American Thoracic Society

Don't wait to submit! The ATS is accepting the submission of scientific abstracts and case reports on all aspects of respiratory disease, critical care, and sleep medicine. Abstracts can report on basic, translational, and clinical science research; epidemiologic, social, biobehavioral, and psychosocial investigations; or educational and quality improvement projects. If selected for publication in the Online Abstract Issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM), the person who presents the abstract must register for ATS 2025, May 18-21, 2025 in San Francisco. Abstract submission deadline is 5pm Nov. 26, 2024. #ATS2025 #pulmonary #criticalcare #sleepmedicine #science #research #abstracts #conference #SanFrancisco https://lnkd.in/dtccF_6

American Thoracic Society Provides Tips for Hospitals to Manage IV Fluid Supply Amid Shortage https://lnkd.in/emU9-8dh

Funding is available for early career investigators to support your research in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine! Check out our eight partner grants: https://lnkd.in/e2VqqeGM. 1. ATS/ALA Commemorative 120th Anniversary Joint Research Award 2. ALA/ATS/CHEST Respiratory Health Equity Research Award 3. ATS/Alpha-1 Foundation Young Investigator Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 4. ATS/Chiesi USA, Inc. Research Grant in Obstructive Lung Disease 5. ATS/Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Research Grant in Nasal High Flow 6. ATS/Margaret W. Leigh/PCD Foundation Early Career Investigator Award 7. ATS/Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Grant 8. ATS Early Career Investigator Award in Pulmonary Vascular Disease Three important notes: 1. You will be required to pass an eligibility quiz to gain access to the application. 2. No letter of intent required. 3. Apply by Dec. 16.

?? ?? Register now for Part II of "Best of ATS- Clinical Abstracts". The Pulmonary Circulation assembly will discuss some of the most impactful clinical research abstracts presented at ATS. When: Thurs Oct. 17, 2024 at 2PM EST. https://lnkd.in/g3ErrbAx

Looking for your input for #ATS2025 by tomorrow: The ATS Networking Super Center subcommittee is now accepting proposals for next year's International Conference. Successful proposals will promote interactivity and engagement, support diversity and inclusion, and are relevant to members seeking to enhance their careers. Submit yours now at: https://lnkd.in/g6SGMftV. ?? The deadline to submit is 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Submit now!

#MembershipMonday: Did you know the interests of ATS members are represented by 14 specialty-focused Assemblies and three Sections? Join as a member and find your speciality community: https://lnkd.in/eg6yw-wt. ATS Assemblies on: 1. Allergy, Immunology, and Inflammation (AII) 2. Behavioral Science and Health Services Research (BSHSR) 3. Clinical Problems (CP) 4. Critical Care (CC) 5. Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH) 6. Nursing (NUR) 7. Pediatrics (PEDS) 8. Pulmonary Circulation (PC) 9. Pulmonary Infections and Tuberculosis (PI-TB) 10. Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) 11. Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB) 12. Respiratory Structure and Function (RSF) 13. Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN) 14. Thoracic Oncology (TO) ATS Sections on: 1. Genetics and Genomics (GG) 2. Medical Education (ME) 3. Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters (TID)

#BREAKING WEBINAR: ATS Secretary Michelle Ng Gong, MD, ATSF, today led a webinar with leading critical care experts to discuss ATS Guidance:10 Steps for Hospitals Facing Intravenous Fluid Shortages (IVF). Also joining were Shazia Jamil, MD, Charles Dela Cruz, MD, PhD, ATSF, Hallie Prescott, MD, MSC, and Todd Rice, MD, MSC. https://lnkd.in/eqEeF6km

Ahead of Indigenous Peoples’ Day tomorrow, here is a deeper look at the historical impact of respiratory tract infections in Native Americans. Full excerpt from “Particle Exposure and the Historical Loss of Native American Lives to Infections” in the ATS American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, https://lnkd.in/exB8-zX7: “Beginning in the 15th century, interactions with Europeans resulted in a cataclysmic decrease in the population of peoples indigenous to the Americas. In addition to deliberate killings and wars, Native Americans died in massive numbers from infections endemic among Europeans. Much of this was associated with respiratory tract infections, including smallpox, tuberculosis, measles, and influenza (1, 2). In these disease outbreaks, mortality among infected Europeans was significant, but deaths were even greater, proportionately, among affected Native Americans (e.g., the mortality of smallpox could be 20–50% among Europeans, but entire tribes of North American Indians were eliminated by the same viral infection) (1, 2). The disproportionate effect of infections on Native Americans has been attributed to disparities in resistance as a result of the microbe being introduced into an immunologically naive population. However, members of numerous societies exposed to these pathogens had no prior exposure to the contagion and did not display mortality rates equivalent to those of Native Americans after the same infection (e.g., smallpox) (1). It has also been proposed that increased susceptibility of the Native Americans to these infectious diseases could be attributed to genetic influences, but no heritable factors have been identified thus far.” 1. Bianchine PJ, Russo TA. The role of epidemic infectious diseases in the discovery of America. Allergy Proc 1992;13:225–232. 2. Bianchine PJ, Russo TA. The role of epidemic infectious diseases in the discovery of America. Allergy Proc 1992;13:225–232.

Announcing ATS Medical Education Research Grant Programs: https://lnkd.in/exNQFigq! These two grants are designed to support the implementation and evaluation of novel educational approaches for biomedical health professional trainees, students, and/or patients: - Section on Medical Education (SoME) Research Grant: one grant available, $5,000/year. - ATS-Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors (APCCMPD) Joint Medical Education Research Grant: one grant available, $10,000/year. The Medical Education Research Grant Programs reflect the ATS Board of Directors’ commitment to developing outstanding educators in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Please note the full application deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET, Nov. 4.

Latest guidance from ATS: 10 steps for hospitals facing intravenous fluid shortages, https://lnkd.in/eNrygFX8. Recent hurricanes, #HurricaneHelene and #HurricaneMilton, have put patients' lives in jeopardy due to IV fluid shortages. ATS is providing guidance on how health care systems can address the shortage. First five steps: 1. Convert patients to oral rehydration and oral medications as appropriate. 2. Reconfigure electronic health record to guide appropriate prescribing. 3. In areas that pre-spike fluids for cases consider using a “just-in-time” approach to eliminate waste. 4. In areas that warm fluids, balance having enough against wasting fluids discarded due to time in warmer. 5. Consider routine reassessment of need for IVF orders.