Marc Moss is the Roger S. Mitchell Professor of Medicine and former Head of the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Moss has a longstanding interest in critical care-related research and he has held continuous NIH funding as a Principal Investigator for over 19 consecutive years. More specifically, Dr. Moss’s research interests include identifying new treatment modalities for patients with the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), exploring the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular dysfunction in critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation, and studying burnout syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, and wellness in critical care healthcare professionals, specifically ICU nurses. Dr. Moss’ research on wellness is funded by the NIH and he recently received funding from the National Endowment of the Arts. Dr. Moss is the principal investigator for the Colorado center in the NHLBI sponsored Prevention and Early Treatment of Acute Lung Injury (PETAL) network. Based on his expertise in clinical/translational research and mentoring, Dr. Moss served as the Program Director for the Education, Training, and Career Development Core of the Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) from 2008-2016. More recently, he served as the President of the American Thoracic Society from 2017-2018.