The ATS 2026 International Conference offers a robust scientific program highlighting cutting-edge advancements in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. This includes several Postgraduate Courses, Scientific Symposia, and Meet the Expert sessions addressing new developments and considerations related to health equity and health disparities, as listed below. A curated list of clinical and scientific sessions related to these topics is also available on the ATS365 platform. For more information on these and other sessions to be presented May 15–20 in Orlando, Fla., visit the online Advance Program.
- A100 ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF LUNG CANCER SCREENING THROUGH EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY AND TARGETED INTERVENTIONS
- A11 ADVANCING HEALTHCARE QUALITY THROUGH WORKFORCE EQUITY
- A12 DO NO HARM, UNLESS THE AI SAYS OTHERWISE – AI ETHICS, A PRO/CON
- A24 ALGORITHMS IN ACTION: APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACROSS PULMONARY DISEASES
- A29 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXERCISE AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
- A31 FROM RISK TO REALITY IN SCREENING: INCORPORATING LUNG CANCER RISK, ACCESS, AND EQUITY
- A32 MAPPING THE ASTHMA LANDSCAPE: A DEEP DIVE INTO COMPREHENSIVE PHENOTYPING AND INHALED INNOVATIONS
- A36 WHEN CONTROLLERS DON’T CONTROL: ASTHMA CARE IN THE REAL WORLD
- A37 UNDER PRESSURE: CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASES, DIAGNOSES, AND MANAGEMENT
- A38 FROM SMOKING TO SCANS: TOBACCO USE AND LUNG CANCER DETECTION
- A60 CHILDHOOD ASTHMA, ALLERGIC DISEASES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: FANTASYLAND
- A72 CASE REPORTS FROM THE PULMONARY REHABILITATION ASSEMBLY
- A7 FROM EARLY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AGING: SEX AND GENDER EFFECTS ON CARDIOPULMONARY DISEASE
- A80-2 FROM CELL CIRCUITS TO SCREENING STRATEGIES: UNCOVERING NOVEL MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND ACCELERATING LUNG CANCER SCREENING IMPLEMENTATION
- A86 ILLNESS & IDENTITY: SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION & THE ETHICS OF CARE
- A91 AIR POLLUTION AND CLEAN AIR ZONES: NATURAL EXPERIMENTS FOR RESPIRATORY HEALTH IN THREE GLOBAL CITIES
- A94 CARE WITHOUT BORDERS: PULMONARY HEALTH IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD
- A99 DIFFERENT DELIVERY AND NEW POPULATIONS: CLINICAL TRIALS OF PULMONARY REHABILITATION
- AI for Research and Publishing: Opportunities, Equity, and Ethics Across Contexts
- ATS Diversity Forum
- B103 THE MATRIX: CHALLENGING CASES CENTERED ON DIAGNOSTIC UNCERTAINTY AND ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING, INCLUDING MEDICATION-RELATED COMPLICATIONS, NEUROLOGIC AND ONCOLOGIC DISEASE, AND PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED CRITICAL ILLNESS
- B108 IMPROVING FUNCTION, STRENGTH AND OUTCOMES THROUGH PULMONARY REHABILITATION
- B10 RESPIRATORY HEALTH, POLICY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE 2026 POLITICAL CLIMATE
- B111 TRANSLATIONAL ADVANCES IN THORACIC ONCOLOGY: INTEGRATING MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS, MOLECULAR BIOMARKERS, AND RADIOMIC DISCOVERIES
- B25 VARIATION, VULNERABILITY, AND VALUE IN CRITICAL CARE EPIDEMIOLOGY
- B27 BREATH OF FRESH AIR: JOURNEY FROM DIAGNOSIS TO RECOVERY IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE
- B2 ACHIEVING EQUITY IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS: FROM PATIENT VOICES TO PRACTICE INNOVATION
- B32 RISE OF THE BIOLOGICS: A NEW HOPE FOR BREATHING EASIER
