Members Spotlighted for Sputum Bowl Competitions, Awards, and Research

September 15, 2026 |  2 min read

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AARC member Elias Marrero, RRT, was featured in an article in The Chandler Arizonan about his Sputum Bowl team’s first-place finish in the Arizona Sputum Bowl championship. The Phlegm Fellas will be heading to New Orleans to compete in the National Sputum Bowl in November. Read it Here

AARC member Audrey Chikalla, RRT, RRT-NPS, CPFT, AE-C, was featured in an article on the UC Davis website about a CPAP clinic, especially for children, at UC Davis Health that Audrey helped develop to address the specific challenges faced by kids prescribed CPAP for sleep apnea. Read it Here

AARC members Grant Hosking, MS, RRT, RRT-ACCS, and Tiffany Scott, MSc, BSRT, RRT, RRT-ACCS, were pictured in an article on the Your Wyoming Link website about the Distinguished RRT Credentialing Success Award received by their respiratory care program at Casper College for the third year in a row. Read it Here

AARC member Mika Nonoyama, FHSc, RRT, was featured in an article on the Ontario Tech University website about the long-term health effects of wildfire smoke. Read it Here

AARC member Jodylynn Rolla, MSRC, RRT, was featured in an article in the Salem News about the second staff member at her hospital to receive the TUPIL Award – an award that came from Jodylynn’s idea to recognize team members who make a difference. Read it Here

 AARC member Crystal A. Miller, PhD, DHA, MBA, RRT, was featured in an article on IssueWire.com highlighting her career as a respiratory therapist and respiratory care educator. Read it Here

 

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