Be Heard! Seminar Series: Writing a White Paper

Guest Speakers: Vince Tedjasaputra, PhD, Meghan Rebuli, PhD

Moderator: John Balmes, PhD

About the Speakers:

Dr. Meghan Rebuli was the lead author on the official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report on E-cigarette and Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury. Her research focuses on sex specific effects of air pollutants and new and emerging tobacco products on pulmonary health. She has investigated how the interaction of sex (genetic and hormonal) and respiratory toxicants can alter respiratory outcomes in laboratory models, in individuals and - in collaboration with epidemiologists - in populations.

Vince Tedjasaputra, Ph.D. is the Director of Scientific Communications at the American Lung Association, where he helps to tell the story of the impact of lung disease research to patients, donors, and lawmakers who support the organization. Prior to the American Lung Association, Dr. Tedjasaputra was an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the National Science Foundation.