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Cathy Gao-Howard MD MS
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Pulm Crit at NU via IM at Yale | 🐱 | 😷 | data science and machine learning in the ICU | 🐣👩‍🍼👨‍👩‍👧 | http://bit.ly/nupccm
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🚀 Excited to host a Fireside Chat with Dr. Michael Howell,
@newsfromgoogle.bsky.social
Chief Health Officer!

​We’re diving deep into:

💡 AI & Tech in Medicine

🏥 Transforming Healthcare

🚀 Innovations in Critical Care

​📅 Tuesday, Feb 24 | 1 PM EST

🔗 Register: bit.ly/ats_howell_e...
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
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Thank you CLIF team!! Despite my immense excitement and high expectations.... Everything was still exceeded!! Thank you @wfparker.bsky.social @catgaohow.bsky.social and CLIF family!
So great to see @nick-ingraham.bsky.social at UC Grand Rounds followed by a CLIF-a-thon! Go team!! Thanks @wfparker.bsky.social for hosting! 🐶❤️
February 13, 2026 at 3:19 AM
So great to see @nick-ingraham.bsky.social at UC Grand Rounds followed by a CLIF-a-thon! Go team!! Thanks @wfparker.bsky.social for hosting! 🐶❤️
February 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Federation is the most interesting thing in clinical observational studies that I've seen in the last few years

It is a fundamentally different way of working together. Great explainer in @annalsats.bsky.social academic.oup.com/annalsats/ad... by brilliant young team
February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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The Application Portal is open for the ATS 2026 BEAR Cage Competition!

The ATS Drug Device Discovery and Development (DDDD) Committee invites you to apply to the 12th Annual BEAR Cage (Building Education to Advance Research) competition by Feb. 9, 2026.

Apply now at: https://ow.ly/n5QN50XWP4a
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Questions about navigating your first physician contract? Join Michael Johnson JD and the ECPWG to get your questions answered on 2/3/26 from 1-2p EST. Register here: site.thoracic.org/events/navig...
January 28, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Amazing things happen when 3️⃣2️⃣ ICU frailty experts get together!

✔️ out the new ✳️Special Feature✳️ in #journal_CHESTCritCare outlining their consensus on research priorities for the field:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#OpenAccess

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January 29, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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How low can you go? The 65 Trial compares a Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP) target of 60-65 to usual care in adults 65 years or older as Aryan Shiari, MD, explains in this edition of #CriticalCareLitBits

youtube.com/shorts/8usyn...
LitBits: The 65 Trial
YouTube video by American Thoracic Society
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January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Today, join expert Ashley Losier, MD, for an interactive talk, "Ask the Expert: Practical Approaches to #Bronchiectasis Recognition and Care" at 1 p.m. ET on Jan. 28 🗓️This program was produced in collaboration with Insmed Incorporated.

Register now: atsedplus.thoracic.org/content/ask-...
January 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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🎯 The precise relationship between ARF, delirium, & long term morbidity has been confusing… 😵‍💫

Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, H Ferguson, A Sanjuan, et al help us better understand it 👍:

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

#OpenAccess as always.

@accpchest.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Only 6%? Lower than expected, I think people are still hesitant to disclose and be judged for using LLMs to help write
Declared artificial intelligence (#AI) use in JAMA Network submissions rose from 1.7% to nearly 6% in 27 months, most frequently for language refinement and more often reported in manuscripts from non–English-speaking countries.

