Scott Boitano received his PhD in genetics and cell biology from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, where he acquired an interest in cellular signaling. He fostered this interest at University of California, Los Angeles, where he focused his research on second messengers and cellular physiology of the lung epithelium. How the airway epithelium contributes to lung health has remained a central focus of his research at the University of Wyoming and in his current positions with the Departments of Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, the Arizona Respiratory Center and the Bio5 Collaborative Research Institute at the University of Arizona. Dr. Boitano remains an active member of the American Physiological Society and served as the Arizona Chapter’s President from 2010–2012.