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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our COPD research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.

Research News

	Undiagnosed asthma and COPD a burden for patients, even in early stages December 6, 2023 - Adults with undiagnosed COPD or asthma have worse quality of life, greater healthcare use and are less productive at work than healthy adults.
	“Super-collaborator” helps patients breathe easier November 9, 2023 - Dr. Shawn Aaron is receiving The Ottawa Hospital’s Grimes Career Achievement Award for practice-changing research in COPD and other chronic lung diseases
	Questionnaire can find people with undiagnosed asthma, COPD June 2, 2022 - A team led by Dr. Shawn Aaron developed and validated a tool published in the European Respiratory Journal that can detect undiagnosed asthma and COPD in adults with symptoms.
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	Some inhaled corticosteroids for asthma, COPD safer and more effective for older adults September 29, 2021 - Study reveals important new information for physicians who prescribe inhaled corticosteroids to older patients, a common daily treatment for asthma and COPD
	Flu vaccination keeps people with COPD out of the hospital January 30, 2019 - A study led by Dr. Sunita Mulpuru found that the flu vaccine was associated with a 38 percent reduction in flu-related hospitalizations among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The researchers looked at the records of 4755 Cana
	Decision tool identifies which patients with COPD are at risk of death, serious complications December 3, 2018 - A made-in-Ottawa decision tool can help emergency physicians identify which patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are at high risk of serious complications including death. The Ottawa COPD Risk Scale is better than current practice at p
	Dr. Shawn Aaron awarded $4.2 million for research on asthma, COPD October 24, 2017 - Dr. Shawn Aaron has been awarded a prestigious Foundation Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, worth $4.2 million over seven years. While Dr. Aaron has recently received world-wide attention for his research on asthma over-diagn

Researchers

Name	Scientific appointment	Diseases, conditions and populations of interest	Research and clinical approaches
Aaron, Shawn MD, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Cystic fibrosis, Lung disease, Asthma	Clinical research
Austin, Michael MD, FRCPC	Clinician Investigator (Clinical Epidemiology)	Asthma, Cardiac arrest, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Diabetes, Pain, Population health, Stroke	Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Cluster randomized trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Emergency medicine, Palliative care, Risk assessment
Cameron, Bill MD FRCPC FACP FIDSA	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COVID-19, Cystic fibrosis, HIV, Infectious disease, Sexually transmitted infections, Tuberculosis	Clinical research, Epidemiology, Immunization, Immunotherapy, Pharmacology
Kendzerska, Tetyana MD, PhD	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Aging, Chronic disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Heart disease, Lung disease, Population health, Women's health	Biostatistics, Clinical research, Cohort studies, Epidemiology, Health research methods, Health services research, Systematic reviews
Mulpuru, Sunita MD FRCPC MSc	Associate Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Frailty, Influenza, Population health	Epidemiology, Health services research, Immunization, Quality Improvement
Ramsay, Timothy PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Addiction, Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Anxiety, Ataxia, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Autism, Bipolar, Brain and neuromuscular disease, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Colorectal cancer, Concussion, Cystic fibrosis, Dementia, Depression, Dystonia, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health, HIV, Immigrant and refugee health, Influenza, Kidney disease, Lung cancer, Macular degeneration, Men's health, Multiple sclerosis, Muscular dystrophy, Myasthenia gravis, Obesity, Ovarian cancer, Parkinson's, Pulmonary hypertension, Septic shock, Spinal cord injury	Artificial intelligence and data science, Behaviour, Biomaterials, Biostatistics, Cell therapy, Clinical decision rules, Clinical research, Clinical trials, Cohort studies, Critical care, Drug development, Emergency medicine, Epidemiology, Health professional behaviour change, Health promotion, Health research methods, Health services research, Health technology, Immunization, Immunotherapy, Palliative care, Patient decision aids, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Prevention, Psychology, Psychometrics, Public health, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Regenerative medicine, Rehabilitation, Risk assessment, Shared decision making, Surgery, Surveys, Systematic reviews, Transfusions, Translational research, Transplantation, Viral therapy
Stiell, Ian MD, MSc, FRCPC	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Heart disease	Clinical decision rules, Clinical trials, Emergency medicine

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