2021 Science and Innovation Center Webinars:

Lung Epithelial Damage and Repair; From Lung Cell Death to Epithelial Repair

Recorded: May 16, 2021, 10:00 am
Moderators: Jin-Ah Park, Ph.D., ATSF (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and Moumita Ghosh, PhD    (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado)
Speakers: Simon D. Pouwels, PhD (Department of Pulmonology, GRIAC Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands), Suzanne M. Cloonan (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City), Timothy N. Perkins, PhD, (Department of Pathology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)

Microbiome and Medicine: New multidisciplinary approaches to complicated infections in cystic fibrosis, obstructive lung disease, and critical illness

Recorded: May 16, 2021, 1:30 pm
Moderator: Benjamin T. Kopp, MD, MPH, ATSF (Nationwide Children's Hospital/ The Ohio State University)
Speakers: Lindsay Caverly, MD (Assistant Professor, Pediatric Pulmonology University of Michigan), Yvonne J. Huang, MD (Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan), and Robert Dickson, MD (Associate Professor, University of Michigan)

Enhancing Academic Partnerships with Industry: Collaborations, Careers, and Innovation 

Recorded: May 16, 2021, 3:30pm
Moderators: Joseph Arron MD, PhD (Vice President/Staff Scientist, Genentech Research), and Sumita B. Khatri, MD, MS (Cleveland Clinic, Director Asthma Center, Vice Chair Respiratory Institute)
Speakers: Benjamin T. Suratt, MD (Clinical Research Director, Early Development, Inflammation & Immunology, Sanofi), Joseph Arron MD, PhD (Vice President/Staff Scientist, Genentech Research), Anne Kasmar, MD MSc (Lead Medical Director, Early Clinical Development, Genentech), and Hector Ortega, MD, ScD (VP, Clinical Development, Gossamer Bio)

Innovations in Airway Stem Cell Usage for Studying Chronic Lung Diseases

Recorded: May 17, 2021, 10:00 am
Moderator: Benjamin T. Kopp, MD, MPH, ATSF (Nationwide Children's Hospital/ The Ohio State University)
Presenter: Finn Hawkins, MB BCh (Boston University)

Sustaining a Research Career in the Peri-pandemic Era: Funding, Networking, and Guidance for the Early Career Professional

Recorded: May 18, 2021, 1:30 pm
Moderators: Sana Siddiqui, PhD (LakePharma, Inc.), Lucas Donovan, MD, MS (University of Washington), and Rachel Kohn, MD, MSCE (University of Pennsylvania)
Speakers: Roya Kalantari, PhD (Division of Lung Diseases; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health), and Vaishnavi Kundel, MD (Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY)
Panelists: Susan Bartlett, PhD (Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology McGill University Senior Scientist with the Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation McGill University Health Centre), Dean Sheppard, MD (Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep, Director, Lung Biology Center), and Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCFP, FCCP, PCAHS (Scientific Director, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, University of Alberta Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Public Health at the University of Alberta)

Quantitative Physiology: Modern Imaging Tools for Tackling Timeless Questions

Recorded: May 18, 2021, 3:30 pm
Moderators: Kim Prisk (University of California, San Diego), Puja Kohli (Massachusetts General Hospital), and Farbod Rahaghi (Harvard University)
Speakers: Tilo Winkler, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School), Eric A. Hoffman, PhD (Professor of Radiology, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Iowa), Michal Schafer (Pediatrics-Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado), Susan R. Hopkins, MD, PhD (Professor of Medicine and Radiology, University of California, San Diego), Jan De Backer, MsC, PhD (CEO, Fluidda), and Merryn Tawhai (Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand)

2020 Science and Innovation Center Webinars:

Improving the Quality and Reproducibility of Flow Cytometry in the Lung
Moderator: Anne Sperling, PhD, ATSF (University of Chicago) and John Alcorn, PhD (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh)
Discussants: Elizabeth Redente, PhD (National Jewish Health); Benjamin Singer, MD, ATSF (Northwestern University); Robert M. Tighe, MD (Duke University)

Beyond Alum and Capsular Polysaccharides
Moderator: Alexa Pragman, MD, PhD (Minneapolis VA Medical Center)
Discussants: Elizabeth Norton, PhD (Tulane School of Medicine); Jay Kolls, MD, ATSF (Tulane School of Medicine)

Lung Regeneration
Moderator: Elizabeth Redente, PhD (National Jewish Health) and David Lagares, PhD, MSc (Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Massachusetts General Hospital)
Discussants: Purushothama Rao Tata, MSc, PhD (Duke University School of Medicine)

Use of Big Data in Translational Research
Moderator: Valerie Press, MD, MPH, ATSF (University of Chicago Medicine)
Discussants: Philip A Verhoef, PhD, MD, ATSF (Kaiser Permanente Hawaii) & Matthew Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD, ATSF (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Role of Cytokines in Lung Cancer Progression
Moderator: Rajkumar Savai, PhD (Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research)
Discussants: Seyed Javad Moghaddam, MD (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)

Getting to Endotypes in the Study of Complex Diseases  
Moderator: Carrie Pistenmaa, MD (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Discussants: Stephanie Christenson, MD, MS (University of California, San Francisco)Craig Hersh, MD, MPH, ATSF (Brigham and Women's Hospital) andPratik Sinha, MB BCh, PhD (Washington University) 

SIC Webinar: Executive Coaching
Moderator: Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD (University of Pittsburg)
Discussants: Jeffrey Kaplan, MD (The University of Pennsylvania) 

SIC Webinar: AI in Healthcare and Research
Moderator: Michael O’Sullivan, PhD (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health)
Discussant: Jason Bates, PhD (University of Vermont) and Blanca Camoretti-Mercado, PhD (University of South Florida)

Science and Innovation Center (SIC) Podcasts:

Exploring the Benefits of Participating in ATS - a PhD Perspective and panel discussion

Moderator: Elizabeth Redente, PhD (National Jewish Health)
Panelists: Melanie Koenigshoff, MD, PhD, ATSF (University of Colorado); Scott Randell, PhD (Universiry of North Carolina); Samantha Yeligar, MS, PhD (Emory University) 

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