Marcus Herbert Jones, Brazil Marcus Herbert Jones, MD, PhD, ATSF, is Full Professor of Pediatrics at PUCRS and a leading authority in pediatric pulmonology in Brazil. His research centers on chronic respiratory diseases, with a particular focus on lung function in children with conditions such as primary ciliary dyskinesia, asthma, and cystic fibrosis. He emphasizes molecular diagnostics, biomarker discovery, and the application of health technologies. Dr. Jones also leads initiatives in maternal and child health, as well as health equity, within Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS).

Prof. Amir Kugelman is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the R&B Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel. He specialized in Pediatric Pulmonology and Neonatology in Children’s Hospital, LA, CA, and is currently the Director of the Neonatal Department and a Senior Pediatric Pulmonologist at Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. He is the past Chairman of the Israeli Society of Pediatric Pulmonology. His main research is in Neonatal Pulmonology, focusing on non- invasive ventilation, non-invasive respiratory monitoring in the NICU and the Pediatric Department, and in the prevention and treatment of Chronic Lung Disease of premature infants. Other areas of interest and research: Iatrogenesis in NICUs, late preterm infants, outcome of VLBW infants, and delayed cord clamping in the delivery room.

Susanna A. McColley, MD, FAAP, ATSF is Professor of Pediatrics in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Scientific Director for Interdisciplinary Research Partnerships at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Her primary research focus is cystic fibrosis includes epidemiology, clinical trials of new therapies, improving newborn screening for diagnostic timeliness and equity, and new tools for diagnosis and disease monitoring. As Editor-in-Chief of Pediatric Pulmonology, she is a continuous learner who is dedicated to not only providing a venue for new research, but for reviews, case reports and commentaries that support evidence-based clinical practice, recognition of rare conditions and innovations in the care of children with respiratory disease. She is determined to improve health equity through research, dissemination, educational initiatives and fostering career development. At Northwestern University, she co-leads a course on antiracism in science, directs a National Institutes of Health funded postdoctoral training program, and co-directs a career development core for early career faculty underrepresented in biomedical research through an NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustained Transformation grant. Her work is funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Rosenau Family Research Foundation, and Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute.