10th Young Investigators Meeting

Young Investigators Meetings are hosted by research leaders in the field of airway and vascular smooth muscle biology in airways disease. The main goal of the meeting is for established respiratory leaders in the field to initiate discussion and offer mentorship to junior investigators, who are typically PhD students and postdoctoral scientists early in their research careers. These meetings are a great forum for young investigators to present their work and build their professional networks in respiratory research. Furthermore, previous meetings have led to 35 review articles being written collaboratively by YIM delegates, published in special issues of Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

The previous meeting in London (held 22nd September – 24th September, 2015) was a smashing success. Many thanks to all who attended the meeting as part of an international family guiding and training the next generation of scientists in this ever expanding field.

Hosts, Organizing Committee

• Ray Penn, PhD (Thomas Jefferson University)
• Deepak Deshpande, PhD (Thomas Jefferson University)
• Reynold Panettieri, Jr., MD (Rutgers University)
• Steve An, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)

Mentors

• Prof. Herman Meurs, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Prof. Jane Bourke, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Prof. Martina Schmidt, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
•  Prof. Raymond Penn, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
• Prof. Tom Murphy, Duke University, USA
• Prof. Tom Rich, University South Alabama, USA
• Prof. Rennolds Ostrom, Chapman University, USA
• Prof. Charlotte Billington, University of Nottingham, UK 
• Prof. Blanca Camoretti-Mercado, University South Florida, USA
• Prof. Paul Shapiro, University of Maryland Medical Center, USA 
• Prof. Deepak Deshpande, PhD (Thomas Jefferson University)
• Prof. Reynold Panettieri, Jr., MD (Rutgers University) 
• Prof. Steve An, PhD (Johns Hopkins University)
• Prof. Jill Johnson, Aston University, UK
• Prof. Alaina Ammit, Woolcock Institute, Australia