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PAIR Center at ATS 2025: American Thoracic Society International Conference
San Francisco, CA May 16, 2025
Featured PAIR Center Researchers
George Anesi
Catherine Auriemma
Christopher Chesley
Lizbeth Gomez
Scott Halpern
Michael Harhay
Joanna Hart
Meeta Prasad Kerlin
Rachel Kohn
Kimberly Lactaoen
Alexander T. Moffett
Emily Moin
Alexander Ortiz
Alana Schreibman
Gary Weissman
About
Please join us at the 2025 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in San Francisco, CA.
The schedule of our team’s presentations and awards is listed below.
For more schedule details, visit https://ats2025.d365.events/.
Saturday, May 17
4:30 PM
Opening Ceremony
J Randall Curtis Humanism Award
Scott Halpern
Sunday, May 18
11:30 AM
A35 VACCINATIONS, COVID AND OTHER TOPICS IN RESPIRATORY INFECTIOUS DISEASE (Thematic Poster Session)
George Anesi, Lead Facilitator
11:30 AM
A36 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION PATIENT EXPERIENCE, HEALTH SERVICES AND OUTCOMES (Thematic Poster Session)
Rachel Kohn, Facilitator
11:30 AM
A41 IMPROVING POST-ICU OUTCOMES AND ELIMINATING DISPARITIES (Thematic Poster Session)
Christopher Chesley, Lead Facilitator
12:00 PM
MD9 USE OF IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TO ADVANCE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IN CRITICAL CARE (Mid-Day Symposium)
Implementing Nudges to Promote Utilization of Low-Tidal Volume Ventilation in ARDS
Meeta Prasad Kerlin
2:15 PM
A90 LEVERAGING ONE HEALTH TO PREPARE FOR EMERGING PATHOGENS AND PANDEMICS (Scientific Symposium)
George Anesi, Chair
COVID-19 Origins: Scientific, Apolitical Assessments of the Natural Transmission and Lab Leak Theories
George Anesi
2:15 PM
A94 DISPARITIES IN COPD, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, LUNG CANCER SCREENING AND OTHER AREAS (Mini Symposium)
Behavioral Economic Strategies to Promote Cardiovascular Clinical Trial Enrollment Among Underrepresented Populations: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Rachel Kohn
7:15 PM
ATS Section on Terrorism and Inhalation Disasters (TID) Annual Meeting
George Anesi, Chair
Monday, May 19
11:30 AM
B45 ICU HEAD TO TOE: NON-PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE DILEMMAS (Thematic Poster Session)
George Anesi, Facilitator
2:15 PM
B92 AJRCCM, NEJM, JAMA DISCUSSIONS ON THE EDGE: REPORTS OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED CRITICAL CARE RESEARCH (Scientific Symposium)
JAMA Embargoed until May 18
Emily Moin
2:15 PM
B93 COPD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (Mini Symposium)
The Effect of a Post-bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second to Forced Vital Capacity Ratio < 0.7 on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: A Regression Discontinuity Design
Alexander Moffett, Scott Halpern, Gary Weissman
Tuesday, May 20
9:15 AM
C16 ASTHMA TREATMENT, HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, AND DISPARITIES (Mini Symposium)
The Relationship Between Individual-level Versus Neighborhood-level Social Determinants of Health Measures and Asthma-related Emergency Department Visits: The Penn Airways Disease EHR-based Study (PADES)
Alana Schreibman, Gary Weissman
9:15 AM
C17 DELIRIUM, DISPARITIES, AND DISABILITY: ADVANCING EQUITY IN CRITICAL ILLNESS OUTCOMES (Mini Symposium)
Patient Preferred Language and Deep Sedation During Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Alexander Ortiz, Christopher Chesley, Gary Weissman
9:15 AM
C22 BIG DATA AND TECHNOLOGY IN RESPIRATORY MEDICINE (Poster Discussion Session)
The Undertreatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2012 (#708)
Alexander Moffett, Scott Halpern, Gary Weissman
Accrual of Hospital-free Days After Lung Transplant Before and After the 2017 Lung Allocation Policy Change (#712)
Fawaz Naeem, Catherine Auriemma
Evaluation of Asthma Status Classification Consistency in Electronic Health Records by Asthma Specialist Review Versus Rules-based Algorithms (#724)
Kimberly Lactaoen, Gary Weissman
11:30 AM
C33 LATE BREAKING AND LUNG SHAKING ABSTRACTS (Thematic Poster Session)
Comparative Effectiveness of Asthma Monoclonal Antibody Therapy in Adults: An EHR-based Propensity-Score-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study (#P667)
Lizbeth Gomez, Gary Weissman
11:30 AM
C36 ICU PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT: POLICIES, PHARMACOLOGY, AND EDUCATION (Thematic Poster Session)
Rachel Kohn, Lead Facilitator
11:30 AM
C37 ADVANCING ARDS SCIENCE: FROM THE BENCH TO THE BEDSIDE (Thematic Poster Session)
Intensive Care Unit Level Variability in Prone Positioning for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Within a Large Academic Health System (#P477)
William Hartz, Meeta Prasad Kerlin
11:45 AM
Plenary Session
Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science
Michael Harhay
Wednesday, May 21
8:15 AM
D5 RACE & GENETIC ANCESTRY: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT AND BIOLOGY (Scientific Symposium)
Christopher Chesley, Chair
8:15 AM
D13 CURRENT RESEARCH IN CRITICAL AND ACUTE CARE (Mini Symposium)
Characteristics and Prognosis of Patients Experiencing Recurrent ICU Admissions
Emily Moin, Scott Halpern
8:15 AM
D15 VOICES IN THE ICU: NAVIGATING COMMUNICATION, CONSENT, AND CARE AT LIFE’S EDGE (Mini Symposium)
Catherine Auriemma, Moderator
11:00 AM
D102 IMPORTANT TOPICS IN CRITICAL AND ACUTE CARE (Poster Discussion Session)
Measurement Error in Hospital-free Days After Prolonged Acute Mechanical Ventilation (#518)
Emily Moin, Scott Halpern, Catherine Auriemma
Awards & Recognition
ATS Fellow 2025
Meeta Prasad Kerlin
ATS Fellow 2025
Rachel Kohn
J Randall Curtis Humanism Award
Scott Halpern
Jo Rae Wright Award for Outstanding Science
Michael Harhay
Nominating Committee of the BSHSR Assembly
Joanna Hart
Underrepresented Trainee Development Scholarship
Alexander Ortiz
Vice Chair of the Health Equity and Diversity Committee
Christopher Chesley