Research
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Latest papers
The investigation and prevalence of pulmonary embolism among emergency department patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD): A multi-centered linked administrative database study.
PloS one · 2026 · senior author
Patient Factors and Clinical Efficacy of Early Identification and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine · 2025
Cough in Adults with Undiagnosed Respiratory Symptoms.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025
Latest funding
- $500,000
The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $99,990
Acute airway inflammation induced by vaping
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $935,738
Strategies to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma in Canadians
CIHR · 2011 · Co-investigator
43 publications.
The investigation and prevalence of pulmonary embolism among emergency department patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD): A multi-centered linked administrative database study.
Rowe BH, Yang EH, Villa-Roel C, Zheng B, Mayers I
Patient Factors and Clinical Efficacy of Early Identification and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma
Tardif A, Whitmore GA, Vandemheen KL, Bergeron C, Boulet L-P, Cote A, McIvor RA, Penz E, Field SK, Lemière C
Cough in Adults with Undiagnosed Respiratory Symptoms.
Shin S, Poliwoda J, Whitmore GA, Vandemheen KL, Bergeron C, Boulet L-P, Côté A, Field SK, Penz E, McIvor RA
Association between lung function and sleep disorder symptoms in a community‐based multi‐site case‐finding study
Mazzola R, Aaron SD, Vandemheen KL, Mulpuru S, Bergeron C, Lemière C, Côté A, Boulet L, Field SK, Penz E
Short-acting beta agonist, antibiotics, oral corticosteroid and association with mortality and cardiopulmonary events in patients with COPD: a retrospective cohort study in Alberta, Canada.
Bhutani M, Talukdar M, Randhawa A, Manivong P, Gelfand A, McMullen S, Mayers I
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Asthma — A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Gupta S, Vandemheen KL, Whitmore GA, Boulet L-P, Azher T, Mulpuru S, Bergeron C, Côté A, McIvor RA, Penz E
Benralizumab for allergic asthma: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Gauvreau GM, Sehmi R, FitzGerald JM, Leigh R, Cockcroft DW, Davis BE, Mayers I, Boulet L-P, Al-Sajee D, Salter BM
Impact of Dyspnea on Adults With Respiratory Symptoms Without a Defined Diagnosis
Bierbrier J, Gerstein E, Whitmore GA, Vandemheen KL, Bergeron C, Boulet L-P, Cote A, Field SK, Penz E, McIvor RA
Upper Airway Alarmin Cytokine Expression in Asthma of Different Severities.
Marriott H, Duchesne M, Moitra S, Okoye I, Gerla L, Mayers I, Moolji J, Adatia A, Lacy P
Understanding facilitators and barriers to oxygen therapy for patients with interstitial lung disease.
Sharpe H, Rowland SD, Pooler C, Ferrara G, Johannson KA, Kalluri M, Mayers I, Stickland MK
The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study
Principal investigators: Gershon, Andrea S; Aaron, Shawn D; Gupta, Samir; Lavoie, Kim; Leung, Janice; Sin, Donald; Stickland, Michael K; To, Teresa
Keywords: Cohort Study; Covid-19; Covid-19 Sequelae; Respiratory Disease
Acute airway inflammation induced by vaping
Principal investigators: Vliagoftis, Harissios; Sharpe, Heather M
Keywords: Airway Inflammation; Cytokines; Exhaled No; Human; Induced Sputum; Macrophages; Monocytes; Oxidative Stress; Vaping
Strategies to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma in Canadians
Principal investigators: Aaron, Shawn D
Keywords: Asthma; Clinical Research; Health Systems Research; Population Health
Call to Action: National Respiratory Research Agenda for Canada
Principal investigators: Van Dam, Anne; Halayko, Andrew J; Mayers, Irvin
Keywords: Collaboration; Evaluation; Knowledge Transfer; Policy And Program Development; Research Priorities
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Paul O'Byrne and Gail Gauvreau: 275 shared papers
- Paul O'Byrne and Kieran Killian: 101 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Kieran Killian: 76 shared papers
- Paul O'Byrne and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 71 shared papers
- Parameswaran Krishna Nair and Paul O'Byrne: 61 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 48 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Tetyana Kendzerska: 37 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Sunita Mulpuru: 35 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 34 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Samir Gupta: 25 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Shawn Aaron: 23 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 21 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Gonzalo Alvarez: 21 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Céline Bergeron: 21 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Christopher Licskai: 21 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Lisa Cameron: 20 shared papers
- Parameswaran Krishna Nair and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 18 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Erika Penz: 18 shared papers
- Sunita Mulpuru and Tetyana Kendzerska: 18 shared papers
- Céline Bergeron and Mohit Bhutani: 18 shared papers
- Mohit Bhutani and Irvin Mayers: 18 shared papers
- Parameswaran Krishna Nair and Gail Gauvreau: 17 shared papers
- Céline Bergeron and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 17 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Erika Penz: 16 shared papers
