Chest’s 86th President Takes Office
Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP, has taken office as the 86th president of the American College of Chest Physicians (Chest).
Jack D. Buckley, MD, MPH, FCCP, has taken office as the 86th president of the American College of Chest Physicians (Chest).
The American Lung Association Research Institute awarded $13.6 million in research grants to fund 129 projects to advance science and lessen the burden of lung disease.
The American College of Chest Physicians and the Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors launched the 2024 Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship and are accepting applications for the mentor position.
To address urgent and critical lung health challenges, the American Lung Association has launched the American Lung Association Research Institute.
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Read MoreThe American Lung Association has launched its Patient & Caregiver Network to support over 34 million Americans diagnosed with COPD, asthma, and other lung diseases.
Read MoreThe American Thoracic Society is partnering with three health systems in the US to improve adult vaccination rates.
Read MoreThe American Lung Association has issued a statement in response to the EPA’s proposed updates to the NAAQS for Fine Particulate Matter.
Read MoreNov 16 is World COPD Day, the annual global initiative to raise awareness and present new knowledge and novel therapeutic strategies for COPD.
Read MoreEach year on August 1st, the global respiratory community recognizes World Lung Cancer Day as a way to increase awareness and resources to fight the disease that accounts for 1-in-4 cancer deaths.
Read MoreThe GOLD 2022 report updates evidence for blood eosinophil counts as biomarker in subset of patients with COPD.
Read MoreThe COPD Foundation has promoted Ruth Tal-Singer, PhD, to president & CEO. Dr. Tal-Singer has served as the organization’s president & chief scientific officer since 2020.
Read MoreOn World No Tobacco Day, May 31, international lung health groups are raising concerns over Big Tobacco’s impact on environmental health and ultimately lung health.
Read MoreThe COPD Foundation introduced PIVOT, Patient Inspired Validation of Outcome Tools, — a patient-centric framework that will support the coordination of activities for developing, validating, and qualifying biomarkers and clinical outcome assessments that evaluate the benefit of treatment approaches in COPD, bronchiectasis, and NTM lung disease.
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