Anne Holland is Professor of Physiotherapy and Head of Respiratory Research at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She leads a research program that aims to improve the lives of people with chronic lung disease using non-pharmacological treatments. Anne is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow.

Dr. Irina Petrache is chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and associate vice president of faculty development at National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, where she is professor of medicine who holds the Wollowick Endowed Chair in COPD Research. She is also professor of medicine at the University of Colorado, where she co-directs the T32 Training Program in Pulmonary Sciences. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), where she has served in numerous roles and committees, including as chair of the ATS International Conference. In 2021, Dr. Petrache was elected as an Executive Board Member of the American Thoracic Society; she will serve as ATS President in 2024-2025. She is an alumna of the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine program. Dr. Petrache received several awards for her academic activities, including the Elizabeth Rich Award; The Golden Lung Award for excellence in teaching; Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award; Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Chancellor’s Prestigious External Award Recognition and the Research Frontiers Trailblazer Award. As part of her post-doctoral training, Dr. Petrache completed clinical and research fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Petrache is board certified in internal medicine, clinical care medicine, and pulmonary medicine. Dr. Petrache held faculty positions as assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University and associate professor and then tenured professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she served as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine. Dr. Petrache’s clinical interests include COPD, emphysema, sarcoidosis, acute lung injury, cystic fibrosis, and pulmonary hypertension. She leads a laboratory at National Jewish Health focused on the pathogenesis of emphysema and pulmonary vascular remodeling in COPD, as well as distal lung injury and repair in response to vaping, cigarette smoking, and acute viral infections.

Melinda Solomon is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. She completed her pediatric residency and pediatric respiratory medicine fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada and then joined SickKids faculty in 1999. As the Director of the Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Clinic and Medical Director of the Pediatric Lung Transplant Program at SickKids, Dr. Solomon has dedicated her career to advancing care for children with complex respiratory conditions. Her leadership in CF care and in lung transplantation has helped shaped highly specialized and collaborative programs.

BMedSci BMBS MSc AFRACMA FRCP FRACP PhD FThorSoc Prof Natasha Smallwood is a consultant respiratory physician at the Alfred Hospital (Melbourne, Australia), Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Head of the Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Group at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). In addition to her respiratory qualifications, she holds postgraduate qualifications in Medical Leadership, Epidemiology and Palliative Care. Prof Smallwood has authored over 140 publications and been awarded approximately $11 million as major research grants. She has clinical and research interests in severe lung disease, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung disease. Prof Smallwood is the incoming President for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, a Board Director for the Victorian Doctors Health Program (Australia), and holds multiple leadership roles. She is a taskforce member for various national and international respiratory guidelines. She recently worked with the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare to develop the first ever national clinical care standard in respiratory medicine for people with COPD.