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Craig Hersh
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Pulmonary physician-scientist at Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. COPD. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Genetics and biomarkers of disease subtypes and outcomes. Still on the other site for now @craig_hersh.
A little drizzle didn’t stop the lab picnic
June 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
WTAF?
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Amazing work by Dr. Ziad El-Husseini identifying unique genes related to FEV1 decline and developed a 20 gene signature associated with clinical COPD traits!
#ATS2025 #COPD #AII
May 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Hey #Pulmsky #Lungsky, do you consider alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency more like:

🅰️ A subtype of COPD
🅱️ A separate disease

📊 Show results
April 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Hey #Pulmsky #Lungsky, do you consider alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency more like:

🅰️ A subtype of COPD
🅱️ A separate disease

📊 Show results
April 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Science persists! I’m excited to share that after 5 long years of revisions our manuscript describing NPNT splicing in COPD is finally published!!!

publications.ersnet.org/content/erj/...
publications.ersnet.org
February 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#NIH cuts will devastate Massachusetts biomedical research, one of the crown jewels of our state. @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social @lynch.house.gov @pressley.house.gov
February 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Happy 30th to the Alpha-1 Foundation! An exemplary patient-led research charity. Has enabled a lot of great science - keeping faith in bench<=>bedside ethos.
The Alpha-1 Foundation Commemorates its 30th Anniversary - Alpha-1 Foundation
The Alpha-1 Foundation (A1F) is proud to commemorate its 30th anniversary of supporting patients with Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1) while [...]Read More... from The Alpha-1 Foundation Comme...
alpha1.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Job opening for a Research Scientist in Functional Genetics of Respiratory Disease at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston @ats-gg.bsky.social @ats-rcmb.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The Blue Journal thanks Jonathan Rose, MD, MS, for his contribution to the December 15 issue

Development, Progression, and Mortality of Suspected Interstitial Lung Disease in COPDGene

www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....
December 23, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Excellent presentation on the deluge of meaningless, AI and paper-mill generated Mendelian randomization studies by
Stefan Stender www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJEK...
December 13, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Hey Siri! STFU
MPGA: make polio great again
December 13, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Excellent point 👇
Our letter to the editor is out in NEJM in response to this year's REDOX trial! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Can we definitively state there is no disadvantage to 15h versus 24h at 1 year in terms of mortality when NOTT required 2 years and MRC required 5 years to demonstrate a mortality benefit?
Long-Term Oxygen Therapy for 24 or 15 Hours per Day | NEJM
To the Editor: In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing duration of long-term oxygen therapy (24 hours vs. 15 hours) in patients who had severe hypoxemia at rest, Ekström et al. (Se...
www.nejm.org
December 7, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Reposted by Craig Hersh
Thanks to Enrico Schiavi, MD, for his contribution to the December 1 issue

Application of the European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society Spirometry Standards and Race-Neutral Equations in the COPDGene Study

www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....
December 3, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Thanks for highlighting our work!
Application of ERS/ATS Spirometry Standards and Race-Neutral Equations in COPDGene

ERS/ATS criteria discriminate survival, imaging characteristics, and exacerbation rates better than GOLD stage, and highlight use of race-neutral spirometry
@atscommunity.bsky.social

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December 2, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I haven't seen as much for #WorldCOPDday on this site. Hopefully, we see more medical orgs migrating here as well. #pccmsky
November 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Make rubella great again!
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has taken aim at the FDA’s oversight on many fronts in recent weeks. Here’s what to know.
Kennedy’s F.D.A. Wish List: Raw Milk, Stem Cells, Heavy Metals
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers on health, is taking aim at the agency’s oversight on many fronts.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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We're the American Thoracic Society, thinking about this platform. Hmm.. Any members here? Learn more at thoracic.org
American Thoracic Society | Home
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
thoracic.org
November 11, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Trying out this site. Peer pressure I guess.
November 11, 2024 at 1:56 PM