Participating Organizations

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AARST is a nonprofit, professional organization of members who are dedicated to the highest standard of excellence and ethical performance of radon measurement, radon mitigation and transfer of radon information for the benefit of members, consumers and the public at large.  Radon Professionals Working Together To Save Lives.

The Alpha-1 Association is a member-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to identifying those affected by Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1) and to improve the quality of their lives through support, education, advocacy and to encourage participation in research. Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency (Alpha-1), a genetic disorder that can cause liver and lung disease in children and adults.
 

Alpha – 1 Foundation is dedicated to providing the leadership and resources that will result in increased research, improved health, worldwide detection, and a cure for Alpha-1 deficiency.
 

The American Respiratory Alliance of Western Pennsylvania has been providing services to local communities for more than 100 years. They originated as a grass roots society to fight tuberculosis and have evolved to offer programs for adults with chronic lung diseases, children with asthma and their parents, adults and adolescents who would like to quit smoking, health professionals who require the most current information on tuberculosis, influenza, and other lung diseases, as well as anyone wishing to learn more about their lungs and how to keep them healthy. They serve over three million residents of Western Pennsylvania.

The Arkansas Respiratory Health Association is a volunteer organization with a full time staff located in Little Rock. They are working to promote lung health by educating children about the dangers of tobacco, helping adults quit smoking, and providing a better quality of life for both children and adults living with lung disease.

As the local Clean Air and Healthy Lungs leader, Breathe California fights lung disease in all of its forms and works with its communities to promote lung health. Five local agencies in the Bay Area, Central Coast, Golden Gate, Sacramento, and Los Angeles were founded in the first decades of the 1900s, beginning in 1903, and their key roles have been to establish tobacco-free communities, achieve healthy air quality, and fight lung diseases such as asthma and tuberculosis. Prevention is their priority. Through education, advocacy, and research they use a comprehensive approach to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce the impact of lung disease. 

The Chicago Thoracic Society (CTS) is a professional organization dedicated to the promotion of lung disease research, professional education and clinical practice.  The CTS, which also serves as the medical section of the Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago (RHAMC), is multidisciplinary and its membership includes physicians, fellows, students-in-training, researchers, internists, nurses, respiratory care practitioners, and other allied health care professionals.

The Chicago Asthma Consortium is a coalition of medical and public health professionals, business leaders, government agencies, community based organizations, and individuals dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with asthma through networking, information sharing, and collaboration.

The Mission of the Children's Interstitial Lung Disease Foundation is to provide support, education and hope to families affected with a pediatric interstitial lung disease and to advocate and raise funds for scientific research.

The COPD Foundation sets out to improve the lives of patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD), as well as the lives of those with a related disease.  Through research and the supply of information, it is hopeful that public awareness, early diagnosis, and better treatment will lead to a cure for COPD. 

The Illinois Food Allergy Education Association supports the Respiratory Health Association in advocating for lung health research and education. A new study noted that second-hand smoke exposure to young children increases the incidence of food allergy by 50 per cent. Moreover, young people who have food allergies and asthma compose the majority of food allergy fatalities.

Illinois Student Environmental Coalition unites student environmental organizations that are committed to improving environmental practices at colleges and universities by facilitating the exchange of resources and ideas.

 

The mission of Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation, a not-for profit healthcare provider, is to provide free and comprehensive asthma care and health education to children in Chicago's underserved communities via mobile medical clinics, the Asthma Vans.  Each of our three Asthma Vans is staffed with a pediatrician, nurse, and clinical assistant/driver, who provide on-going care to an established and evolving roster of patients identified through partnerships with local public and parochial schools, as well as Head Start programs.  By bringing the doctor to the patient, Mobile C.A.R.E. is able to have immediate impact in the communities which it serves.  Since beginning operations in 1999, our physicians have treated over 4,300 patients through more 21,200 patient visits, resulting in more effective disease management and a better quality of life for our patients and their families.   

The National Lung Cancer Partnership is the only lung cancer advocacy organization founded by physicians and scientists dedicated to increasing lung cancer awareness and research funding.  The National Lung Cancer Partnership’s mission is to decrease deaths due to lung cancer, and to help patients live longer and better, through research, awareness and advocacy.

The mission of the Respiratory Health Association is to promote healthy lungs and fight lung disease through research, advocacy, and education. To that end, the RHAMC serves an estimated one million Cook County residents diagnosed with asthma, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and other lung diseases through community-based interventions.