- B38 TRAINING THAT TRANSLATES: EDUCATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE
- B39 BREATH AND BURDEN: DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASES AND DAILY LIFE
- B40 BSHSR LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACTS
- B41 FROM CHATGPT TO CRYOBIOPSY: MODERN TOOLS AND INSIGHTS IN ILD
- B56 POLLUTION PUZZLE: CONNECTING EXPOSURE, EDUCATION, AND ACTION
- B58 ASSESSING LUNG HEALTH IN THE REAL WORLD
- B62 EDUCATION, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, AND HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH IN CHILDHOOD RESPIRATORY DISEASES: TOMORROWLAND
- B74 PULMONARY REHABILITATION ACROSS DIFFERENT SETTINGS AND DISEASES
- B7 CARE OF THE UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANT
- B80-4 CUTTING-EDGE DIAGNOSTICS FOR LUNG CANCER: NEW FRONTIERS IN NODULE RISK STRATIFICATION AND ADVANCED INTERVENTIONAL TOOLS
- B81 NURSING YEAR IN REVIEW: NAVIGATING CARE TRANSITIONS IN PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND SLEEP
- B96 PLACE, POWER, AND PRE-MORBIDITY: CONTEXTUAL DRIVERS OF CRITICAL ILLNESS
- B97 WHERE THERE’S HEAT, THERE’S (SOMETIMES) FIRE: RESPIRATORY CONSEQUENCES OF A WARMING WORLD
- B99 REDEFINING TUBERCULOSIS TARGETS AND CARE: PRECISION DIAGNOSTICS, HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND LONG-TERM LUNG OUTCOMES
- B9 PULMONARY FUNCTION IN CHILDHOOD RESPIRATORY DISEASE: EVIDENCE, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS, AND TRAJECTORIES
- C102 FROM KNOWING TO DOING: EDUCATING AND IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PULMONARY CARE
- C10 PULMONARY REHABILITATION AROUND THE WORLD: LEARNING FROM THE FRONTLINES
- C110 INNOVATIVE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING DIAGNOSTIC YIELD AND LUNG CANCER TREATMENT STRATEGIES
- C11 GLOBAL DISPARITIES AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS: INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONS FOR LUNG HEALTH
- C13 WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR PATIENT IS EXPECTING: PREGNANCY IN PCCM
- C16 MARKETS AND MANDATES: HEALTH POLICY AND PULMONARY OUTCOMES
- C17 DIVERSE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES: ADDRESSING COMPLEX QUESTIONS IN PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE, AND NURSING RESEARCH
- C31 INNOVATIONS ACROSS THE LUNG CANCER CONTINUUM: SCREENING, PRECISION DIAGNOSTICS, AND THERAPEUTIC OPPORTUNITIES
- C35 COPD BEYOND THE CLINIC: CARE, CONTEXT, AND CONSEQUENCES
- C36 WORDS, WIRES, AND WISDOM: COMMUNICATION AND CARE IN THE ICU
- C37 MOVING FROM CRISIS TO CONFIDENCE: COVID, VACCINES, AND LUNG HEALTH
- C38 LIVING WITH LUNG DISEASE WORLDWIDE: CARE, BURDEN, AND ADAPTATION
- C55 TRENDS, DISPARITIES, AND PRACTICE PATTERNS IN CRITICAL CARE
- C59 CASE REPORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
- C5 FROM CANNULAS TO CONCEPTS: THE PRACTICE, EVIDENCE AND SCIENCE OF VV-ECMO
- C77 DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES IN THORACIC ONCOLOGY: INTEGRATING REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE TO SHAPE LUNG CANCER TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES
- C81 NON-TOBACCO COPD – CLASSIFYING DISEASE, IDENTIFYING EXPOSURES AND CLINICAL TRIAL CONSIDERATIONS
- C87 ADAPTING TO AN EVOLVING RESEARCH FUNDING ENVIRONMENT: A MULTI-NATIONAL APPROACH
- C89 TAKING PRIDE IN OUR WORK: ADVANCING LGBTQIA2S+ ALLYSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
- C90 ADVANCING HYPOXEMIA ASSESSMENT AND OXYGEN ACCESS: U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
