The ATS International Conference will wrap up its final Year in Review session on Wednesday morning, with experts sharing highlights from research papers in their field. Deepshikha Ashana, MD, MBA, MS, will discuss health equity. Race correction in spirometry and global medical oxygen security are two hot topics in pulmonary medicine right now.

Josalyn Cho, MD, and Garth Garrison, MD, will co-chair the Pulmonary Core Curriculum, focusing on the diagnosis and management of asthma in various populations, as well as the impact the environment has on asthma. The two-part series will be presented in back-to-back Wednesday sessions.

Experts will discuss the importance of recognizing early symptoms of two rare conditions—interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension in infants—in the third session of this series led by Pediatric Core Curriculum Chair Jane Gross, MD, PhD.

A panel of experts, including Charles Corey Hardin, MD, PhD, ATSF, will discuss techniques for phenotyping patients with common critical care syndromes to help researchers assemble clinical trial cohorts likely to experience similar treatment effects due to similar biology.

The One Health concept is a holistic approach to health that encompasses the interplay of all living beings and the world around them. “Health is different for each human or animal, but in the end, there is one health,” said session Chair Muge Akpinar, MD, MPH, ATSF.

Attendees seeking to earn Continuing Medical Education credits and Maintenance of Certification points at the ATS conference will have several options to choose from, spanning six days throughout the conference.

It has long been known that AT2 cells in the alveolar epithelium can serve as progenitors for AT1 cells following lung injury, but AT1 cells were thought to be terminally differentiated. “The reality is more complex,” said Zea Borok, MD, ATSF, who was recognized as this year’s J. Burns Amberson Lecture honoree by ATS President…

The ATS brought together a panel of experts to discuss a range of climate change topics, from social justice to local-level influence as health care professionals. “We need to be courageous,” said Mary B. Rice, MD, MPH.

Conference attendees are encouraged to visit winners of the Best of Show exhibit booths. Wrapping up its final day on Tuesday, the Exhibit Hall will be open 10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. ET in Halls A-B of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

Patients are making personal health decisions in an environment rife with inaccurate information. Best-selling author and co-founder of the ScienceUpFirst initiative Timothy Caulfield will discuss the ramifications of those who believe medical misinformation and spread it.