Meet the Assembly

Moo Suk Park
Head

Jin Woo Song
Head-Elect

Michelle Kam
Deputy Head

What do we do？

Mission

The primary goal of the Assembly on Interstitial Lung Diseases is to improve the clinical practice and management of our patients with interstitial lung diseases through education, research, and professional development.

The Assembly aims to develop and share new knowledge, training and education for members to increase their expertise in all aspects of interstitial lung diseases research and practice.

The Assembly focuses on clinical and research questions associated with interstitial lung diseases including translation of knowledge into prevention of disease, and improved diagnosis, treatment and patient outcomes.

Interests

• Current hot topics are clinical characteristics and therapeutics in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and other interstitial lung diseases (ILD)
• Genomic and molecular aspects of interstitial lung diseases
• Early detection and biomarkers, severity classification, prognosis markers and index systems of interstitial lung diseases are also important issues
• Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) classification and treatment modalities
• Connective tissue diseases-associated ILD (CTD-ILD) and Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) with autoimmune features (IPAF)
• Diagnosis and management of hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)
• Prognosis markers and index systems of IPF and PPF;
• Health effects of air pollution in interstitial lung disease
• Detection, progression, and prognosis of Interstitial lung abnormality (ILA)
• Rare lung diseases including lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH), and others

Who should join

The Assembly welcomes APSR members for the opportunity to meet new people, to hear your ideas, and to help you get involved with the APSR. Access and interactions with academic and clinical leaders in the field of interstitial lung disease through assembly activities, leadership, and collaborative projects.

Junior members keen to develop knowledge, build contacts and networks, present research ideas, seek training contacts and apply for funds. Senior members with vast experience wishing to share their knowledge, train and educate the next generation, build research collaborations and seek to represent the Assembly on international projects with sister societies.

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