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Denis O'Donnell

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Professor EmeritusDepartment of MedicineQueen's University

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Latest papers

A Brief History of COPD: As Told by Some of Its Senior Scientists and Clinicians.
Journal of clinical medicine · 2026
Validation of Constant Work Rate Cycling Endurance Time for Use in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trials.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2024
Physical Activity and Symptom Burden in COPD: The Canadian Obstructive Lung Disease Study.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2023

All 14 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
COVID-19 and COPD: Important knowledge gaps in subclinical pulmonary disease in the Canadian population
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$275,554

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

A Brief History of COPD: As Told by Some of Its Senior Scientists and Clinicians.

Nici L, Celli BR, Mannino D, Rennard SI, Agusti A, Lareau S, Meek P, O'Donnell D, Neder JA, Wedzicha JA, Casaburi R, Goldstein R, Rochester CL

Journal of clinical medicine20261 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3390/jcm15103914 PMID: 42194873

Validation of Constant Work Rate Cycling Endurance Time for Use in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trials.

Casaburi R, Merrill D, Leidy NK, Locantore N, Dolmage T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Goldstein R, Harding G, Maltais F, O'Donnell D, Porszasz J, Puente-Maestu L, Rennard S, Rossiter HB, Sciurba F, Spruit MA, Tal-Singer R, Tetzlaff K, Van't Hul A, Yu R, Hamilton A

Annals of the American Thoracic Society202418 citations

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202305-480oc PMID: 38109693

Physical Activity and Symptom Burden in COPD: The Canadian Obstructive Lung Disease Study.

Oostrik L, Bourbeau J, Doiron D, Ross B, Zhi-Li P, Aaron SD, Chapman KR, Hernandez P, Maltais F, Marciniuk DD, O'Donnell D, Tan WC, Sin DD, Walker B, Janaudis-Ferreira T

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.)202310 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.15326/jcopdf.2022.0349 PMID: 36563057

Ambient Air Pollution and Dysanapsis: Associations with Lung Function and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease Study.

Bourbeau J, Doiron D, Biswas S, Smith BM, Benedetti A, Brook JR, Aaron SD, Chapman KR, Hernandez P, Maltais F, Marciniuk DD, O'Donnell D, Sin DD, Walker B, Dsilva L, Nadeau G, Coats V, Compton C, Miller BE, Tan WC, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group and the Canadian Respiratory Research Network

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine202265 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202106-1439oc PMID: 35380941

Endurance Time During Constant Work Rate Cycle Ergometry in COPD: Development of an Integrated Database From Interventional Studies.

Casaburi R, Merrill D, Dolmage T, Garcia-Aymerich J, Fageras M, Goldstein R, Harding G, Kline Leidy N, Maltais F, O'Donnell D, Porszasz J, Puente-Maestu L, Rennard S, Sciurba F, Spruit MA, Tal-Singer R, Tetzlaff K, Van't Hul A, Yu R, Hamilton A

Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.)20227 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.15326/jcopdf.2022.0331 PMID: 36066494

The Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in the Canadian Population: Results from the Canadian Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) Study.

Leung C, Bourbeau J, Sin DD, Aaron SD, FitzGerald JM, Maltais F, Marciniuk DD, O'Donnell D, Hernandez P, Chapman KR, Walker B, Road JD, Zheng L, Zou C, Hogg JC, Tan WC, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group

International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease202134 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2147/copd.s285338 PMID: 33603357

Happy hypoxemia, or blunted ventilation?

Ora J, Rogliani P, Dauri M, O'Donnell D

Respiratory research2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12931-020-01604-9 PMID: 33407457

Effects of Tiotropium/Olodaterol on Activity-Related Breathlessness, Exercise Endurance and Physical Activity in Patients with COPD: Narrative Review with Meta-/Pooled Analyses

François Maltais, Alberto de la Hoz, Richard H. Casaburi, Denis O’Donnell

Advances in Therapy202014 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s12325-020-01557-x PMID: 33306188

ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise

Pierantonio Laveneziana, André Luís Pereira de Albuquerque, Andréa Aliverti, Tony G. Babb, Esther Barreiro, Martin Dres, Bruno‐Pierre Dubé, Brigitte Fauroux, Joaquim Gea, Jordan A. Guenette, Anna L. Hudson, Hans‐Joachim Kabitz, Franco A. Laghi, Daniël Langer, Yuan-Ming Luo, José Alberto Neder, Denis O’Donnell, Michael Iain Polkey, Roberto Rabinovich, Andrea Rossi, Frédéric Sériès, Thomas Similowski, Christina M. Spengler, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Samuel Vergès

European Respiratory Journal2019836 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01214-2018 PMID: 30956204

The effects of marijuana smoking on lung function in older people.

