Assembly on Allergy, Immunology, and Inflammation (AII)
This assembly is concerned with allergic, immunologic, and inflammatory mechanisms affecting the respiratory system in health and disease. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Behavioral Science and Health Services Research (BSHSR)
This assembly seeks to understand and improve health behaviors and outcomes, and improve systems of care, and reduce health disparities. Members have expertise in psychology, adherence to therapy, clinical epidemiology, statistics, health services research, health economics, comparative clinical efficacy and effectiveness research, performance measurement, quality improvement, and implementation science. Members represent a wide variety of clinical interest areas, including pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses, and sleep-related breathing disorders. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Critical Care (CC)
This assembly is concerned with the integrated diagnosis and management of critically ill patients; the clinical, laboratory and translational studies dealing with diseases such as respiratory failure, sepsis, and multiple organ failure; and educational programs designed to improve the healthcare of patients and provide continued education to physicians and other allied health professionals. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Clinical Problems (CP)
This assembly is concerned with clinical problems in diagnosis, therapy, and healthcare; improvement of training of physicians and other allied health professionals; and development of innovative methods for healthcare delivery. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Environmental, Occupational and Population Health (EOPH)
This assembly is concerned with lung diseases related to air pollution, occupational exposures, tobacco smoke, allergens, bioaerosols, and other environmental agents, along with genetic susceptibility to lung disease related to the environment. This includes epidemiology, inhalation toxicology, occupational/environmental medicine, and industrial hygiene. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Nursing (NUR)
This Assembly is concerned with clinical research, patient education, symptom management, patient and family engagement, practice improvement, and research incorporating interdisciplinary collaboration and a comprehensive biopsychosocial approach. The assembly represents a wide variety of clinical areas across pulmonary disease, critical illness, and sleep disorders. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Pediatrics (PEDS)
Through research and education, this Assembly seeks to advance our understanding of the pathophysiology, diagnostics, and clinical management of respiratory diseases that afflict developing children and adolescents. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Pulmonary Circulation (PC)
This assembly is concerned with the physiology, cellular and molecular biology and clinical aspects of the pulmonary circulation, as well as the interrelations between respiration and pulmonary circulation. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Pulmonary Infections and Tuberculosis (PI-TB)
This Assembly is concerned with the entire spectrum of acute and chronic pulmonary infections encompassing bacterial, tuberculous and nontuberculous mycobacteria, viral, and fungal infections; all aspects from pathophysiology, immunology, and host defense, microbiology, epidemiology, prevention, and control, to diagnosis and treatment; and all clinical manifestations including community-acquired and hospital-acquired infections, infections in the immunocompromised host, airway infections, bronchiectasis, and empyema. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)
This assembly is concerned with the role of pulmonary rehabilitation in the context of the current healthcare environment. Members promote education for the public and other healthcare providers about the scientific rationale for and clinical outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation, as well as the continued investigation into the scientific rationale for and clinical outcomes of pulmonary rehabilitation and integrated chronic disease management. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology (RCMB)
This assembly is concerned with cellular and molecular mechanisms of lung cell function and with translational applications to health and disease. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Respiratory Structure and Function (RSF)
Of all assemblies, RSF might be the broadest scientifically. It is concerned with the physiological, morphologic, biochemical, cellular, and molecular properties of the normal respiratory system and the mechanisms through which spontaneous or experimental disease alters these properties. Members have interests in lung and skeletal muscle physiology, respiratory mechanics, acute lung injury, imaging and mathematical modeling, lung function testing, and aerosols. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology (SRN)
This assembly is concerned with basic respiratory neurobiology; mechanisms of dyspnea; and the causes, consequences, and clinical management of sleep-disordered breathing. Assembly Brochure
Assembly on Thoracic Oncology (TO)
This assembly is concerned with all aspects of thoracic malignancies including screening, diagnosis, staging, management, and palliation as well as molecular, epidemiologic, immunologic, behavioral, and translational science of thoracic cancer. Assembly Brochure
