Conferences & Academic Engagement
A complete timeline of talks, sessions, symposia, and scientific meetings throughout Dr. Rahman’s career
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
A distinguished record of scientific leadership, session chairing, invited presentations, and participation in renowned global meetings
Dr. Irfan Rahman has played an influential role in the international scientific community through his active participation in leading conferences across toxicology, pulmonary medicine, aging biology, redox research, and environmental health. His contributions span invited lectures, award ceremonies, society-level symposia, and leadership roles within major professional organizations such as the Society of Toxicology (SOT), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Oxygen Society/Oxygen Club of California (OCC), and the American Lung Association (ALA).
Numerical Highlights
10+
Major conference-linked awards & recognitions
6+
Career milestones publicly recognized at major conferences
5+
Global scientific domains represented in conference engagements
4
Leading professional societies represented
3
Consecutive years recognized at global research conferences
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2025
2024
Air Pollution and Chronic Lung Diseases
Air Pollution and Chronic Lung Diseases
2023
Lung Aging: Why Your Fev1 Is Falling And Pneumonia Is Your Final Friend
It’s about time! The circadian clock in lung disease, from bench to bedside
Host: C Vulpe
Host: WonHee Lee, PhD
Community Conversations on Cancer
2022
Host: Dr. Sameer Arbat
Host: Y. Michael Shim, MD
2021
Host: Trevor M. Penning, PhD
Host: Mathew Young
2019
Host: Annalisa Rogers and Sara Brown- SHAC Coaltion Meeting
Host: Dr. Sukh-Mei Ho
Circadian clock and therapeutics in chronic airway diseases
Gordon Research Conference 2019
EHSCC 2019 meeting
Host: Hoshang Unwalla, PhD
Mitochondria and telomeres during lung aging, 22nd Annual Congress
Host: Keva W. Collier, MD, MBA, MPH
Host: Keva W. Collier, MD, MBA, MPH
2018
International Conference on “Challenge of Climate Change and Air Pollution – Impact on Health and Economy”
Host: Robert Foronjy, MD
Live India webcasts in 19 Metropolitan Indian Cities
Cohosted by: Duke University Medical Center, East Carolina University, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina State University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
(local host Claire Doerschuk: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine); East Carolina University (Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Laboratory of Pulmonary Pathobiology);
2017
Host: Dr. Nicholas Kenyon
Host: Xianglin Shi, PhD
Host: Jesse Roman, MD
Host: Dr. Troy Stevens
Host: Dr. Shyam Mohapatra
Host: Dr. Rama Mallampalli
2016
at 50th Anniversary of the NIEHS Science FES
Visit: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/events/pastmtg/2016/ehs_fest/index.cfm
Host: Dr. Wang
SFRBM: Annual meeting
2015
Host: Dean Dr. Vinay Hazarey, MDS, Ph.D
Host: Dr. Sang Do Lee
Host: Dr. Se-Ran Yang
Annual meeting
Host: Dr. N Kolliputi
Host: Dr. Thomas Rogers and Jerry Criners
Oxygen Club of California World Congress, Oxidants and Antioxidants in Biology.
Joint organization by the Oxygen Club of California, the Spanish Group for Research on Free Radicals, the Portuguese Group of Free Radicals & The Société Française de Recherches sur les Radicaux Libres
Host: Toru Noyuna M.D
2014
3rd International Conference on Resveratrol and Health
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The 10th International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases & ATS in China Forum. Chinese ISRD and ATS meeting
China Science Island of Hefei-Translational Medicine Forum. Translational Medicine and Individualized Treatment of Major Lung Diseases Symposium
Host: Timothy Blackwell, M.D.
The Department of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Host: Mary Ellen Wewers, William J. Martin II, MD, Dean, College of Public Health and Professor, Division of Environmental Health Sciences., and John Christman, MD, Director, Wexner Medical Center Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.
Host: Kelly Standifer, PhD, Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Conference
1st ICONIC meeting (COPD)
2012
Epigenetic control of lung biology through histone and chromatin modification, The seventh scientific symposium
Host: Vihas Vasu, PhD
Host: Dr. Rakesh Patel
Host: Dr. Steven Kelsen and Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research Director Dr. Magid Abou-Gharbia
22nd Annual Pathobiology Graduate Program retreat of Brown University
Inflammation and Aging meeting
2011
International Conference on Ergothioniene
International Conference on Polyphenol Research
RISE-USA-Chromatin conference
International Conference on Natural Products and Biomedical Technology ICNPBT-2011,
2010
International Conference
CHI Discovery symposium on COPD
Chest International Conference
2009
Nutrigenomics conference, NCI
4th International Conference on Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress and Disease
4th International Conference on Polyphenols and Health
2008
Minisymposium for the Redox Biology Center
XVI Yrjo Jahnsson Medicial Symposium
XVI Yrjo Jahnsson Medicial Symposium
Toxicology and Risk Assessment Conference (TRAC-08)
Scientific Expert Meeting
Seventh Annual Meeting
Satellite Meeting
Symposium on Diet, Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention.
2007
Life Sciences International Conferences
2006
Oxidants and Antioxidants
2005
GlaxoSmithKline Symposium: Targeting Oxidative Stress and Signaling
Worldnutra 2005, International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
Worldnutra 2005, International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
COPD International meeting
2nd International Congress on Antioxidant Methods
Functional Foods for Health Promotion: Impact on the Inflammatory Response, the ILSI North America Technical Committee on Food Components for Health Promotion.,“Dietary polyphenols, histone acetylation and deacetylation, NF-kappaB and pro-inflammatory gene expression
First International Oligonol Scientific Conference
Mitochondria Research Interest Group
2004
Mitochondria Research Interest Group
Bronchitis VII: On the crossroads of asthma and COPD
Signal transduction/Chromatin remodeling
International conference on recent advances in biomedical and therapeutic sciences (ICRBT)
2003
2nd Siena International conference.
Visit: http://www.unisi.it/eventi/copd2003/
The role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of COPD.
6th Annual Congress of Turkish Thoracic Society
2002
Host: Dr. Z.H. Aghai and Dr. G. Stahl
2001
Host: Prof. Carroll Cross
2000
Host: Dr. Taori
