Speakers and Moderators

Charles W. Atwood, MD		Marc S. Malandro, PhD
Charles Auffray, PhD		Rama K. Mallampalli, MD
M. Michael Barmada, PhD		Clay B. Marsh, MD
Kathleen C. Barnes, PhD		Thomas R. Martin, MD
Peter J. Barnes, FRS		Fernando Martinez, MD
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD		Rasika Mathias, ScD
Panayiotis (Takis) Benos, PhD		Bryan J. McVerry, MD
Jessica Bon, MD		Joachim Muller-Quernheim, MD
Carrie V. Breton, ScD		Allan I. Pack, MD, PhD
Juan C. Celedon, MD, DrPH		David H. Perlmutter, MD
Hunter Champion, MD, PhD		Joseph M. Pilewski, MD
Garry Cutting, MD		John Quackenbush, PhD
Michael P. Donahoe, MD		John J. Reilly, Jr., MD
Ramona L. Doyle, MD		David A. Schwartz, MD, MPH
Oliver Eickelberg, MD		Frank C. Sciurba, MD
William A. Gahl, MD, PhD		Steven D. Shapiro, MD
Weiniu Gan, PhD		Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD
Joe G.N. Garcia, MD		Avrum Spira, MD, MSc
Kevin F. Gibson, MD		Patrick J. Strollo, Jr., MD
Mark T. Gladwin, MD		Jacob I. Sznajder, MD
Harry Hochheiser, PhD		Zsolt Urban, PhD
Marc Humbert, MD, PhD		Kristen L. Veraldi, MD, PhD
Ray Jupp, PhD		Scott T. Weiss, MD, MS
Naftali Kaminski, MD		Sally Wenzel, MD
Don Kang, PhD		Prescott Woodruff, MD, MPH
James P. Kiley, PhD		Ivana V. Yang, PhD
George D. Leikauf, PhD		Sachin Yende, MD
James E. Loyd, MD		Yingze Zhang, PhD

	Charles W. Atwood, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Assistant Chief of Medicine VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Director, Sleep Disorders Program VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Director, UPMC Sleep Medicine Fellowship University of PIttsburgh Session Chair

	Charles Auffray, PhD Research Director Functional Genomics and Systems Biology for Health Principal Investigator European Institute for Systems Biology & Medicine Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Speaker

	M. Michael Barmada, PhD Associate Professor Deparment of Human Genetics Director, Center for Computational Genetics Director, Department Computational Resources Division University of Pittsburgh Session Chair

	Kathleen C. Barnes, PhD Professor in Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Speaker

	Peter J. Barnes, FRS Professor National Heart and Lung Institute Head of Respiratory Medicine Royal Brompton Hopsital Imperial College London Speaker

	Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD Chairman Department of Biomedical Informatics Co-Director Cancer Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) Associate Director, Clinical and Translational Institute Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Pathology, Information Science/Telecommunications and Clinical/Translational Sciences University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	Panayiotis (Takis) Benos, PhD Associate Professor Department of Computational Biology University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Speaker

	Jessica Bon, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Session Chair

	Carrie V. Breton, ScD Assistant Professor Preventive Medicine University of Southern California Speaker

	Juan C. Celedon, MD, DrPH Chief of Service Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Speaker

	Hunter Champion, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Session Chair

	Garry Cutting, MD Professor Institue of Genetic Medicine and Department of Pediatrics Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Speaker

	Michael P. Donahoe, MD Director Medical Intensive Care Unit University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee

	Ramona L. Doyle, MD Group Medical Director Global Product Development, Immunology Genentech Speaker

	Oliver Eickelberg, MD Comprehensive Pneumology Center Ludwig-Maximilians-University Session Chair

	William A. Gahl, MD, PhD Clinical Director NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, DHHS Speaker

	Weiniu Gan, PhD Program Director, Genetics, Genomics and Advanced Technologies Division of Lung Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Speaker

	Joe G.N. Garcia, MD Director Institute for Personalized Respiratory Medicine Vice President for Health Affairs Vice Chancellor for Research Earl M. Bane Professor of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Organizing Committee, Speaker

