2024-2025 RESP Journal Club
Welcome to the joint RESP JOURNAL CLUB with RECRU and Meakins members. This journal club is open to all clinical and research faculty, trainees, fellows, and residents. The goal of this journal club is to critically evaluate a research article (or topic) from both clinical and fundamental science perspectives. Publications will be jointly chosen by RECRU and Meakins faculty members, who will facilitate discussion of the article. The publications will cover the various research themes of the RESP program, with a focus on translational research. Presentations will be delivered by faculty and/or trainees/fellows and all discussions will be moderated. Articles will be distributed 1 week in advance of the Journal Club date.
Frequency: Monthly on Fridays at 12 noon via ZOOM
2024-2025 RESP Journal Club
| DATE | RECRU MODERATOR | MEAKINS MODERATOR | TOPIC & ARTICLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2024 | Deborah Assayag / Hosam Abou-Tok | TBC | Article 1: Telomere length and immunosuppression in non-idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung disease. Article 2: |
| November 29, 2024 | Nicole Ezer / Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer | Basil Petrof | Article 1: S109 Treating eosinophilic exacerbations of asthma and COPD with benralizumab: a double blind, double dummy, active-placebo controlled randomised trial (ABRA). Article 2: Lung-resident eosinophils represent a distinct regulatory eosinophil subset. |
| January 10, 2025 | Sushmita Pamidi /Anthony Thorburn | TBC | Article 1: Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity. Article 2: |
| February 21, 2025 | Faiz Ahmad Khan / Julien Ferland | Larry Lands | Article 1: Article 2: |
| May 23, 2025 | TBC / Alexendre Ni | TBC | Article 1: Article 2: |
Checklist and questions for presenters to integrate into their presentation and to use for moderating the discussion:
| ACTS | INTERPRETATIONS |
|---|---|
| What is the stated rationale/motivation for this study? | Is this an important clinical/scientific problem? |
| What is the stated hypothesis (or objective)? | Does the hypothesis (or objective) address the stated rationale)? |
| What are the stated methods used to test the hypothesis (achieve the objective)? | Will the methods test the stated hypothesis? |
| What are the results? | Are the results presented appropriately? |
| What is the authors’ interpretation of the results? | Do you agree with their interpretation? Are they making inferences that go beyond what the data show? (If a clinical study) Do the findings apply to our patient population? (If an interventional clinical study) Is the effect size clinically meaningful? |
| What are the stated limitations of the study? | Do you agree with the stated limitations? Are there other limitations? |
| Does this study provide the definitive answer the original problem? Are other studies needed? |
2023-2024 RESP Journal Club
2023-2024 RECRU Seminars
RECRU seminars: Fridays at 1pm
| DATE | PRESENTER | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| October 13, 2023 | Benjamin Smith | Understanding the intersection of inflammation and lung function trajectories across diverse populations to maximize lifelong health |
| October 20, 2023 | Deborah Assayag | CIHR Lung Health Team grant – a personalized approach to autoimmune related ILD |
| November 24, 2023 | Jean Bourbeau & Sushmita Pamidi | Clinical trial unit and training at the RI-MUHC: ACT/CANTRAIN |
| December 15 | Faiz Ahmad Khan POSTPONED | |
| February 9, 2024 | Nicole Ezer | CIHR project: Eosnionphilia and post operative readmission after lung cancer resection |
| March 22, 2024 | Tania Janaudis-Ferreira | Emerging results from an RCT of virtual rehabilitation for individuals with Long COVID |
| April 12, 2024 | Kevin Schwartzman | Modeling to Inform TB Elimination |
| April 26, 2024 | Jonathon Campbell | Estimating the Return on Investment of Scaling Tuberculosis Screening and Preventive Treatment in Brazil, Georgia, Kenya, and South Africa |
| May 24, 2024 | Nermin Diab POSTPONED | |
| June 14, 2024 AT NOON | Nermin Diab | Understanding the links between insulin resistance and obesity in asthma outcomes and airway hyperresponsiveness |
| June 21, 2024 AT NOON | Bryan Ross | FRQS Junior 1 competition: A research program in COPD |
2022-2023 RESP Journal Club
2022-2023 RECRU Seminars
| DATE | PRESENTER |
|---|---|
| September 9, 2022 | Benjamin Smith |
| October 14, 2022 | Bryan Ross |
| December 2, 2022 | Tania Janaudis-Ferreira |
| December 9, 2022 | Kevin Schwartzman |
| January 27, 2023 | Marc Parsons |
| February 3, 2023 | Jean Bourbeau |
| April 14, 2023 | Amanda Scanga, Teresa Gomes, Malhar Shah (Kaminska) |
| May 5, 2023 | Deborah Assayag |
| May 12, 2023 | Suurya Krishnan |
| May 26, 2023 2:00 PM | Nicole Ezer |
| June 9, 2023 | Sushmita Pamidi |
2021-2022 RESP Journal Club
2021-2022 RECRU Seminars
| DATE | PRESENTER |
|---|---|
| September 3, 2021 | Deborah Assayag |
| October 8, 2021 | Benjamin Smith |
| October 15, 2021 | RECRU Meeting |
| November 5, 2021 | Khan (Chen) |
| December 3, 2021 | Marta Kaminska (Gomes) |
| December 10, 2021 | RECRU/TM Seminar: Brian Allwood |
| February 4, 2022 | Benjamin Smith |
| February 11, 2022 | Sushmita Pamidi |
| March 11, 2022 | Bryan Ross |
| April 22, 2022 | John Kimoff |
| June 9, 2022 | Sushmita Pamidi |
2020-2021 Journal Club
2020-2021 RECRU Seminars
| DATE | PRESENTER |
|---|---|
| June 4, 2021 | Bryan Ross |
| June 18, 2021 | Marta Kaminska |