ATS Public Advisory Roundtable (PAR) to Host chILD Patient Education Day

Join the American Thoracic Society (ATS), PAR partner the chILD Foundation, and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center on September 15, 2018 for a patient education day addressing interstitial lung disease. The event will feature a number of pediatric pulmonologists and other experts. It is being held in conjunction with the “chILD Week at the ATS” program as part of Lung Disease Week at the ATS.

This event is free and open to patients and their families as well as to the interested public. Please RSVP by September 10, 2018 to (Mr.) Courtney L. White director, Patient Outreach & Tobacco Control.

When: 10:00am-2:00 pm ET, Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018

Where: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
3333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229
Meeting Room: D2.40

The American Thoracic Society’s Family of Journals: Basic Science, Translational, and Clinical

To further the Society’s mission to improve health worldwide by advancing research, clinical care, and public health in respiratory disease, critical illness, and sleep disorders, the Society’s three peer-reviewed journals—the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, and the Annals of the American Thoracic Society—publish groundbreaking research, clinical reviews, workshop reports, and statements and guidelines relevant to adult and pediatric pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:  publishes high-quality original papers, reviews, and clinical trials in respiratory, critical care, and sleep medicine to foster advances in translational research and clinical practice.

The American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology: publishes papers that report significant and original observations in the area of respiratory and lung cell biology. Its focus includes cellular, biochemical, molecular, developmental, genetic, and immunologic studies in health and in acute and chronic disorders related to the respiratory system and sleep.

Annals of the American Thoracic Society: publishes original clinical, epidemiological, and health services research related to respiratory, sleep, critical care medicine, and population health. The journal also aims to educate pulmonary, sleep, and critical care providers about clinical care, and publishes commentary on public health, environmental health, global health, health policy, and medical education/training relevant to ATS members.

Together, the journals publish the latest advances in basic science, translational and clinical research, clinical trials, state-of-the-art reviews, perspectives, clinical guidelines, and report on the education and development of adult and pediatric respiratory health professionals.

Registration Open for NIH Workshop on Single IRB Resource and Infrastructure Development

NIH will be holding a public workshop on successful strategies and lessons learned for modifying and enhancing institutional IRB infrastructure for single IRB review of multi-site studies.
The “Final NIH Policy on the Use of a Single Institutional Review Board for Multi-Site Research,” establishes the expectation that the domestic sites of all NIH-funded multisite studies involving non-exempt human subjects research will use a single Institutional Review Board.

NIH previously funded seven administrative supplements that provided one year of support to develop widely applicable approaches for modifying and enhancing institutional IRB infrastructure and related resources to allow for efficient and effective single IRB review of multi-site studies. This workshop will bring together those awardees to share the innovative strategies they have developed.

When: September 12, 2018

Where: Online and at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Rockville, 1750 Rockville Pike, MD.

Reminder: ATS Review for Critical Care Medicine Board Available

Designed for fellows-in-training and practicing physicians, the ATS Review for the Critical Care Boards will help you prepare to take the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Critical Care Medicine Certification exam, scheduled for Nov. 12, 2018.
ATS members save 20 percent on the ATS Review book!

Please email education@thoracic.org, or contact ATS Education Coordinator Odalys Jimenez at 212-315-8608 with any questions.

Reminder: ATS 2019 Call for Abstracts and Case Reports is Open

The American Thoracic Society is now accepting scientific abstracts and case reports for consideration for the ATS 2019 International Conference, May 17–22, in Dallas, Texas!
The ATS International Conference is the longest running, large-scale conference in the world and hosts more than 14,000 attendees working in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. The ATS is seeking:

• Scientific Abstracts, which can report on basic, translational, and clinical science research; epidemiologic, social, biobehavioral, and psychosocial investigations; or educational and quality improvement projects.
• Case Reports, which must describe a single, unique case.

Submit by Wednesday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. ET.

See complete submission guidelines.