National Committees
- Chairman, Pulmonary Circulation Section, American Thoracic Society, 1991
- Member, Publication Policy Committee, American Thoracic Society, 1991 - 1993
- Long Range Planning Committee, American Thoracic Society, 1994 - 1996; 1998-1999
- Chairman, Program Committee, Respiratory Molecular Cell Biology, American Thoracic Society, 1998
- Member, Research Review Committee, American Lung Association, 1986 - 1990
- Member, VA Merit Review, Respiration, 1991 - 1994
- Lung Biology Pathology Study Section, Ad-hoc, NIH, 1993 - 1995
- Respiratory and Applied Physiology Study Section, Ad-hoc, NIH, 1993 - 1997
- Program Project Review Committee, Heart-Lung Interactions, NIH, 1992
- NIH Advisory Committee, Southwest Foundation, Biomedical Research. 1995-1999
- NIH Special Emphasis Board, Pulmonary Vascular Biology, 1995
- NIH Special Emphasis, Bone Marrow Transplant and Lung Injury, 1995
- NIH Special Emphasis, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, 1994
- American Lung Association Fellowship Review, 1995-1998, member, co-chairman,1998
- NIH SCOR Lung Development and Pathobiology, 1996
- NIH Special Emphasis, Cystic Fibrosis, 1996
- NIH Fellowship Review, Physiological Sciences 1996
- NIH Special Emphasis, Metabolism 1997
- NIH SCOR Acute Lung Injury, 1997
- American Heart Association, Lung and Development Review member, 1996-1998
- NIH Lung Biology and Pathology, Member, 1998-2002
- March of Dimes Ad hoc reviewer, 1999-2000
- BSF, United States-Israeli International Science Foundation, Ad hoc reviewer 2000
- American Physiological Society, Reviewer Giles Filley Award Respiration, 2000-present
- External Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania SCOR Acute Lung Injury
- California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Pulmonary Disease Study Section, 2000-present, Chairman 2002
- NIH RFA Intermittent Hypoxia, 2000
- Chairman-elect, Respiration Section, American Physiological Society
- Chairman, NIH Lung Biology Pathology Study Section, Oct 2000 -
- Scientific Advisory Board, iNOTherapeutics, Clinton , NJ
- Adhoc member, promotions committee, Pulmonary Pathology Branch, NIEHS, RTP, NC
- Ad hoc reviewer, Alice Hamilton Award for Excellence Occupational Safety Health
- Member, Special study section, NIH Alcohol Toxicology, Oct 2002
- NIH HLBI SPARKS II, Jan 2003
- Member, Special study section, NIH Respiratory Applied Physiology, Feb 2003
- Member, Board Review, Pulmonary Pathobiology NIEHS, Aug 2003
- Ad hoc reviewer, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation, Aug 2003
- Member, Parker B. Francis Foundation Pulmonary Research Advisory Group
- External Advisory Board, Case Western Cystic Fibrosis Center, April 2004
- Ad hoc member, NIH Fellowship Review Pulmonary, Cardiovascular and Exercise March 2004
- Ad hoc member, NIH PO1 HL60678 (Signaling Endothelial Permeability Lung Vascular Injury), June 2004
- Member, NIH HLBI Program Project Review Committee, 2005 -
- External Advisory Committee, Chemical Counteract, National Jewish Hospital, Denver CO 2007-
- External Advisory Committee, T32 Training Program in Pulmonary Research, Harvard School Public Health
- External Advisory Committee, Institute Vascular Biology, Medical College Georgia
- External Advisory Committee, Department Environmental Health Sciences, UAB School Public Health
- External Advisory Committee, University of California at Davis, T32
- External Advisory Committee, University of Rochester, T32
- Ad hoc reviewer, NIH KO8 HLBI 2009-present
- Scientific Advisory Committee, Gilead (Pharmaceuticals) Sciences Research Scholars Program in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, 2011-present
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University Committees
- Vice-chairman, Department of Pharmacology 1987-2000
- Director of Education, Medical Pharmacology 1987-1993; 1997-1998
- Chairman, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Standing Committee for Tenure and Promotion 1997-1999
- University of Pittsburgh, Internal Review, Department of Biological Sciences, 1997
- Research Advisory Committee, Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh, 1992- 2002
- Search committee, Division of Pulmonary Allergy Critical Care Medicine
- Search committee, Dept. Bioengineering
- Director, Summer Medical Student Research Fellowship Program 1996-1999
- Ad hoc committee, Medical School admissions interview 1998-2001
- Member, Magee-Womens Research Institute Advisory Committee, 2001-present
- Member, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Feb 2002 – present
- Member, Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/Ph.D) University of Pittsburgh School Medicine (Sept 2002 – present)
- Search committee (Chairman), Chairman Department Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (July 2004 – present)
- Member, University of Pittsburgh Technology Transfer Committee
- Member, Health Sciences Research Advisory Committee
- Search committee (Chairman), Chair Department Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
- Search committee, Chief Pulmonary Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School Medicine
- Search committee, Director, Magee Womens Research Institute
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