Member of the McGill Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit (RECRU)
Faiz Ahmad Khan, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Director, TB Clinical Services
Associate Director, McGill International TB Centre
Keywords/Research Theme Tuberculosis, global health equity, epidemiology & implementation research, aboriginal health, multidrug-resistant TB, interstitial lung disease, meta-analysis
Deborah Assayag, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary fibrosis, autoimmunity, epidemiology, prognosis, sex and gender differences, discrepancies and delays in the care of patients with interstitial lung diseases
Andrea Benedetti, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine & Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Statistical challenges related to individual patient data meta analyses and statistical challenges related to respiratory health especially TB, COPD and asthma
Jean Bourbeau, MD, MSc
Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Director, Centre of Innovative Medicine, RI-MUHC
Keywords/Research Theme
COPD, epidemiology, integrated care and self-management, pulmonary rehabilitation and cardiorespiratory exercise physiology, Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) study
Jonathon Campbell, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Global and Public Health, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Tuberculosis, infectious diseases, economic evaluation, prevention and care strategies, public health emergency preparedness (SARS-CoV-2)
Nicole Ezer, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Lung cancer screening, lung cancer epidemiology, comparative effectiveness, outcomes research, application of artificial intelligence techniques to health administrative data, racial and socioeconomic disparities in lung cancer management
Anne Gonzalez, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Lung cancer, diagnosis and staging, evaluation and use of interventional pulmonary techniques for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer and the management of pleural diseases
Tania Janaudis-Ferreira, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Physical rehabilitation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary rehabilitation, transplantation, clinical research, knowledge translation
Dennis Jensen, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University
Director, Clinical Exercise & Respiratory Physiology Laboratory
Keywords/Research Theme
Clinical exercise and respiratory physiology, physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms of physical activity-related dyspnea, chronic cardiorespiratory disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exercise intolerance
Marta Kaminska, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Respiratory issues in neurological diseases; sleep-disordered breathing disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); neuromuscular disorders and ventilation, fatigue, cognition, neurological disorders
Dick Menzies, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Clinical and epidemiologic aspects of tuberculosis, diagnosis of latent as well as active TB: evaluating new tests or strategies to diagnose these conditions, biostatistics, epidemiology, global health
Sushmita Pamidi, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Associate Leader, RESP Program, RI-MUHC
Director, RECRU
Keywords/Research Theme
Investigating the role of sleep-disordered breathing on cardiometabolic outcomes in pregnancy and in the general population, sleep apnea, biomarkers
Bryan Ross, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic disease management, respiratory and cardiac physiology and applied exercise science
Kevin Schwartzman, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Tuberculosis, respiratory epidemiology, cost-effective analyses using clinical and epidemiologic data as well as decision analysis modeling, public health, health economics, digital adherence technologies
Jason Shahin, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Risk prediction in the ICU, prediction tools for complex populations in the ICU, including the chronic critically ill and the potential organ donor, prolonged mechanical ventilation
National and international collaborating researchers
Manuel Cosio, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Padova
Keywords/Research Theme
Understanding the inflammatory response to cigarette smoke in the pathogenesis of COPD and its pathological abnormalities: airway disease and emphysema
Ronald Dandurand, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Lakeshore General Hospital
Keywords/Research Theme
Asthma & COPD phenotypes in community practice, quantitative CT scanning, oscillometry and respiratory pharmacology
Amin Emad, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Keywords/Research Theme
Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Data Science, with a focus on developing novel computational methods to address various problems in biology and medicine
Jörg H Fritz, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Cellular & molecular mechanisms of type 2 immunopathologies at mucosal surfaces
Stewart B Gottfried, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Novel strategies for management of ventilator-dependent patients in respiratory failure
Gilles Gouspillou, PhD
Professor, Département des sciences de l’activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords/Research Theme
Regulation of mitochondrial biology and the investigation of the roles played by mitochondria in skeletal muscle physiology and pathophysiology
John Hanrahan, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology, McGill University
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research Centre (CFTRc)
Keywords/Research Theme
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of anion secretion by airway epithelia and the development of new therapies for cystic fibrosis
Jennifer Landry, MD, MSc
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Medical director of the Pediatric to Adult Transition and Orphan Lung Disease Clinic (PATROL).
Keywords/Research Theme
Rare lung diseases, CF, long-term outcomes of premature birth and bronchopulmonary dysplasia , preterm birth, cystic fibrosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, tuberous sclerosis
Catherine Laprise, PhD
Professor, Department of Fundamental Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Keywords/Research Theme
Genetic determinants of asthma and other diseases
Jean-Pierre Lavoie, PhD
Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal
Keywords/Research Theme
Airway remodeling and its reversibility in an equine model of asthma
Lennart Lundblad, PhD
Associate Professor, McGill University
Clinical Science Director, THORASYS Inc.
Keywords/Research Theme
Respiratory function with special emphasis on using oscillometry to diagnose and monitor lung disease. Interested in using oscillometry to study asthma, COPD, fibrotic lung disease, and bronchilitis oblitarance
Sheldon Magder, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Physiology, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Regulation of vascular tone in sepsis; effects of estrogens on the vascular wall; Control and distribution of peripheral blood flow in exercise, heat stress and shock
Elias Matouk, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Director, Adult CF Clinic
Keywords/Research Theme
Clinical scoring systems evaluating CF clinical disease activity and severity, clinical trials involving therapeutic interventions and assessing inflammatory biomarkers
Ronald Olivenstein, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Clinical trials in asthma and COPD, investigations into airway inflammation in severe asthma and innovation therapies such as bronchial thermoplasty, severe asthma cohort,
Ciriaco A Piccirillo, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Regulation of immune responses mediated by CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, immunology, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases
Dilson Rassier, PhD
Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of striated muscle contraction and force generation and the impact of diseases, including muscle dystrophy and cardiomyopathy, on this process
Marina Saetta, MD
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova and Padova City Hospital, Padova, Italy
Keywords/Research Theme
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, COPD
Marco Sandri, MD
Professor, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Padova, Italy
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Mitochondria, signaling pathways, muscle proteins, signal transduction, exercise, lysosome
Marc A Tewfik, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Innate Immunity in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Dara Torgerson, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco
Keywords/Research Theme
Genetic studies of asthma and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, genetic variation, GWAS, preterm infants; integrative genomic and metabolomic studies of complex diseases
Jianguo (Jeff) Xia, PhD
Assistant Professor, Institute of Parasitology and Department of Animal Science, McGill University
Keywords/Research Theme
Impact of host genetics, microbiome and environmental factors on health and diseases; Statistical Bioinformatics, Microbiome, Metabolomics, Systems Biology