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Rebecca Vanderpool, PhD

@rrvdpool.bsky.social

A biomedical engineer researching right ventricular function and pulmonary vascular disease. #PAH #PulmonaryCirculation Opinions are mine. #Medsky

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🚨 New PH Tweetorial Series is live! 🚨
Kicking off the new year with PH diagnosisβ€”featuring πŸ“» a podcast, πŸ’Š a challenging case discussion, and πŸ“„ a must-read paper.
open.spotify.com/episode/1NHe...
site.thoracic.org/assemblies/p...
PMID: 30880632
@atsearlycareer.bsky.social @pvrinstitute.bsky.social

19.01.2026 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Not how I wanted to start the new year with grant writing. SciENcv fails for the day.

05.01.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AHA Scientific Sessions 2026 #AHA26 will take place November 6-9, 2026, in Chicago πŸ’¨

Want to contribute to next year’s program? Submit your session ideas for #AHA26 by tomorrow January 6

Would especially love to hear from the vascular biology community

Link here:
forms.office.com/pages/respon...

05.01.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Practical PH: Foundations of PH - Risk Stratification

⚠️ New Practical PH drop!! Continuing our Foundations in PH series, Dr. Kathryn del Valle and Dr. Raymond Benza have a discussion about risk stratification in PH. Available now on Apple Podcasts, YouTube and Spotify πŸ«πŸ«€

open.spotify.com/episode/0H2V...

17.12.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited for #AHA25 to start. The ever popular 3CPR Speed Mentoring session is happening this afternoon. Later there is both an early career networking event and the 3CPR & #ReSS welcome reception. A jammed packed afternoon.

07.11.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Here are some helpful PC-links with our latest activity:
πŸ›œπŸ”—
What's New: site.thoracic.org/assemblies/p....
PC Webinars: site.thoracic.org/assemblies/p...
Practical PH Podcasts: site.thoracic.org/assemblies/p...

22.10.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The New England Journal of Medicine                   
Sotatercept for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension within the First Year 
A Research Summary based on McLaughlin VV et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2508170 | Published on September 30, 2025 

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.                       

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.

The New England Journal of Medicine Sotatercept for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension within the First Year A Research Summary based on McLaughlin VV et al. | 10.1056/NEJMoa2508170 | Published on September 30, 2025 Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned. Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.

Among adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension who had received the diagnosis less than 1 year earlier, the addition of sotatercept to background therapy resulted in a lower risk of clinical worsening than placebo. Full HYPERION phase 3 trial results and Research Summary: nej.md/4mzuaY1

03.10.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🚨 New trial alert: HYPERION🚨

10.10.2025 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Troy Stevens, PhD presenting the Terry Wagner Memorial Lecture: Impact of Age on Endothelial Heterogeneity in the Pulmonary Vasculature
@ats-pc.bsky.social #groverconference2025

04.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Soft Tissue Biomechanics Laboratory

🚨 We have 2-3 post-doc openings and an opening for a lab manager, all in soft material/tissue mechanics. 🚨

Check out www.manuelrausch.com and submit an application here: lnkd.in/e7W27XwZ. Please share with interested parties and your network. Many thanks ❀️!

12.07.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Monday! Let's start the week right with an early career highlight πŸ₯ Introducing Dr. Forbes:

30.06.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Blue Journal thanks Alexander M. K. Rothman, BMBCh, MRCP, PhD, for his contribution to the June issue

Positioning Imatinib for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Dose-Finding Phase 2 Study

@atscommunity.bsky.social‬ #PAH

πŸ”“Open Access

www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....

17.06.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ Get ready to submit your abstract to PVRI 2026 Dublin β€” registrations & the abstract portal will open on 1 July! Stay tuned for full details on how to register and submit your abstract! pvrinstitute.org/pvri2026
#PVRI2026 #PulmonaryHypertension #GlobalScience #Congress

11.06.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Summary for Clinicians: Clinical Practice Guideline on Interventional Strategies for Children with Progressive Pulmonary Hypertension Despite Optimal Therapy | Annals of the American Thoracic Society Artificial Intelligence Disclaimer: No artificial intelligence tools were used in writing this manuscript

Hot off the press πŸ”₯: Check out this guideline summary on interventional strategies for children with progressive pulmonary hypertension in the June issue of Annals ATS. www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10....

