The lung health crisis: The Achilles’ heel we didn’t know we had

This talk discusses lung disease and respiratory health related to pulmonary medicine, regarding the recent respiratory pandemic.

• Review funding for lung disease and disease burden
• Gain an understanding of the burden of undiagnosed COPD
• Gain knowledge of the origins of lung disease and early lung development
• Learn how to protect lungs in childhood and adulthood

Professor MeiLan Han is a professor of internal medicine and chief of the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Michigan Health System. Her research focuses on use of quantitative imaging to understand COPD.

In addition, Professor MeiLan Han is a deputy editor for the journal American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the American Lung Association, the Board of the COPD Foundation and the GOLD Scientific Advisory Committee.