Prof. Dr. Nicola A. Hanania is the Associate Professor of Medicine in the section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Director of the American Lung Association Airways Clinical Research Center (ACRC) at the Baylor College of Medicine. He completed his medical training at the University of Jordan, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. He subsequently completed a Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he later earned a Master's Degree in Clinical Investigation. As a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), Prof. Dr. Nicola A. Hanania has served on the Board of Regents and as Chair of the ACCP's Clinical Pulmonary, Airways Networks, and Council of Networks. Additionally, he is a current member of the Health Policy Committee of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Prof. Dr. Nicola A. Hanania's research interests focus on the pharmacology and management of asthma and COPD. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, editorials, and reviews on these topics. He is actively involved in clinical trial research and investigating novel treatments.