Meet the 2022 Winners: James Kim and Matthew D. McGraw, MD
James Kim is an Freshman at NYU College of Arts and Science. He is majoring in Biochemistry and is Pre-Med. He has been a member of the NolanLab at NYU Grossman School of Medicine for the last three tears.
James is studying the microbiome of World Trade Center exposed firefighters that have developed lung disease. This work is being performed in the context of our Food Intake REstriction for Health OUtcome Support and Education (FIREHOUSE) randomized clinical trial and is funded by the CDC/NIOSH.
Dr. Matt McGraw is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY, USA. Dr. McGraw received his undergraduate degree from Bucknell University and his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Health Science Center in Syracuse. Following medical school, he completed his pediatric residency at the University of Virginia and his pediatric pulmonary fellowship at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He has been a member of the ATS since 2014 and a member of the Section on Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters since 2017. He has previously served the section as a member of the Nominating Committee (2019 to 2020) and representative to the EOPH Planning Committee (2019 to present).
As a physician scientist, Dr. McGraw’s research has focused on the mechanisms of abnormal airway repair after chemical inhalation injury. His ongoing projects include: (1) evaluation of airway basal cell regeneration in flavoring-induced lung disease, (2) risk assessment and molecular characterization of pulmonary responses to repetitive e-cigarette aerosol exposures, and (3) identification and development of novel antidotes for fibrotic lung disease following chemical inhalation. The goals of these projects are directly in line with the major goals of the Terrorism and Inhalation Disaster Section, which is ‘to advance current research effort in improving our understanding of pathophysiology and management of inhalation injuries.’
He is honored to receive this award and looks forward to his continued involvement within the Section.
Description:
This award recognizes a trainee (graduate student, post-doctoral fellow, clinical trainee) or early stage investigator (within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree and NOT still considered a student or presently in pre- or post-doctoral training program) for their abstract at the ATS International Conference related to TID. Awardees will be presented with a framed certificate at the ATS International Conference.
Eligibility:
- Nominees must be an ATS member
- Previous awardees are not eligible for the same award
- Abstracts must be submitted for review by the EOPH Assembly
Judging Criteria:
- Judging will be conducted by the EOPH program committee including TID delegates.
- The award will be selected based on the highest ranking abstract related to the work of TID that is submitted to an EOPH abstract category
- TID-related abstracts with trainee or early stage presenting authors that have scored highly by the EOPH program committee will be subsequently reviewed by the TID Executive Committee.
- The TID Executive Committee will score these finalist abstracts based on relevance to TID topics, quality of writing, novelty or importance, and TID member status of the presenting author.
