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The AI in Sleep Medicine Podcast series (2 episodes) will help users apply the principles of machine learning to clinical care and conceptualize future applications of pediatric and adult sleep medicine. Episode 1 focuses on the definitions and applications of AI in sleep medicine. References: Sendak MP, Gao M, Brajer N, Balu S. Presenting machine learning model information to clinical end users with model facts labels. NPJ digital medicine. 2020 Mar 23;3(1):41.Rajpurkar P, Chen E, Banerjee O, Topol EJ. AI in health and medicine. Nature medicine. 2022 Jan;28(1):31-8.s 

Katie O'Grady shares her journey with Cystic Fibrosis and how running saved her life. Hear Katie's highs and lows of running, and tips on how to support your patients to exercise.

Dr. Naftali Kaminski chats with Dr. Lynn Schnapp as she discusses how she became interested in triathlons, her passion for faculty development and mentorship, her journeys as President of the ATS during the Covid pandemic and what’s next in her career.

Dr. Naftali Kaminski chats with Dr. Terri Laguna as she discusses her love of hair bands, her thoughts on diversity in medicine and the landscape of CF as well as her decision to become a division chief.

Dr. Naftali Kaminski chats with Dr. Steve Dudek as he discusses his passion for marathon running, his decision to become a division chief, his role as chair of the APCCSD, as well as what he enjoys most about his chief role.

The American Thoracic Society together with the Marron Institute of Urban Management at NYU has published the latest Health of the Air Report. Dr. Kevin Cromar and colleagues share local and national estimates of the health impacts of air pollution – including smoke from wildfires – that exceeds recommended levels by the ATS.

Dr. Khushboo Goel has a conversation with Dr. Tim Lahm about his journey to becoming a PH expert and his tips for budding academic-physicians and physician-scientists.

In this podcast, Ellen Duckers and John Hurst discuss health inequities in patients with pulmonary disease and how this intersects with pulmonary rehabilitation. Topics include program development and growth, and areas of future research.

Dr. Meghan Cirulis explores the pros and cons of an academic research career in PVD with Drs. Andrea Frump and Rebecca Vanderpool. 

In this Behavioral Sciences and Health Services Research podcast, Dr. Henry Brems (fellow, Johns Hopkins University) interviews Dr. Sanja Stanojevic, who is the current chair of the ATS of Pulmonary Function Testing committee and an Associate Professor in Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. They discuss GLI-Global -- the reference equation recently recommended for spirometry interpretation by the ATS -- including how it was developed, what it means for spirometry interpretation, and how it may impact racial disparities in respiratory disease.