Wildfires and Air Quality, Career Journeys, and New PFT Grant

July 14, 2025 |  1 min read

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AARC member Jessica Starks, MSRC, RRT, RRT-ACCS, was featured in an article on the Boise State website about her journey to respiratory care. Read it here.

AARC member Eric Meyer, RRT, RPFT, was pictured in an article on the VermontBiz website about a grant his hospital received for a crucial software update for the hospital’s pulmonary function test machine. See it here.

AARC member Joanna Bielski, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, was pictured in an article in the Capital Journal about the financial impact of the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act on hospitals. See it here.

AARC member Brady Scott, PhD, RRT, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, discussed how Canadian wildfire smoke triggered a Chicago air quality alert and what people with conditions such as asthma and COPD should know during these types of alerts. See it here.

 

 

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