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Giovanni Ferrara

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Giovanni Ferrara

Professor

Medicine Dept

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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30 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Publications

264

Citations

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

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Latest papers

Acute exacerbation in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: An International Working Group Report
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2026
Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
BMJ open · 2026
Education needs in oxygen therapy for individuals with interstitial lung disease.
BMJ open respiratory research · 2026

All 37 publications

Latest funding

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$500,000
The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access, Utilization, Delivery, and Outcomes for Patients with Pulmonary Diseases in Alberta (INCLUDE Study)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$405,226

All 4 grants and awards

37 publications.

Acute exacerbation in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: An International Working Group Report

Khor YH, Luppi F, Adegunsoye A, Collins BF, Farrand E, Montesi SB, Newton CA, Cottin V, Johannson KA, Kaul B

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine20261 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag363

Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Stotts C, Corrales-Medina VF, deKemp RA, Wells GA, Beanlands R, Raggi P, Ferrara G, Sligl W, A Connelly K, Paul N, Brouwers M, Contreras-Dominguez V, Yadav K, Torres C, Tavoosi A, Wiefels C, Kirpalani A, Romsa JG, Grey B, Deva D, Rayner K, Boczar KE

BMJ open2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114239 PMID: 41781043

Education needs in oxygen therapy for individuals with interstitial lung disease.

Rowland SD, Sharpe H, Ferrara G, Johannson KA, Kalluri M, Thompson S, Stickland MK

BMJ open respiratory research2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1136/bmjresp-2026-004205 PMID: 42342293

Combination Therapy in Pulmonary Fibrosis: A New Era.

Luppi F, Ferrara G, Vancheri C

Archivos de bronconeumologia2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2026.01.012 PMID: 41688289

Decoding objective cough features in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: A 6-month feasibility study.

Feist MD, Huang Y, Kalluri M, Cole J, Naikyar E, Boulanger P, Zanini U, Birring S, Ferrara G

The American journal of medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2025.07.027 PMID: 40754253

"I just know I don't know": challenging the interpretation of clinical trials grounded in imperfect assumptions.

Luppi F, Ferrara G

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag200 PMID: 42085274

Which trial do we need? Combination regimen for individuals exposed to multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Shah D, Fumagalli G, Riccardi N, Calcagno A, Ferrara G, Codecasa LR

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2025.09.024 PMID: 41072660

Interstitial lung abnormalities: to treat or not to treat? The hamlet dilemma.

Zanini U, Franco G, Pirotta C, Passeri E, Mazzotta SM, Ferrara G, Mura M, Faverio P, Luppi F

Frontiers in medicine2026

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1762243 PMID: 41767537

Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Palliative Care and Health Outcomes in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Canadian Province

Jenny Lu-Song, Xueyi Chen, Jeffrey Alexander Bakal, Giovanni Ferrara, Meena Kalluri

Annals of the American Thoracic Society20251 citations

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202501-090rl PMID: 40505144

Exploring the temporal relationship between stigma, disease manifestations, and health outcomes in post COVID-19 condition: a longitudinal descriptive study.

Damant RW, Rourke L, Lam GY, Smith MP, Weatherald J, Laratta CR, Fuhr DP, Cui Y, Stickland MK, Ferrara G

EClinicalMedicine20251 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103531 PMID: 41079027

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Giovanni Ferrara

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Acute exacerbation in fibrotic interstitial lung disease: An International Working Group Report

Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Education needs in oxygen therapy for individuals with interstitial lung disease.

Combination Therapy in Pulmonary Fibrosis: A New Era.

Decoding objective cough features in progressive pulmonary fibrosis: A 6-month feasibility study.

"I just know I don't know": challenging the interpretation of clinical trials grounded in imperfect assumptions.

Which trial do we need? Combination regimen for individuals exposed to multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Interstitial lung abnormalities: to treat or not to treat? The hamlet dilemma.

Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines on Palliative Care and Health Outcomes in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Canadian Province

Exploring the temporal relationship between stigma, disease manifestations, and health outcomes in post COVID-19 condition: a longitudinal descriptive study.

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access, Utilization, Delivery, and Outcomes for Patients with Pulmonary Diseases in Alberta (INCLUDE Study)

Implementing the 'Patients' Charter of Tuberculosis Care' in High Incidence Indigenous Communities and Across Jurisdictional Borders

Frequent collaborators

Meena Kalluri

Michael Stickland

Maeve Smith

Grace Lam

Robert Gniadecki

Eric Wong

Elaine Yacyshyn

Angela Lau

Subhabrata Moitra

Heather Sharpe

Mohammed Osman

Ying Cui

Paige Lacy

Elena Netchiporouk

Irvin Mayers

Laura van den Bosch

Mohamed Osman

Paolo Raggi

Peter Hwang

Jeffrey Bakal

Stephanie Thompson

Courtney Heffernan

Melissa Brouwers

Jason Weatherald

Christopher Power

Deborah Assayag

Krishan Yadav

Kevin Boczar

Vicente Corrales-Medina