- Louis-Philippe Boulet and Irvin Mayers: 16 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Samir Gupta: 15 shared papers
- Gonzalo Alvarez and Sunita Mulpuru: 15 shared papers
- Paul O'Byrne and Christopher Carlsten: 14 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Irvin Mayers: 14 shared papers
- Erika Penz and Mohit Bhutani: 14 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Christopher Carlsten: 13 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Christopher Licskai: 13 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Irvin Mayers: 13 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Irvin Mayers: 13 shared papers
- Erika Penz and Christopher Licskai: 13 shared papers
- Christopher Carlsten and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 11 shared papers
- Brian Rowe and Shawn Aaron: 10 shared papers
- Erika Penz and Irvin Mayers: 10 shared papers
- Céline Bergeron and Irvin Mayers: 10 shared papers
- Christopher Licskai and Irvin Mayers: 10 shared papers
- Parameswaran Krishna Nair and Paige Lacy: 9 shared papers
- Kieran Killian and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 9 shared papers
- Sunita Mulpuru and Irvin Mayers: 9 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Gonzalo Alvarez: 8 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Nicole Ezer: 8 shared papers
- Brian Rowe and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 8 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Nicole Ezer: 8 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Nicole Ezer: 8 shared papers
- Brian Rowe and Mohit Bhutani: 7 shared papers
- Nicole Ezer and Irvin Mayers: 7 shared papers
- Brian Rowe and Lisa Cameron: 6 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Louis-Philippe Boulet: 6 shared papers
- Paul O'Byrne and Paige Lacy: 5 shared papers
- Paul O'Byrne and Irvin Mayers: 5 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Paige Lacy: 5 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Mohit Bhutani: 5 shared papers
- Gonzalo Alvarez and Irvin Mayers: 5 shared papers
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Christopher Licskai: 5 shared papers
- Gail Gauvreau and Irvin Mayers: 4 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Irvin Mayers: 4 shared papers
- Lisa Cameron and Irvin Mayers: 4 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Ian Fraser: 3 shared papers
- Brian Rowe and Irvin Mayers: 3 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Ian Fraser: 3 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Ian Fraser: 3 shared papers
- Tetyana Kendzerska and Irvin Mayers: 3 shared papers
- Irvin Mayers and Ian Fraser: 3 shared papers
- Parameswaran Krishna Nair and Irvin Mayers: 2 shared papers
- Andrew McIvor and Diane Lougheed: 2 shared papers
- Kieran Killian and Irvin Mayers: 2 shared papers
- Christopher Carlsten and Irvin Mayers: 2 shared papers
- Shawn Aaron and Diane Lougheed: 2 shared papers
- Harissios Vliagoftis and Dilini Vethanayagam: 2 shared papers
- Samir Gupta and Diane Lougheed: 2 shared papers
- Paige Lacy and Irvin Mayers: 2 shared papers
- Irvin Mayers and Dilini Vethanayagam: 2 shared papers
- Irvin Mayers and Diane Lougheed: 2 shared papers
- Lisa Cameron and Dilini Vethanayagam: 1 shared paper
- Department of Medicine
- Medicine Dept
- Médecine
- Medicine
- John P. Robarts Research Institute
- Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Other
Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Mohit Bhutani
Medicine Dept
18 shared papers, latest 2025
Louis-Philippe Boulet
Médecine
16 shared papers, latest 2025
Andrew McIvor
Department of Medicine
14 shared papers, latest 2025
Samir Gupta
Department of Medicine
13 shared papers, latest 2025
Shawn Aaron
Department of Medicine
13 shared papers, latest 2025
Erika Penz
Department of Medicine
10 shared papers, latest 2025
Christopher Licskai
Medicine
10 shared papers, latest 2025
Céline Bergeron
John P. Robarts Research Institute
10 shared papers, latest 2025
Sunita Mulpuru
Department of Medicine
9 shared papers, latest 2025
Nicole Ezer
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
7 shared papers, latest 2025
Richard Leigh
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Gonzalo Alvarez
Department of Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Paul O'Byrne
Department of Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2024
Lisa Cameron
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2021
Gail Gauvreau
Department of Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2024
Harissios Vliagoftis
Medicine Dept
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Ian Fraser
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Brian Rowe
Department of Emergency Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Tetyana Kendzerska
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Diane Lougheed
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Dilini Vethanayagam
Medicine Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2015
Paige Lacy
Medicine Dept
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Kieran Killian
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Lawrence Cheung
Critical Care Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Jalal Moolji
Medicine Dept Pulmonary
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Andréanne Côté
Médecine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Lakshmi Puttagunta
Laboratory Medicine & Pathology Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Bo Zheng
Department of Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2026
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