Tan WC, Bourbeau J, Aaron SD, Hogg JC, Maltais F, Hernandez P, Marciniuk DD, Chapman KR, To T, FitzGerald JM, Walker BL, Road J, Zheng L, Zhou G, Yau T, Benedetti A, O'Donnell D, Sin DD, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group, Members of the CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group not listed as authors:

The European respiratory journal201961 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00826-2019 PMID: 31537703

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

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

$500,000

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gershon, Andrea S; Gupta, Samir; Kirby, Miranda A; Lavoie, Kim; Leung, Janice; Sin, Donald; Stickland, Michael K; To, Teresa

Keywords: Cohort Study; Complications; Covid-19 Sequelae; Imaging; Medical Care; Monitoring; Physiology; Respiratory Disease

$100,000

COVID-19 and COPD: Important knowledge gaps in subclinical pulmonary disease in the Canadian population

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Bourbeau, Jean; Tan, Wan

Keywords: Canadian Cohort Of Obstructive Lung Disease; Cancold; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Comorbidity; Copd; Coronavirus Sars-Cov-2; Corticosteroids; Covid-19; Cytokines; Inflammatory Mediators

$275,554

Air pollution, climate and COPD: acute and long-term impacts in Canadian populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bourbeau, Jean; Brook, Jeffrey R; Smith, Benjamin M

Keywords: Air Pollution; Climate Change; Copd; Exacerbations; Extreme Weather

$1,086,300

Queen's CardioPulmonary Unit (Q-CPU) – Centre for Translational Research in Pulmonary Hypertension

Co-investigatorCFI2015Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund 2015

Principal investigators: Archer, Stephen

Keywords: Pulmonary hypertension, Translational research, Clinical Trials, Population health sciences, Right ventricular failure, Mitochondrial dynamics CT scanner, sequencer, ultrasound, EKG, database, cardiac testing, renovation

$3,830,497

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network: Origin and Progression of Airway Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2013ICRH Emerging Network Grants - Full Application

Principal investigators: Aaron, Shawn D; Martin, James G

Keywords: Air Pollution; Asthma; Biomedical Research; Clinical Research; Copd; Health Services; Knowledge Translation; Obstructive Lung Disease; Population Health; Research Training

$4,350,000

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network; Exploring the Origin and Progression of Airway Disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2012ICRH Emerging Network Grants - LOI

Principal investigators: Aaron, Shawn D; Martin, James G

Keywords: Asthma; Biomedical Research; Clinical Research; Copd; Health Services Research; Knowledge Translation; Obstructive Lung Disease; Population Health Research; Research Training

$30,000

Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD)

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Industry-partnered Collaborative Research - Rx&D partner

Principal investigators: Bourbeau, Jean; Tan, Wan

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Cohort Study; Copd; Prospective Longitudinal Study; Tissue Bank

$1,051,344

Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD)

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Operating Grant: Industry-partnered Collaborative Research - Rx&D partner

Principal investigators: Bourbeau, Jean; Tan, Wan

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Cohort Study; Copd; Prospective Longitudinal Study; Tissue Bank

$427,933

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.

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Denis O'Donnell

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A Brief History of COPD: As Told by Some of Its Senior Scientists and Clinicians.

Validation of Constant Work Rate Cycling Endurance Time for Use in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trials.

Physical Activity and Symptom Burden in COPD: The Canadian Obstructive Lung Disease Study.

Ambient Air Pollution and Dysanapsis: Associations with Lung Function and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease Study.

Endurance Time During Constant Work Rate Cycle Ergometry in COPD: Development of an Integrated Database From Interventional Studies.

The Prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and the Heterogeneity of Risk Factors in the Canadian Population: Results from the Canadian Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) Study.

Happy hypoxemia, or blunted ventilation?

Effects of Tiotropium/Olodaterol on Activity-Related Breathlessness, Exercise Endurance and Physical Activity in Patients with COPD: Narrative Review with Meta-/Pooled Analyses

ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise

The effects of marijuana smoking on lung function in older people.

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network Long COVID-19 Study

COVID-19 and COPD: Important knowledge gaps in subclinical pulmonary disease in the Canadian population

Air pollution, climate and COPD: acute and long-term impacts in Canadian populations

Queen's CardioPulmonary Unit (Q-CPU) – Centre for Translational Research in Pulmonary Hypertension

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network: Origin and Progression of Airway Disease

The Canadian Respiratory Research Network; Exploring the Origin and Progression of Airway Disease

Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD)

Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD)

Frequent collaborators

François Maltais

Jean Bourbeau

Shawn Aaron

Darcy Marciniuk

Kenneth Chapman

Wan Tan

Alan Hamilton

Roger Goldstein

Dany Doiron

Andrea Benedetti

Bryan Ross

Tania Janaudis-Ferreira

Teresa To

Toan To