Federico Lavorini is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence Italy; he is also Head of the Respiratory and Critical Care Unit at the Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. He qualified in Medicine at the University of Florence (1991), has the Specialist Certification in Respiratory Medicine (1996), and he also undertook a Ph.D. board certified in Applied Pathophysiology (2000). His research interests are control of breathing in health and disease, defense mechanisms of the airways and inhalation devices for delivering aerosol medications. At the present, he is member of the Aerosol Drug Management Improvement Team (ADMIT), an european consortium of respiratory physician with special interests in aerosol medicine. He is also member of the Respiratory Effectiveness Group (REG), an investigator-led, social enterprise research initiatve. Federico Lavorini is Co-Chair of the European Respiratory Society /International Society of Aerosol in Medicine Taskforce on inhaled therapy and devices of the. He is also Chair of the Italian Respiratory Society (SIP) Taskforce on aerosol delivery systems. Federico Lavorini is Associate Editor of the Clinical Respiratory Journal, and review Editor of di Frontiers in Physiology, Respiratory Physiology. He is also one of the board members of the Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery, and of the BioMed Research International, Pulmonology.

Deborah Jo Levine MD, FCCP is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSCSA). She is the Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program and the Medical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at UTHSCSA. She attended medical school at the University of Arizona and completed her internship and residency and pulmonary fellowship in Arizona. She did her critical care fellowship and a one- year fellowship in lung transplantation and interventional pulmonary at UTHSCSA. She joined the faculty at UT following her training. The focus of her work, whether it be clinical practice, teaching and educating, or research efforts has concentrated in the areas of Lung Transplantation and Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Her research interests and work have concentrated on the evaluation and therapy of antibody-mediated rejection in lung transplantation and in lung donor management. She is also involved in multiple Pulmonary Hypertension studies. From a teaching standpoint, she is very involved with daily teaching of house staff as well as involved in education at a national level. Dr. Levine has been very involved in CHEST serving as the past chair of the Lung Transplant Network and on the Pulmonary Vascular Network Steering committee. She has been actively involved in many areas of CHEST including multiple education projects, the membership committee, PH guidelines committee, the scientific abstracts and awards committee, manuscript review of CHEST, and the Co-Chair of the Pulmonary Board Review Course.

Stephanie M. Levine, MD, FCCP, is a Professor of Medicine with tenure in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine at UT Health - San Antonio, in San Antonio, Texas. She is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine. Dr. Levine received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She completed her Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine at the New York University-Manhattan Veterans Administration-Bellevue Hospital Program in New York City. Dr. Levine is the Program Director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at UT Health San Antonio, and was the former Medical Director of the Lung Transplant Program at the same institution. She is currently the Co-Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital. She also is a staff physician in the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. Dr. Levine has authored or co-authored over 280 manuscripts, chapters, reviews, editorials, and abstracts, primarily in her major field of interest, lung transplantation. Her other areas of interest include pulmonary and critical care issues in pregnancy and women’s lung health and eosinophilic lung disorders. Dr. Levine has held many leadership positions in the organization, including Editor for both CHEST SEEK Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine editions. She has chaired the Education Committee, the Council of NetWorks, the Pulmonary Board Review Course, and was co- chair of the Scientific Program Committee. She has been active in CHEST international activities with CHEST World Congress meetings in Shanghai and Bangkok, the regional meeting in Athens, the 2017 Basel Joint CHEST/SPG Congress in collaboration with the Swiss Lung Association, and with the pulmonary/critical care subspecialty training programs developed in China. In 2009, she received the CHEST Presidential Citation Award; in 2010, the CHEST Distinguished Service Award; and in 2017, the Master Clinician Educator Award. She has also been recognized as a Distinguished CHEST Educator each year since its inception since 2017. She was President and Chair of the CHEST Foundation from 2010-2014 and served on the CHEST Board of Regents and Board of Trustees. Dr. Levine served as the 82nd President of CHEST for the 2019-2020 term and is the fifth woman to lead the organization. She recently was appointed as the Deputy Editor for Contributor Equity and Experience for the CHEST journal.