Newswise — Feb. 3, 2025 – Tuesday, Feb. 4 will mark the relaunch of the ATS Breathe Easy Podcast.
The American Thoracic Society is breathing new life into its podcast series, which kicked off in 2016 and
saw a resurgence during the COVID-19 pandemic. After a brief pause, the podcast is introducing new
hosts and a new format for episodes dropping on the first Tuesday of each month.
Leading the charge with “ATS Breathe Easy: The Latest” is Patti Tripathi, former CNN headline news
anchor and the first Indian-American on television news. Ms. Tripathi will share the latest in breaking
news before diving into conversations with experts, advocates and patients about pulmonary, critical
care and sleep medicine.
The first episode of the relaunch will feature self-proclaimed pulmonary fibrosis warrior and medical
research advocate Teresa Barnes. Ms. Barnes is also former chair of the ATS Public Advisory Roundtable
(PAR), which integrates the patient perspective into ATS programs and activities. She is former vice
president of outreach and program support for the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis and co-founder of
fluidIQ, a public benefit company that offers solutions based on a proprietary fluidics’ technology
platform.
Other topics in February are:
Asthma and Biologics in Children with former ATS President Monica Kraft, MD – the Murray M.
Rosenberg Professor and System Chair, Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine
at Mount Sinai – and De De Gardner, DrPH, chief research officer of the Asthma and Allergy
Network and a member of PAR
AI and the ATS Journals with ATS Scholar editor Nitin Seam, MD, ATSF, associate chief, senior
research physician and fellowship director of the NIH Critical Care Medicine Department
Vaccine Uptake in Adults with guests Rob Stansbury, MD, ATSF – professor in the Division of
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, as well as vaccine project lead at West Virginia
University – and Dona Upson, MD, professor of medicine, pulmonary, critical care and sleep at
the University of New Mexico. Dr. Upson is also on the ATS Vaccine Initiative Advisory Council.
Several ATS members with expertise across the lung disease spectrum will share hosting duties. They are
Amy Attaway, MD, MS; Eddie Qian, MD; and Dominique Pepper, MD, PhD, ATSF.
Join us for a new episode each Tuesday. For more ATS podcasts and the most up-to-date information on
pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, tune in to the ATS Journals podcasts each Thursday. Check
out our assemblies playlists on YouTube for more specialized topics on research and treatment.
ATS Breathe Easy is available wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also find us on
YouTube. We invite our listeners to share their feedback and to like and share the episodes with
colleagues and patients.
