The Quest to Intercept Lung Disease with Drs. Ravi Kalhan, Amy Olson & George Washko

Episode Highlights
0:15 Intro
1:10 Introducing the Lung Health Cohort Research Study
3:49 The enrollment strategy
7:10 Seeking “the cholesterol of lung disease”
11:50 The role of industry support
14:09 Imaging strategies for long-term lung assessment
17:59 Recruitment challenges
23:05 Final thoughts
26:20 Outro

For our 50th episode, Ravi Kalhan, MD, of Northwestern Medicine, George Washko, MD, of Harvard University, and Amy Olson, MD, Executive Director of Medical Affairs for Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc, join us for a panel discussion around improving patient outcomes through innovative lung health research, such as with the American Lung Association Lung Health Cohort Research Study.

Tune in to learn more about their collaborative efforts to help identify biomarkers and lifestyle patterns for more accurate identification of disease processes, ideally at onset.

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