Dr Sophie Collins, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Dr Collins’ research explores cardiorespiratory structure-function, exertional dyspnea, and exercise limitations in airway/vascular disease🏃♀️ craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...
- The 2026 ATS New Faculty Boot Camp will have tailored sessions for the Basic (PhD) Scientist track. For the first time, non-US/Canadian residents can apply for admittance to the 2026 Basic (PhD) Scientist track! Registration details coming soon for 2026 #ATS_PhD 🔭 Details here: tinyurl.com/4cuv6u67
- 🏆RSF Assembly Awards—Nominations open now until December 31st! We welcome you to submit nominations for the RSF Assembly Awards to recognize individuals making outstanding contributions. The RSF Assembly is pleased to offer awards across all career stages. For more info: tinyurl.com/4mhhz4at
- Meet Dr Riaz Hussain, a Research Fellow at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr Hussain’s research utilizes hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI to assess lung ventilation in cystic fibrosis, with a focus on using ventilation defect % as a biomarker 🎯 #ECP More here: tinyurl.com/4fyp2a65
- Do you know of an exceptional colleague who has made outstanding contributions and achievements in pulmonary disease, critical care, and sleep health? Nominate them for an ATS Respiratory Health Award! Learn more about these awards: tinyurl.com/5a5tjdvw ⏰ October 17th, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4x7j6p
- 💻 Asthma Under the Microscope: A Study on the Single Cell Spatial View of the Airway Wall 📅 11am ET, 2025 October 20th ⏰ 60 minutes 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vyydd57
- NEXT WEEK: Upcoming webinar hosted by the ATS RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group: Bridging Gaps Between Basic Science and Clinical Applications 📅 Tuesday, 9/16, 2 p.m. ET 🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/prote... See you there!
- The 2026 ATS New Faculty Boot Camp will have tailored sessions for the Basic (PhD) Scientist track. For the first time, non-US/Canadian residents can apply for admittance to the 2026 Basic (PhD) Scientist track! Registration details coming soon for 2026! #ATS_PhD Stay tuned: tinyurl.com/4cuv6u67
- 💻 The Role of Airway Smooth Muscle in Deep Inspiration Induced Bronchodilation and Bronchoprotection by 2025 Joseph R Rodarte for Scientific Distinction Award winner, Chun Seow, PhD, ATSF from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation. 📅 9th October 2025 ⏰ 2pm-3pm ET 🔗 tinyurl.com/y2r54bee
- 🚨The ATS is now accepting the submission of scientific abstracts and case reports on all aspects of respiratory disease, critical care, and sleep medicine. Submissions are due on November 5th, 2025: conference.thoracic.org/program/call.... Check out the RSF ECP Working Group’s abstract guide below
- 👉 Check out ECP Highlight, Dr Debanjali Dasgupta, a Research Associate at Mayo Clinic. Dr Dasgupta’s research focuses the interaction between airway inflammation and organelle stress, with a focus on TNFA-mediated mitochondrial remodeling. More here: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...
- Say hello to Dr Jazmin Calyeca, a Research Scientist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr Calyeca’s research focuses on how aberrant repair alters the phenotype and function of epithelial stem cells and mesenchymal cells in paediatric airway surgery and disease. Find out more: tinyurl.com/282a2ez8
- Upcoming webinar hosted by the ATS RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group: Bridging Gaps Between Basic Science and Clinical Applications 📅 Tuesday, 9/16, 2 p.m. ET 🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/prote... See you there!
- 💻 Journal Club: Asthma and Lower Airway Disease 🗓️ 11am-12pm ET, 9th September 2025 Carli S. Koster, MSc, University of Groningen, will present on their work, "Neuroplasticity and Neuroimmune Interactions in Fatal Asthma" published in Allergy. Register here: tinyurl.com/myuvza62
- Upcoming webinar hosted by the ATS RSF Early Career Professionals Working Group: Bridging Gaps Between Basic Science and Clinical Applications 📅 Tuesday, 9/16, 2 p.m. ET 🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/prote... See you there!
- 🚨All ATS members are invited to submit an application for a new or renewal project before August 4, 2025, 11 p.m. ET. Assembly/Committee projects are a core Society activity and provide guidance to the global community regarding topics important to ATS members. Submit here: tinyurl.com/3w757ccf
- Welcome Dr Sanjana Mahadev Bhat, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Mayo Clinic. Her research focuses on uncovering the regulation of mitochondrial dynamics and function in the airways, particularly in ASM cells and chronic airway disease. For more: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...
- Congratulations to Dr Aleksandra Babicheva and colleagues on their recent publication describing a novel and critical role of store-operated calcium entry and STIM1/Orai1 in TGF-β1-induced endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human lung endothelial cells. www.pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40331589/
- Introducing Dr Thu Tran, Assistant Professor from McGovern Medical School at the Health Science Center at Houston. Dr Tran’s research explores the molecular mechanisms underlying lung injury affecting neonates and their long-term outcomes. For more: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...
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- Congratulations to Ann Woolcock Memorial Award 2025 winner - Chantal Donovan🏅from the University of Technology Sydney nominated by Brian Oliver. This award honors the life of the late Ann Woolcock, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., A.O., of Sydney University.
- Congratulations to 2025 Solbert Permutt Trailblazer Award in Pulmonary Physiology and Medicine winner - Janette Burgess from the University of Groningen🏆nominated by Markus Weckmann. This award honors Solbert Permutt, an intellectual giant who also served as inspirational mentor for many trainees.
- Congratulations to Joseph R. Rodarte Award for Scientific Distinction 2025 winner - Chun Seow from the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation🥂nominated by Andrew Halayko. This award honors the life of Joseph Rodarte, M.D.