ja.ma/4a4CriI
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Science communication in an era of skepticism — practical strategies from experts in public health, policy & #SciComm research.
Featuring Jonathan Samet, Mary Rice & Santiago Gisler.
📅 Feb 26 | 1:30pm ET 🔗 thoracic.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @atsearlycareer.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Science Communication in an Era of Skepticism. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This cross-assembly webinar brings together three experts to discuss practical strategies for communicating science in today's challenging landscape. Mary Rice, MD, MPH, Pulmonologist and Director of ...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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How do you preoxygenate patients before intubation? As PJ Tiberio, MD, PhD, explains, the PREOXI trial evaluates this question and compares noninvasive positive pressure ventilation and high-flow nasal cannula. #CriticalCareLitBits www.instagram.com/reels/DTlVdx...
American Thoracic Society on Instagram: "How do you preoxygenate patients before intubation? As PJ Tiberio, MD, PhD, explains, the PREOXI trial evaluates this essential question and compares noninvasi...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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Congratulations to Dr. Kathryn Connell from the University of Pennsylvania on being selected as the ATS CC Assembly's Early Career Highlight for January 2026! See the link below to learn more about her work on nurse continuity and mortality in the ICU: craftprd1.blob.core.windows.net/documents/me...
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January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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If you missed it, check out the recording here! youtu.be/hW9lx9AJxBk
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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ATS Assembly Mentoring Programs are open for mentors and mentees. Early to mid-career professionals are paired with senior members for personalized mentoring, in person or virtual. Meet at ATS 2026 in Orlando. Learn more and sign up: site.thoracic.org/membership/a... @atsearlycareer.bsky.social
American Thoracic Society | ATS Mentoring Program
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
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January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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🚨 Registration has been extended until January 12, 2026! 🚨

Apply now for ATS 2026 Early Career Programs:

Fellows Track Symposium
Resident Boot Camp
New Faculty Boot Camp

https://ow.ly/RJrQ50XmIKT

#ATS2026 #EarlyCareer #MedicalEducation
January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Why does ICU big data sometimes fail at the bedside?
Join the ATS CCA Early Career Professionals Winter 2026 Virtual Grand Rounds on Jan 13 (2–3pm ET) for talks on ICU data, from bedside documentation to big data. @khills-dunlap.bsky.social @chadhoc.bsky.social site.thoracic.org/events/cca-e...
American Thoracic Society | CCA Early Career Professionals Virtual…
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
site.thoracic.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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More isn't always better: Shiv Patel, MD from the Critical Care Assembly discusses the BALANCE trial comparing 7 versus 14 days of antibiotics for bacteremia #CriticalCareLitBits
December 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Join the ATS Critical Care Assembly Early Career Professionals Winter 2026 Virtual Grand Rounds on Jan 13, 2026, 2–3pm ET for a discussion on how ICU data are created, interpreted, and used in clinical care!
Register site.thoracic.org/events/cca-e.... @atsearlycareer.bsky.social
American Thoracic Society | CCA Early Career Professionals Virtual…
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
site.thoracic.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Continuing Kindle daily reading
Some highlights
Listening to Wheel of Time, already onto book 4, epic
Hemlock and Silver; never miss a T. Kingfisher, mix of scary yet cozy magic and brave ordinary people
Between Two Fires interesting
Katabasis journey to the land of the dead magic academia
December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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🚨 Registration is OPEN! 🚨

Apply now for ATS 2026 Early Career Programs:

Student Scholars Program
Fellows Track Symposium
Resident Boot Camp
New Faculty Boot Camp

Spots fill fast! Apply by Jan 5, 2026

https://ow.ly/RJrQ50XmIKT

#ATS2026 #EarlyCareer #MedicalEducation
December 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Please register for out first fireside chat of the year, "From ICU to Impact: Dr. Wes Ely on Crafting Productive, Resilient Research Team" on Monday, January 12 from 12p-1p EST. site.thoracic.org/events/from-...
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Introducing our new video series ATS Critical Care "Lit Bits" -- where we break down the literature, bit by bit.

Sepsis treatment starts with a critical choice: fluids or pressors. Shiv Patel, MD, from the Critical Care Assembly discusses this choice in the CLOVERS trial
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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☃️ Enjoy your end-of-year holidays with a gift 🎁 from #journal_CHESTCritCare… our December issue!

www.chestcc.org/current

⭐️ 24 research papers
⭐️ 4 editorials
⭐️ 2 correspondence letters

Thanks to our readers, authors, editorial team, & staff, for a great 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣!

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December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM