AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND/OR RESEARCH Pulmonary Medicine AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 1975 - 1977: New Zealand University Grants Committee Junior Scholarship 1975 - 1977: BP(NZ) Ltd. Undergraduate Bursary 1977: New Zealand University Grants Committee Senior Scholarship 1978 - 1980: New Zealand University Grants Committee Postgraduate Scholarship. Kidson Scholarship 1981: New Zealand Medical Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship 1983: Royal Society of New Zealand Young Scientist Award 1986 - 1991: Canadian Medical Research Council Scholarship 1991 - 1994: Chercheur Boursier "Senior 1" of the Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec 1994 - 1997: Chercheur Boursier "Senior 2" of the Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec 2002: Elected Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering 2004: Elected Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 2005, 2006: Star Reviewer for the Journal of Applied Physiology (one of three selected from 104 Editorial Board members) 2008: Member of Faculty 1000, Biology 2011: Christie Lecturer, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal Quebec, Canada 2012: Invited keynote speaker, 40th Hakone Symposium on Respiration, Shiga, Japan 2013: IEEE Green Mountain Section, 2013 Faculty of the Year Award 2015: IEEE Region 1 3A - Technological Innovation (Academic) Award for Outstanding Scientific Contributions in the Development of Innovative Technologies for assessing Lung Function 2016: University Scholar, University of Vermont 2016: Elected Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society