11.06.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ATS 2026 International Conference Call for Input Open Now - ATSConferenceNews.org The ATS 2026 International Conference will take place May 15-20, 2026, in Orlando, but the call for input for next year’s conference has already opened! Submit your proposals for numerous Internationa...

⏰ Submit your proposals for ATS 2026 in Orlando!

πŸ“… Call for input is open now through June 25. Learn more in ATS Conference News: www.atsconferencenews.org/ats-2026-int...

02.06.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Missing all the networking at ATS 2025? Here is a PC Assembly early career highlight! Meet Dr. Shen:

02.06.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 3D Imaging Reveals Complex Microvascular Remodeling in the Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension. After registering, you will receive a confirmation ema... Dr. Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD from Stanford will present the article titled "3D Imaging Reveals Complex Microvascular Remodeling in the Right Ventricle in Pulmonary Hypertension” and discuss the topic b...

Please join our latest discussions: tle: β€œ3D Imaging Reveals Complex Microvascular Remodeling in the Right Ventricle in
Pulmonary Hypertension”
Date/Time: Tues, June. 3, 2025, 12 p.m. eastern
Registration Link:
thoracic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Presenter: Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD

18.04.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Happening this Tuesday!

27.05.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🩺 Join us for the @ats-pc.bsky.social journal club next week!
πŸ“… Tue, June 3, 2025, 12pm ET
🎀 Presenter: Dr. Edda Spiekerkoetter, MD
Register Now! thoracic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

27.05.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent job covering #ATS2025. Thanks for your hard work!

22.05.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The PHun doesn’t stop there! Head over to the Poster Discussion on Late-Breaking Abstracts in 3009/3011 or Mini Symposium on Novel Models of Metabolism and Vascular Remodeling in 2009/2011. πŸ‘ŸπŸ‘Ÿ

21.05.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PC has saved some of the best sessions for last at #ATS2025
⏰Wednesday May 21 starting at 8:15 AM PST - all in Moscone West so you don't have to miss out on anything!πŸ™Œ

21.05.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This afternoon’s #ATS2025 session has been wonderful! Our own #CoreyVentetuolo spoke about lessons we’ve learned about EC plasticity from our cell biopsy method. @brownmedicine.bsky.social @ats-pc.bsky.social

19.05.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s update β€œlow risk” in #PAH! Awesome presentation from
@SandeepSahayMD
& team: β€œA Refined Definition of Low Risk in Patients with PAH: Incorporating Mortality and Morbidity”

19.05.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big things happening this morning in B26 - Oracle Park πŸ‘οΈπŸ‘οΈ come check it out!

19.05.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kicking things off with very encouraging data looking at survival with PAH using analyses from STELLAR and SOTERIA trials!

19.05.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Don’t forget this one!! Navigating Mid Career challenges from PAH luminaries.

19.05.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good Morning and welcome to another awesome day at #ATS2025! Today is jam-packed with πŸ”₯#PVD #PH #RV #PulmCirc sessions, so put those πŸ‘Ÿon & get excited for all these great presentations πŸŽ‰ And don’t miss our
@ats-pc.bsky.social
meeting TODAY at 5p! Today’s sessions ⬇️

19.05.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking to the PH-uture πŸ‘€: Mapping the Chemical Shift of 20Xenon in the Red Blood Cells as a Biomarker for PH. #DrBastianDriehuys

19.05.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Patient insurance type matters in #PAH! Wonderful presentation from #DrBreanneMcCarthy: β€œImpact of Insurance Type in Treatment Patterns in PAH: The Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry” @atsearlycareer.bsky.social #PennMedPH

19.05.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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