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Research Interests

Chris Allen, MD, MA, MB, BCh, MRCP (UK), FRCPC Gastro-esophageal reflux and chronic cough

Gerard Cox, MD, MB, FRCPCI, FRCPC Bronchial thermoplasty, Pulmonary fibrosis, smooth muscle and neutrophil biology

Clive Davis, MD, FRCPC Clinical trials in pulmonary hypertension

Myrna Dolovich, PEng (Elec) Aerosol physics, aerosol deposition in lung, lung imaging, ciliary motility

Punginathan Dorasamy, MD, FCP(SA), FRCPC Clinical trials in pulmonary hypertension

Andreas Freitag, BSc, MD, FRCPC, FCCP Clinical trials in cystic fibrosis

Gail Marie Gauvreau, BSc, MSc, PhD Mechanisms of allergic asthma, phase II clinical trials of biologics in asthma

Frederick Hargreave, MD, MB, FRCPC, FRCP Sputum cell counts in airway diseases, clinical trials in asthma

George Heigenhauser, JF, BA, MSc, PhD  Skeletal muscle metabolism and exercise physiology

Mark Inman, MSc, PhD, MD  Animals models of allergic sensitization, mechanisms of airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodelling

Luke Janssen, MSc, PhD  Airway smooth muscle biology, ionic regulation of airway hyperresponsiveness, isoprostane biology and vascular responsiveness

Neil Johnston, MSc Epidemiology of exacerbations of asthma and COPD

Kieran Killian, MB, FRCPI, FRCPC  Mechanisms of dyspnoea in health and disease, exercise limitation

Martin Kolb, MD, PhD Molecular mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, TGF-β  signalling, clinical trials in pulmonary fibrosis

Renée Labiris, MSc, PhD  Molecular imaging of the airways and lung parenchyma, evaluation of aerosols

Mark Larché, PhD Peptide immunotherapy for allergic airway diseases, Treg biology in asthma, vaccine development

Andrew McIvor, MB, MSc, FRCP(Edin), FRCPC Outcomes research in asthma and COPD, dissemination and implementation of guidelines

Parameswaran Nair, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPC  Non-invasive measurements of airway inflammation in clinical practice, mechanisms of specific types of bronchitis, targeted therapy of eosinophilic and neutrophilic bronchitis

Helen Neighbour, MB, PhD, MRCP (UK) Assessment of upper airway inflammation, peptide vaccines for allergic rhinitis

Paul O’Byrne, MB, FRCPI, FRCPC, FRCPE, FRCP(Glasg)    Mechanisms of allergic asthma and hyperresponsiveness, clinical trials in asthma

Malcolm Sears, MB, ChB, FRACP, FRCPC, FAAAAI   Epidemiology of asthma, birth-cohort studies of allergy and asthma

Roma Sehmi, PhD   Hematopoietic progenitor biology in allergic airway diseases

Martin Stampfli, PhD Effects of cigarette smoke on innate imunity and allergic responses, smoking models of emphysema

David Todd, MD, FRCPC  Determinants of success of pulmonary rehabilitation, systemic inflammation in COPD, exercise physiology