Asthma

Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBCAbout:Mohsen Sadatsafavi, MD, PhD, is an epidemiologist and health economist, and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. He leads the Respiratory Evaluation Sciences Program (https://resp.core.ubc.ca), a program of outcomes research dedicated to asthma and COPD. His work is concerned...

Affiliation:Assistant Professor, Respiratory Medicine, UBC Research Scientist, Legacy for Airway HealthAbout:Dr. Brigham received her professional degrees at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health, completing her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital where...

Affiliation:Clinical Associate Professor, Respiratory Medicine, UBCAbout:Dr. Celine Bergeron is a practicing respirologist at Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. Her clinical practice focuses on severe asthma and lung transplantation, but also involves education and research. She graduated...

Affiliation:Research Associate, Respiratory Medicine, UBCAbout:Chris completed a Ph.D. at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Medicine supervised by Drs. Robert Newton and Mark Giembycz. His Ph.D. work focused on corticosteroid/glucocorticoid resistance and how this could be ameliorated with long acting beta2-adrenoceptor agonists, in...

Affiliation:Senior Research Scientist Faculty of Medicine & Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, UBCAbout:Iraj Poureslami is a senior research scientist at Faculty of Medicine, and Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, UBC. Iraj is a WHO mentor of health promotion, a member of the WHO Early...

Asthma and COPD Education Coordinator, Vancouver Coastal HealthAbout:Sonia Bola is a respiratory therapist, certified respiratory educator, and certified tobacco educator. Sonia graduated in 2015 from TRU as a respiratory therapist. She began working in acute care at the University Hospital of Northern BC. She later...