2020 ATS Fellows Announced
Congratulations to the 2020 class of ATS Fellows, recently announced on the ATS website!
With recognition at the ATS International Conference, on the ATS website, and in member publications, the ATS Fellow designation is a mark of distinction, honoring members for their accomplishments, dedication, and contributions to the Society, as well as to the fields of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. For questions, refer to the ATS Fellow FAQs.
Special Opportunities for Early Career Professionals Now Open
Student Scholars Program -an opportunity for a select group of motivated students to attend ATS 2020. Learn more and apply.
Fellows Track Symposium - provides fellows (adult and pediatric) with an orientation to the sessions most relevant to them at ATS 2020. Learn more and apply.
New Faculty Boot Camp - a two-day course specifically designed for trainees and early faculty members transitioning to academic positions in pulmonary, critical care, or sleep research and education. Learn more and apply.
Pediatric Resident Development Scholarship - designed to introduce pediatric residents to clinical and research advances in respiratory diseases that affect infants, children, and adolescents at the ATS International Conference. Learn more and apply.
Deadline: Feb. 17, 2019
Minority Trainee Development Scholarship– designed to increase representation of underrepresented groups, as defined by the NIH, in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine research. Learn more and apply now.
Deadline: Feb. 24, 2019
Assembly Apprenticeship Programs Accepting Applications!
The ATS Assembly Apprenticeship Programs are designed to provide early career assembly members with an opportunity to get a "behind the scenes" look at the operations of the Planning and Program Committees. Under the mentorship of a committee member, apprentices will develop skills for evaluation of abstracts, and the development of committee projects, and may even be able to graduate into full committee membership in the year following apprenticeship.
Currently, 12 ATS Assemblies are offering Apprenticeship Programs:
Allergy, Immunology & Inflammation (AII)
Behavioral Science and Health Services Research (BSHSR)
Clinical Problems (CP)
Critical Care (CC)
Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH)
Nursing (NUR)
Pediatrics (PEDS)
Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)
Pulmonary Infections and Tuberculosis (PI-TB)
Respiratory Cell & Molecular Biology (RCMB)
Respiratory Structure and Function (RSF)
Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN)
For more information contact Nicole Feijoo, Assembly Programs Coordinator.
Deadline: Jan. 15, 2020.
Asthma Modules Available – CME Provided by the ATS!
There’s still time to increase your knowledge about asthma and severe asthma and gain up to four CME credits!
The American Thoracic Society and the American Academy of Family Physicians have partnered to bring you a four-module online education program that spans proper diagnosis of asthma and severe asthma, patient communication strategies to increase treatment adherence and maintain control, evidence- based and case-based planning for diagnosis and treatment and lastly, an overview of the current clinical trial data on the safety and efficacy of existing targeted therapies.
Funded by educational grant support from GSK and AstraZeneca.
ATS Scholar: Call for Submissions Now Open
The American Thoracic Society is accepting submissions to ATS Scholar, its fourth journal, led by Nitin Seam, MD, the new editor-in-chief. ATS Scholar is an online, open-access, education-themed journal, and we are soliciting original research articles, reviews, perspectives, videos, and other high-quality submissions in the following areas:
- Career Development and Leadership Training
- Communication Skills
- Culture and Environment of Learning
- Curricular Innovations
- Education Technology
- How to Teach Clinical Topics
- Interprofessional Education
- Patient Education
- Procedural Training
- Simulation
- Quality Improvement and Implementation
- Teaching Skills
Please submit to: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/atsscholar
Feel free to email Dr. Seam with questions about potential submissions.
