Dropping names …

Marc Moss, professor of medicine at CU’s School of Medicine, was elected secretary-treasurer of the American Thoracic Society for 2014-15. The election puts him on a path to become president of the group in 2017-18. In addition to Moss, other society board members from Colorado are Robin Deterding, professor of pediatrics and chair of the society’s pediatrics assembly; Greg Downey, professor of immunology and chair of the society’s allergy, immunology, and inflammation assembly; and James Beck, professor of medicine and chair of the society’s planning and evaluation committee. … Kathryn L. Mueller, professor at the School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health and the medical director for the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation in Denver, has been named the president of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the nation’s largest association representing occupational and environmental physicians. Mueller was installed during ACOEM’s American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC) last month.