- C91 PRIMARY PALLIATIVE CARE IN PULMONARY-CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: A ‘PALLIPULM’ FRAMEWORK FOR EDUCATION, PRACTICE, AND POLICY
- C97 NOVEL APPROACHES AND UNDERSTANDING TO SKELETAL MUSCLE, REHABILITATION AND ACUTE RECOVERY
- C9 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF RECOVERY
- Counting Down Towards 2030: Heralding Better Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Eliminating Tuberculosis
- D102 METHODS, MEASUREMENT, AND MEANING: CROSS-CUTTING CHALLENGES IN PULMONARY CARE
- D12 INEQUITIES BY DESIGN: SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL DRIVERS OF PULMONARY HEALTH
- D22 FROM SCREENING TO SURVIVAL: UNEQUAL PATHS IN PULMONARY CARE
- D3 THE CUTTING EDGE OF TREATMENT FOR NICOTINE ADDICTION: WHAT ALL CLINICIANS SHOULD KNOW
- D4 OPTIMIZING CRITICAL CARE THROUGH LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEMS: COMPONENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS
- D81 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVE LUNG CANCER SCREENING ACCESS AND ADHERENCE
- D82 THE AGE OF INCLUSION: BUILDING BETTER CRITICAL CARE TRIALS FOR OLDER ADULTS
- D85 AIMING HIGHER: THE JOURNEY TOWARD ASTHMA REMISSION
- D9 THE SCIENCE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE ICU: HIGH HOPES, MIXED RESULTS
- Early Insults and Lung Trajectories
- Fly High Together: WINGS: Women’s International Network in Global Thoracic Science
- INCREASING RESEARCH CAPACITY FOR GLOBAL HEALTH
- MD15 WHEN THE FUNDING STOPS: NAVIGATING RESEARCH IN A SHIFTING LANDSCAPE
- MD18 NEW RESULTS FROM THE SUBPOPULATIONS AND INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES IN COPD STUDY (SPIROMICS ) FAMILY OF STUDIES
- MD29 COPD UNDERSTANDING COPD PROGRESSION AND HETEROGENEITY
- MD3 THE COLLABORATION CATALYST: ACCELERATING CLINICAL IMPACT THROUGH ACADEMIC-INDUSTRY SYNERGY
- MD5 UPDATES ON ARDS, PNEUMONIA, AND SPESIS PHENOTYPING CONSORTIUM
- MD6 VHA LUNG PRECISION ONCOLOGY PROGRAM: KEY FINDINGS FROM SCREENING RESEARCH
- MTE12 SHARED DECISIONS = SHARED SUCCESS: A GUIDE TO LCS SHARED-DECISION MAKING?
- MTE14 IMPROVING REPRESENTATIVENESS IN PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH
- MTE19 LUNG CANCER SCREENING ADHERENCE: A DEEP DIVE INTO AN IMPORTANT QUALITY METRIC
- MTE1 TRIALS IN THE TRENCHES? PRACTICALITIES OF INITIATION AND CONDUCT OF CLINICAL TRIALS IN CRITICALLY ILL POPULATIONS
- MTE20 STORIES IN EVERY BREATH: USING NARRATIVE MEDICINE TO STRENGTHEN PHYSICIAN IDENTITY
- MTE25 HOSPITAL SLEEP MEDICINE: BENCH TO BEDSIDE
- PG15 ASTHMA AND BEYOND: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS, PHYSIOLOGY, AND TREATMENT
- PG5 ADVOCACY TOOLS FOR PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE AND SLEEP MEDICINE
- PG9 STATE OF THE ART: LUNG CANCER IN 2026
- Respiratory Innovation Summit
- Respiratory Society of Americas Session: Interstitial Lung Disease Across the Americas: Adult and Pediatric Perspectives
- Roadmap to Clean Air and Healthier Lungs
- SPS SCALING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE WITHIN LARGE HEALTHCARE NETWORKS
- Strengthening the Healthcare Workforce for Respiratory Care in the Global South: Lessons from the Paolo Chiesi Foundation supported initiatives
- The Changing Landscape of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Latest Updates
- The Underrecognized Burden of Asthma in Low and Middle-Income Countries
- Towards a Global Framework for Lung Health – The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) Lung Health Taskforce
- Women’s Forum
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