	Kevin F. Gibson, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Clinical Director Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease University of Pittsburgh Session Chair

	Mark T. Gladwin, MD Director Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Division Chief Vascular Medicine Institute University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair, Speaker

	Harry Hochheiser, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Informatics University of Pittsburgh Session Chair, Speaker

	Marc Humbert, MD, PhD Professor Department of Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care University of South Paris Speaker

	Ray Jupp, PhD Vice President Fibrosis & Wound Repair Therapeutic Strategy Unit Sanofi-Aventis Speaker

	Naftali Kaminski, MD Professor Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Director Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for ILD Director Lung, Blood and Vascular Center for Genomic Medicine University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair, Speaker

	Don Kang, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	James P. Kiley, PhD Director, Division of Lung Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Speaker

	George D. Leikauf, PhD Professor Department of Environmental and Occupational Health University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	James E. Loyd, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University Speaker

	Marc S. Malandro, PhD Associate Vice Chancellor Technology Management and Commercialization University of Pittsburgh Session Chair, Speaker

	Rama K. Mallampalli, MD Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology Director Acute Lung Injury Center University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair

	Clay B. Marsh, MD Professor College of Medicine Senior Associate Vice President and Vice Dean for Research Ohio State University Session Chair, Speaker

	Thomas R. Martin, MD Professor Emeritus Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington Novartis Pharmaceuticals, E. Hanover, NJ Global Head, Clinical Science Unit, Respiratory Franchise Speaker

	Fernando Martinez, MD Professor Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan Health System Speaker

	Rasika Mathias, ScD Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of General Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Speaker

	Bryan J. McVerry, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Session Chair

	Joachim Muller-Quernheim, MD Head, Full Professor Department of Pneumology/ Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Universitatsklinikum Freiburg Speaker

	Allan I. Pack, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Medicine/Division of Sleep Medicine Director Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Speaker

	David H. Perlmutter, MD Chairman and Vira I Heinz Professor Department of Pediatrics Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology Physician-in-Chief and Scientific Director Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	Joseph M. Pilewski, MD Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair

	John Quackenbush, PhD Professor Department of Biostatistics Professor of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Professor of Cancer Biology, and Director, Center for Cancer Computational Biology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard School of Public Health Speaker

	John J. Reilly, Jr., MD Executive Vice Chairman for the Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Session Chair

	David A. Schwartz, MD, MPH Chair Department of Medicine Director Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health University of Colorado Organizing Committee, Speaker

	Frank C. Sciurba, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Director Emphysema/COPD Research Center University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Speaker

	Steven D. Shapiro, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Scientific Officer Medical and Science Office, UPMC Professor of Medicine University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	Edwin K. Silverman, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Channing Laboratory Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital Organizing Committee, Speaker

	Avrum Spira, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Medicine Director Translational Bioinformatics Program, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Boston University School of Medicine Speaker

	Patrick J. Strollo, Jr., MD Vice President Fibrosis & Wound Repair Therapeutic Strategy Unit University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair

	Jacob I. Sznajder, MD Professor of Medicine and Cell and Molecular Biology Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Editor American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Speaker

	Zsolt Urban, PhD Associate Professor Division of Human Genetics University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	Kristen L. Veraldi, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair

	Scott T. Weiss, MD, MS Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Associate Director, Channing Laboratory, Brigham & Women's Hospital Director, Partners Center for Personalized Genetic Medicine, Partners Health Care Speaker

	Sally Wenzel, MD Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Director University of Pittsburgh Asthma Institute at UPMC/UPSOM University of Pittsburgh Organizing Committee, Session Chair, Speaker

	Prescott Woodruff, MD, MPH Associate Professor in Residence Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco Speaker

	Ivana V. Yang, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine Associate Professor Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health University of Colorado Denver Speaker

	Sachin Yende, MD Assistant Professor Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Speaker

	Yingze Zhang, PhD Research Associate Professor Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Director Translational Research Core Laboratory, PACCM University of Pittsburgh Session Chair