APSR Assembly Deputy Heads and Section Leader
Call for applications

The APSR is pleased to announce several new openings for APSR Assembly leadership, which present excellent opportunities for you to network with other members and societies from around the world and gain experience in the APSR educational activities in addition to APSR Congress issues.

As you know, each Assembly is led by a troika structure composed of a Head, Head-Elect and Deputy Head. Some Assemblies also have Sections which have a Section Leader. Each position is held for two years and there are now several vacancies.

We invite you to apply, or nominate another Assembly member, for one of the Deputy Head positions or the Section Leader position, by using the form linked below.

The application deadline is 28 February 2023.

Open Positions

Assembly Head (incumbant) Head-Elect (incumbant) Deputy Head
Clinical Respiratory Medicine Dr Roland Leung
(Hong Kong)
Dr Kwan Ling Julie Wang
(Hong Kong)
Open position*
Clinical Allergy and Immunology Dr Norihiro Harada
(Japan)
Dr Chang-Keun Kim
(Republic of Korea)
Open position
Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology Dr Kazuhiro Yatera
(Japan)
Dr Jun-Pyo Myong
(Republic of Korea)
Open position
Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculous) Dr Chieh-Liang Wu
(Taiwan)
Dr Masaki Fujita
(Japan)
Open position
Asthma Dr Phan Thu Phuong
(Viet Nam)
Dr Shih-Lung Cheng
(Taiwan)
Open position
Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep Dr Ning-Hung Chen
(Taiwan)
Dr Naricha Chirakalwasan
(Thailand)
Open position
Critical Care Medicine Dr Kuang-Yao Yang
(Taiwan)
Dr Tatsuma Fukuda
(Japan)
Open position
Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques Dr Phan Nguyen
(Australia)
Dr Bin Hwangbo
(Republic of Korea)
Open position
Pulmonary Circulation Dr Talant Sooronbaev
(Kyrgyzstan)
Dr Tetsutaro Nagaoka
(Japan)
Open position
 
Section Section leader
Clinical Allied Health Section Open position

*The Deputy Head position for the Clinical Respiratory Medicine Assembly is not open to members from Hong Kong. (From November 2023, the Head and Head-Elect of that Assembly are from Hong Kong, therefore the new Deputy Head must be from a different country/region.)

Term of office

The new Deputy Heads will serve for two years from the close of the APSR 2023 Singapore Congress until the close of the APSR 2025 Manila Congress.

Qualifications and eligibility

Any APSR Ordinary member can apply, or nominate another member to apply, for an open Deputy Head position in their Assembly.

Any APSR Ordinary member or Associate member can apply, or nominate another member to apply for the Section Leader position of the Clinical Allied Health Section. The Section Leader shall be an Associate member or an Ordinary member. Honorary members and Undergraduate Student members cannot apply or nominate another member.

Assembly troika leaders (Head, Head-Elect and Deputy Head) may not serve concurrently as a Section Leader.

Applicants are required to:

  1. Demonstrate effective contribution to activities of the APSR, such as but not limited to past or current experience in the APSR; for example, member of an APSR committee/taskforce, Councillor, etc.
  2. Demonstrate competence to develop new initiatives that improve the ability of the APSR to achieve its aims.
  3. Understand optimal use of digital technologies.
  4. Have capacity and ability to support the work of the Assembly activities, APSR Congress, publications and Secretariat.
  5. Have competent English language skills.
  6. Be committed and available for the demands of the position, including participation at the APSR annual Congress, Assembly meetings at ATS and ERS conferences or equivalent virtual meetings.
  7. In principle, reside in the Asia-Pacific region to facilitate real-time communication with the Secretariat and other countries in the region.
  8. Have no conflict of interest which contradict the APSR Charter and Bylaws, i.e., full time or part time employees of pharmaceutical or medical equipment companies during the previous 5 years, or current shareholders of companies with an interest in respiratory or sleep medicine or shareholders in the tobacco industry.

Application Guide

  1. To apply, download and complete the Application form (see link below) and send it to the APSR Secretariat with your CV by 28 February 2023. Your application form and CV will be seen by other Assembly members. Therefore, your CV should not include any personal information such as your private email address, home address, birthday, details of family members, etc.
  2. Applications can be accepted from any qualifying member. (See "Qualifications and eligibility", above.)
  3. If more than one person applies for an open position, Assembly members will be invited to vote for the winner.
  4. No more than two of the troika leadership can come from the same country.
  5. Once applications, and elections (if required), have taken place, the positions will be finally endorsed by the Executive Committee.

Nomination Guide

  1. To nominate another Assembly member to apply, download and complete the Nomination form (see link below) and send it to the APSR Secretariat by 28 February 2023.
  2. Nominations can be accepted from, and for, any qualifying member. (See "Qualifications and eligibility", above.)
  3. Contact the person you have nominated and ask them to complete and submit an Application form. (See "Application guide", above.)
  4. To see the list members in your Assembly, log in, access your Assembly from the menu at the top of the page, and scroll down the page to the list.

Election Rules

  1. If an election is required, voting members of the Assembly will receive a personalized link by email to cast their secret ballot.
  2. All APSR Ordinary members who are members of the Assembly on 20 February 2023 are eligible to vote for their Assembly Head.
  3. All APSR Ordinary and Associate members who are members of the Clinical Respiratory Medicine Assembly on 15 February 2023 are eligible to vote for the Clinical Allied Health Section Leader.
  4. Each voter can vote for only one candidate for each position.
  5. In the event of a tie, the Head of the Assembly will decide the winner.
  6. As soon as the election results have been endorsed by the Executive Committee, the APSR Secretariat will notify all applicants of the result by email.

Timeline

28 February 2023: Close of the Application period

10-21 March 2023: Voting period (if an election is required)

Late March: Announcement of new Deputy Heads and Section Leader

To apply,
download the
To nominate another member,
download the