ATS Breathe Easy

American Thoracic Society
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Oct 7, 2025 • 27min

ATS Breathe Easy - Better Breathing with Anti-inflammatory Rescue Therapies, Part 2

On this episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast, host Amy Attaway, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, continues her discussion with asthma expert Njira Lugogo, MD, of University of Michigan. They talk about collaborations in the pulmonary field, the importance of clinical trials, and career advice for those looking to join the field of pulmonology. In case you missed it, check out part one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ubMlFuqsVI 
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Sep 30, 2025 • 20min

ATS Breathe Easy - The Real Cost of Federal Budget Cuts

Federal cuts to the the NIH and other key research organizations have left both researchers and patients paying the price. Erika Moseson, MD, of the Air Health Our Heath podcast, talks with Mary Rice, MD, MPH, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, about how these cuts have not only hurt her research on helping patients with respiratory illnesses, but the larger impact they have on science now and for future generations. Read the article in STAT News about Dr. Rice's study: https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/trump-cuts-include-cost-saving-research/ 
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Sep 23, 2025 • 14min

ATS Breathe Easy – Special Episode – The Importance of Vaccines

In light of the news of Paul Offit, MD, being fired from the FDA’s advisory committee on vaccines by Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr., as well as Florida’s decision to end school vaccine mandates, we are re-releasing this vital episode on the importance of vaccines.On this episode of ATS Breathe Easy, host Patti Tripathi welcomes two leading experts to discuss the critical role of vaccines in protecting children and high-risk populations. Dr. Offit, renowned scientist and vaccine advocate, and Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Asthma Research, provide an in-depth look at vaccine policies, hesitancy, and the consequences of declining immunization rates, including a measles outbreak.Check out the ATS Vaccine Resource Center for more information: https://site.thoracic.org/clinicians-researchers/vaccine-resource-center
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Sep 16, 2025 • 28min

ATS Breathe Easy - How the BATURA Trial Changed the Lives of Asthma Patients

 On this week's episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast, host Amy Attaway, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, talks with Reynold Panettieri, MD, from Rutgers University on the BATURA trial, an at-home trial for those with moderate-to-severe asthma which ended early due to its highly successful results. Asthma patient Heather also talks about how the medication tested in the study, known as AIRSUPRA, has helped her manage her asthma better than ever before. The BATURA Trial: https://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJMoa2504544 
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Sep 9, 2025 • 31min

ATS Breathe Easy - Better Breathing with Anti-inflammatory Rescue Therapies, Part 1

As anti-inflammatory rescue therapies begin making their way to patients with asthma, new questions about implementation of this life-saving therapy are emerging, prompting more exciting research from scientists and clinicians. In the first part of this mini-series on anti-inflammatory rescue therapies, host Amy Attaway, MD, of Cleveland Clinic, discusses these questions and more with asthma expert Njira Lugogo, MD, of University of Michigan. This episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast is supported in part by AstraZeneca. 
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Sep 2, 2025 • 37min

ATS Breathe Easy - Lessons Learned from AI in Medical Education

Artificial intelligence is a tool that clinicians and researchers are implementing in their practices and research, but what about its use in teaching the newest generation of doctors? Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD, of Harvard Medical School, discusses using AI for diagnostic education and developing cases, how it can work as a physician-support tool, and more with host Eddie Qian, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 
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Aug 26, 2025 • 31min

ATS Breathe Easy - Biologics: A Breakthrough Treatment for Asthma

We're taking a breather this August as we work on bringing you more great episodes of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. But we're not going off the air - instead, we're bringing back some of our best episodes of the last season. See you in September for season two! Amy Attaway, MD, hosts the latest ATS Breathe Easy episode with former ATS President Monica Kraft, MD, and Asthma and Allergy Network's Chief Research Officer, De De Gardner, DrPH, discuss the benefits and challenges of biologics for asthma. What factors guide selection of a specific biologic for asthma? When should a patient transition from one biologic to another? This episode of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast is supported in part by AstraZeneca.
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Aug 19, 2025 • 30min

ATS Breathe Easy - EPA Rollbacks Spell Grave Impacts for Public Health

We're taking a breather this August as we work on bringing you more great episodes of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. But we're not going off the air - instead, we're bringing back some of our best episodes of the last season. See you in September for season two! Rolling back major EPA policies that protect our health from air pollution exposure is dangerous and even fatal in some cases. This episode features the chair and vice-chair of the ATS Environmental Health Policy Committee, Alison Lee, MD, (Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai) and Gillian Goobie, MD, PhD (University of British Columbia). Patti Tripathi hosts. Resources: The Southern California Children’s Health StudyThe Ella Roberta FoundationSilent Spring by Rachel Carson
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Aug 12, 2025 • 36min

ATS Breathe Easy - Environmental Justice & the Climate Challenge

 We're taking a breather this August as we work on bringing you more great episodes of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. But we're not going off the air - instead, we're bringing back some of our best episodes of the last season. See you in September for season two! Erika Moseson, MD, of the Air Health Our Heath podcast hosts this week's episode with guest Daniel Croft, MPH, ATSF. Dr. Croft is associate professor in the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center. On this episode we share insights from the Climate Change and Respiratory Health: Opportunities to Contribute to Environmental Justice: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. For additional discussion on environmental health, please also view our recent Breathe Easy episode 12 “EPA Rollbacks Spell Grave Impacts on Public Health” for an up-to-date discussion of current national changes related to health care, environmental health and environmental justice. 
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Aug 5, 2025 • 13min

ATS Breathe Easy - Vaccine Hesitancy and the Fear of a Measles Outbreak

We're taking a breather this August as we work on bringing you more great episodes of the ATS Breathe Easy podcast. But we're not going off the air - instead, we're bringing back some of our best episodes of the last season. See you in September for season two! On this episode of ATS Breathe Easy, host Patti Tripathi welcomes two leading experts to discuss the critical role of vaccines in protecting children and high-risk populations. Paul Offit, MD, renowned scientist and vaccine advocate, and Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Asthma Research, provide an in-depth look at vaccine policies, hesitancy, and the consequences of declining immunization rates. 

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