Mannino Named Fellow of the International Respiratory Society

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 22, 2014) — University of Kentucky College of Public Health professor Dr. David Mannino has been honored by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) as a Fellow of the ERS for his contributions to research, clinical leadership, and education in respiratory medicine.  Mannino was one of only 125 researchers and clinicians around the world chosen for inclusion in the inaugural class of Fellows.  His selection in the group was based on his previous record and sustained contribution to research in the respiratory field.

The Fellowship is an elite group of respiratory professionals around the globe who are making profound contributions in their field.  The Fellows act as an advisory body for the ERS, which is the leading professional organization in its field in Europe, with more than 10,000 members in over 100 countries. Mannino was announced as a member of the Fellowship at the Society’s International Congress in Munich, Germany, Sept. 6.

At UK, Mannino is chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health in the College of Public Health and a professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.  Additionally, he is the director of the UK Pulmonary Epidemiology Research Laboratory and the director of the Southeast Center for Agricultural Health and Injury Prevention. Mannino was formerly the chief science officer of the Centers for Disease Control’s Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch.  In December 2013, Expertscape News rated Dr. Mannino as the nation’s top expert on COPD, for exhibiting the greatest knowledge and expertise in the U.S. in the area of COPD treatment and research.

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