Education Bulletin: Professional Resources

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TOPICS AND/OR CHANGES TO:

Sharon Hart
Academic Affairs & Research Support Services
HartS@njhealth.org

Time is given in Mountain Time (MT).

Date Time Location Event
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Zoom Office of Research Innovation

Workshop Lung-on-a-Chip Model

Kambez H. Benam, DPhil
Associate Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering
Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Pittsburgh

Contact Holly Johnson for more details.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Heitler Hall & Zoom Distinguished Speaker Seminar

"Immunological Tolerance Driven by Thymic Mimetic Cells"

Diane Mathis, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology
The Morton Grove-Rasmussen Chair of Immunohematology
Harvard Medical School

Contact Kristin Crowell for details.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Heitler Hall & Zoom Denver Allergy Rounds

Panel Discussion

Thomas Ritz, PhD, Southern Methodist University
Barry Make, MD, National Jewish Health
Anna Dammann, PhD, National Jewish Health
Cori Fratelli, MSN, FNP-C, National Jewish Health

Contact Lien Hang for details.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Heitler Hall & Zoom Denver Allergy Rounds

"Neuroscience and Psychophysiology of Asthma: Evidence for a Bidirectional Lung-Brain Relationship"

Thomas Ritz, PhD
Southern Methodist University

Contact Lien Hang for details.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Heitler Hall & Zoom Office of Research Innovation
Accomplished Scientist

"Challenges and Progress in the Delivery of Gene Editors to Airway Epithelial Cells"

Paul B. McCray, Jr., MD
Chief Scientist Officer, Department of Pediatrics
University of Iowa

Contact Holly Johnson for details.
Friday, March 27, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Heitler Hall & Zoom Medicine Grand Rounds

"The First-Ever Well-Being Survey for All NJH Clinicians and Scientists: Responding to Results"

Evan L. Stepp, MD, FCCP, CPE
Well-Being Director, Department of Medicine
National Jewish Health

Contact Lien Hang for details.
Friday, March 27, 2026 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Heitler Hall & Zoom Pulmonary Research in Progress

"C3aR is Essential for Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension"

Christine Farrell, MD
Fellow
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
University of Colorado

&

"Phage Therapy for NTM: Past, Present and Future"

Jerry Nick, MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep
National Jewish Health
Thursdays 12:00-12:30 p.m. Virtual Mindfulness Meditation

NJH Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness Program and Rehabilitation Services

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Weekly Mindfulness Meditation (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window)
Meeting ID: 590 192 034
Passcode: 1700
Use computer or cellphone for audio (not NJH desk phone)
Second Wednesday Every Month 12:00-1:00 p.m. Zoom National Jewish Health
Metabolic Health Virtual Support Group

To be added to the email list
https://redcap.link/metabolichealthsignup (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window)
Wednesdays 7:30 a.m. Heitler Hall Denver Allergy Rounds

Contact Lien Hang for details.
Fridays 8:00 a.m. Heitler Hall (In-person attendance limited to 50) Pulmonary RIP

Coffee & pastries are served before the conference.
*Conferences are not recorded

Contact Isabel Houck for details.

PLUS:

· FREE giveaways - Come Early – While Supplies Last

· FREE blood pressure checks (and spirometry when available)

· FREE breakfast including Starbucks coffee

Volunteering - An Awesome Way to Start the Your Weekend!

VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL * NEEDED * We’re looking to add more doctors and nurses and nutritionists and allied health professionals for our growing number of patients to walk with.

If you want to do something good for the community, your patients, and get your name and face “out there” please reply to this email.

Volunteers: Please arrive at 7:30am sharp
Bring stethoscopes/BP cuffs if checking BP

Crestmoor Park Near the Tennis Courts

Volunteering - An Awesome Way to Start the Your Weekend!

VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL * NEEDED * We’re looking to add more doctors and nurses and nutritionists and allied health professionals for our growing number of patients to walk with.

If you want to do something good for the community, your patients, and get your name and face “out there” please reply to this email.

Volunteers: Please arrive at 7:30am sharp
Bring stethoscopes/BP cuffs if checking BP

Date	Time	Location	Event
Wednesday, May 13, 2026	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Zoom	Office of Research Innovation Workshop Lung-on-a-Chip Model Kambez H. Benam, DPhil Associate Professor of Medicine and Bioengineering Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Pittsburgh Contact Holly Johnson for more details.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Heitler Hall & Zoom	Distinguished Speaker Seminar "Immunological Tolerance Driven by Thymic Mimetic Cells" Diane Mathis, PhD Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology The Morton Grove-Rasmussen Chair of Immunohematology Harvard Medical School Contact Kristin Crowell for details.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Heitler Hall & Zoom	Denver Allergy Rounds Panel Discussion Thomas Ritz, PhD, Southern Methodist University Barry Make, MD, National Jewish Health Anna Dammann, PhD, National Jewish Health Cori Fratelli, MSN, FNP-C, National Jewish Health Contact Lien Hang for details.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026	7:30 - 8:30 a.m.	Heitler Hall & Zoom	Denver Allergy Rounds "Neuroscience and Psychophysiology of Asthma: Evidence for a Bidirectional Lung-Brain Relationship" Thomas Ritz, PhD Southern Methodist University Contact Lien Hang for details.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Heitler Hall & Zoom	Office of Research Innovation Accomplished Scientist "Challenges and Progress in the Delivery of Gene Editors to Airway Epithelial Cells" Paul B. McCray, Jr., MD Chief Scientist Officer, Department of Pediatrics University of Iowa Contact Holly Johnson for details.
Friday, March 27, 2026	12:00 - 1:00 p.m.	Heitler Hall & Zoom	Medicine Grand Rounds "The First-Ever Well-Being Survey for All NJH Clinicians and Scientists: Responding to Results" Evan L. Stepp, MD, FCCP, CPE Well-Being Director, Department of Medicine National Jewish Health Contact Lien Hang for details.
Friday, March 27, 2026	8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Heitler Hall & Zoom	Pulmonary Research in Progress "C3aR is Essential for Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension" Christine Farrell, MD Fellow Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care University of Colorado & "Phage Therapy for NTM: Past, Present and Future" Jerry Nick, MD Professor Department of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep National Jewish Health
Thursdays	12:00-12:30 p.m.	Virtual	Mindfulness Meditation NJH Cardiovascular Prevention and Wellness Program and Rehabilitation Services Join: Weekly Mindfulness Meditation (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) Meeting ID: 590 192 034 Passcode: 1700 Use computer or cellphone for audio (not NJH desk phone)
Second Wednesday Every Month	12:00-1:00 p.m.	Zoom	National Jewish Health Metabolic Health Virtual Support Group To be added to the email list https://redcap.link/metabolichealthsignup (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window) (Opens in a new window)
Wednesdays	7:30 a.m.	Heitler Hall	Denver Allergy Rounds Contact Lien Hang for details.
Fridays	8:00 a.m.	Heitler Hall (In-person attendance limited to 50)	Pulmonary RIP Coffee & pastries are served before the conference. *Conferences are not recorded Contact Isabel Houck for details.