Professor Farah is a Respiratory Physician at Concord Hospital and Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney with an interest in airway physiology and asthma.

David A. Kaminsky, MD is Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Vermont College of Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University, and medical degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his residency training in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, and fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. Dr. Kaminsky joined the faculty of University of Vermont College of Medicine in 1995 and continues to work as a clinician, researcher and educator. Dr. Kaminsky is an attending physician at the University of Vermont Medical Center and is the Clinical Director of the Pulmonary Function Lab. He is a past Chair of the Proficiency Standards for Pulmonary Function Laboratories Committee of the American Thoracic Society and is a member of the pulmonary function exam writing committee of the National Board for Respiratory Care. Dr. Kaminsky is also a site co-principal investigator with the Airways Clinical Research Centers network of the American Lung Association. Dr. Kaminsky is actively involved in teaching and research. His areas of research interest include pulmonary physiology, lung mechanics, asthma and COPD. Dr. Kaminsky’s work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the American Lung Association, the Whittaker Foundation, local university and hospital grants, and other agencies. Along with authoring over 150 original papers, reviews and medical book chapters, Dr. Kaminsky is the editor of The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations: Respiratory System, 2nd and 3rd Edition, and co-editor of Pulmonary Function Testing: Principles and Practice, part of the Respiratory Medicine series sponsored by the American Thoracic Society.

Dr Blokland has research interests in cell biology, airway physiology, chronic lung disease and early detection of lung disease following bone marrow transplantation. His expertise includes complex measures of lung function, 3D imaging and molecular biology.

Dr Anna Hudson is a Senior Research Fellow at Flinders University. Her research aims to understand human respiratory physiology in health and disease including the neural control of breathing and breathlessness.