Position
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University
Member, RECRU
Research Interests
Dr. Smith’s research focuses on investigating the pathophysiological mechanisms of obstructive lung diseases in order to improve clinically meaningful outcomes. Obstructive lung disease (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma) represents a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, and in Canada. His research integrates methods of population-based epidemiology, state-of-the-art-imaging, and physiology in order to understand disease pathogenesis and expose targetable mechanisms of functional impairment.
His specific areas of interest include:
- airway structure and developmental susceptibility to obstructive lung disease;
- the personalization of obstructive lung disease prevention and treatment based on airway anatomy;
- the cardiotoxic effects of breathing mechanics in obstructive lung disease.
- Clinical and academic interests include improving the quality of lung cancer diagnosis and staging, and medical education.
Ben Smith and Smith Lab in the News
CIHR Lung Health Team Grants
Congratulations to Benjamin Smith and Simon Rousseau for the CIHR Lung Health Team Grants!
All airway trees are not created equal
A recent study by Benjamin Smith reveals that airway-to-lung size ratio is possibly the most important factor in death by lung disease.
MUHC Trottier Webster Innovation Award Goes to RESP Team
Congrats to Ben Smith, Jun Ding and Larry Lands! The team received the MUHC Trottier Webster Innovation Award for their work to repair damaged lungs in COPD.
Health Matters: Reprogramming lungs against COPD
MUHC Foundation Health Matters interview with Ben Smith discusses reprogramming COPD lungs and with Deborah Assayag discusses ILD
CIHR Project Grant Results – Fall 2022
Congratulations to Jim Martin, Ben Smith, Sushmita Pamidi, and Deborah Assayag who were funded in the Fall 2022 CIHR Project Grant Competition!
RESP Research Day Oral and Poster Presentation Winners
The 31th Annual Respiratory Research Day featured 51 oral and poster presentations. Congrats to all our poster and oral presentation winners!
Upper and Lower Airway Dysanapsis and Airflow Obstruction Among Older Adults
Publication in AJRCCM by Ben Smith describes dysanapsis in the upper and lower airways and risk of airflow obstruction
Health Matters: Air pollution and how it impacts our lung health in Canada
MUHC Foundation Health Matters interview with Benjamin Smith discusses air pollution and its impact on our lung health
Associations between air pollution and lung health
New study by Drs. Jean Bourbeau and Benjamin Smith shows associations between air pollution and lung health in Canada
Health Matters: Best of Health Matters: Excellence in research and innovation
Irah King and Ben Smith talk about the microbiome and resilient lungs, respectively on the MUHC Health Matters Podcast
McGill Medstar Award for Trainees
Congratulations to Dr. Motahareh Vameghestahbanati, PhD with Dr. Benjamin Smith, for her McGill MedStar Award for Trainees!
Contact Information
Meakins-Christie Laboratories & RECRU
RI-MUHC
Office 3D.66
5252 Maisonneuve
Montreal QC H4A 3S9
Canada
Tel: 514-934-1934 Ext. 53333 (office)
Fax: 514-XXX-XXXX
E-Mail: benjamin.m.smith [at] mcgill.ca
Education & Training
PDF, Columbia U, 2014
MSc Epidemiology, McGill, 2011
MD, McGill University, 2005
Teaching
Undergraduate:
Medicine, RESP Block: “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease”
Medicine, RESP Block: “Respiratory Physiology Small Groups”
Medicine, “Physicianship apprenticeship – Osler Fellow”
Graduate:
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health (EPIB-619), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Experimental Medicine (EXMD-507), Advanced Applied Respiratory Physiology: Lung imaging and physiology
Experimental Medicine (EXMD-633), Clinical Aspects of Research in Respiratory Disease: COPD
Experimental Medicine (EXMD-609), Cellular Methods in Biomedical Research: Lung Imaging