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Jean Bourbeau

ResearcherMedicineMcGill University

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Jean Bourbeau

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
104 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 17 research grants (17 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2015.

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Academic metrics

266

Publications

189

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Research

Copd Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial Design Clinical Trial Professional Clinical Trial Training Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Best Practices Gender-Based Clinical Trial And Analysis Mentoring Platform

Latest papers

Comment on Pepin et al.: non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients with chronic ventilatory failure-pathophysiologic heterogeneity.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2026 · senior author
Reproducibility of the 6-Minute Walk Test on a 20-Metre Course in Community Dwelling Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2026
Personalizing the approach for the diagnosis of patients with concomitant Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart failure.
Respiratory medicine · 2026 · senior author

All 266 publications

Latest funding

MAPping Lung DiseasE Through Social Epigenetics, Exposures, and Disparities (MAPLE-SEED) Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,090,124
Virtual rehabilitation for individuals with Long COVID: a randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Enhancing the Clinical Benefits of COPD Chronic Management: The SUPplementation with URolithin-A during Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD (SUPRA-COPD) Trial
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$510,087

All 40 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 266 publications.

Comment on Pepin et al.: non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients with chronic ventilatory failure-pathophysiologic heterogeneity.

Kaminska M, Cherian M, Ross B, Adam V, Bourbeau J

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag288 PMID: 42730598

Reproducibility of the 6-Minute Walk Test on a 20-Metre Course in Community Dwelling Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Delbressine JM, Van't Hul AJ, Jensen D, Li PZ, Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Spruit MA, Vaes AW, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group and Canadian Respiratory Research Network

Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada2026

DOI: 10.3138/ptc-2024-0036 PMID: 42131142

Personalizing the approach for the diagnosis of patients with concomitant Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart failure.

Abou-Rjeili M, Farias R, Mostafavi Y, Smith B, Giannetti N, Bourbeau J

Respiratory medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2025.108628 PMID: 41478578

When to Best Assess Breathlessness Abnormality During Incremental Cardiopulmonary Cycle Exercise Testing.

Ekström M, Li PZ, Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Jensen D, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group

Chest2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.08.024 PMID: 40939934

Mepolizumab and Dupilumab Show No Significant Difference in Reducing Exacerbations in Patients With COPD and an Eosinophilic Phenotype: Matching-Adjusted Indirect Treatment Comparison.

Bourbeau J, Min J, Kolterer S, Yang S, Hunger M, Wang X, Sciurba FC

Chest2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.07.5242 PMID: 42617837

Opioids for persistent dyspnoea in people with COPD: should we throw in the towel?

Bourbeau J, Currow D

The European respiratory journal2026First author

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00834-2026 PMID: 42562599

Sex-Specific Machine Learning Improves Prediction of Incident and Prevalent COPD.

Makimoto K, Smith BM, Reinhardt JM, Hague CJ, Hogg JC, Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Kirby M

Chest2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2026.07.5207 PMID: 42501941

The impact of neighbourhood material and social disadvantage on respiratory health across Canada.

Russell MA, Li X, Doiron D, Goobie GC, Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Kirby M, Stickland MK, Jensen D, Leung JM, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group

The European respiratory journal2026

DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01739-2025 PMID: 41991206

Effect of fan-to-face therapy on exertional breathlessness in adults with chronic lung disease.

Aucoin R, Nguyen D, Ross B, Bourbeau J, Lewthwaite H, Ekström M, von Leupoldt A, Jensen D

ERJ open research2026

DOI: 10.1183/23120541.01636-2025 PMID: 42519217

Normative reference equations for leg discomfort during incremental cardiopulmonary cycle exercise testing in older adults.

Aucoin R, Jensen D, Stickland M, Brotto A, Lewthwaite H, Li PZ, Bourbeau J, Tan WC, Ekström M, CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group

Clinical physiology and functional imaging2026

DOI: 10.1111/cpf.70083 PMID: 42489397

MAPping Lung DiseasE Through Social Epigenetics, Exposures, and Disparities (MAPLE-SEED) Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Leung, Janice

Keywords: Copd; Epigenetics; Methylation

$1,090,124

Virtual rehabilitation for individuals with Long COVID: a randomized controlled trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Research Impact

Principal investigators: Janaudis-Ferreira, Tania

Keywords: Covid-19; Exercise; Long Covid; Mobility; Rehabilitation; Remote; Virtual

$25,000

Enhancing the Clinical Benefits of COPD Chronic Management: The SUPplementation with URolithin-A during Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD (SUPRA-COPD) Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ross, Bryan A

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd); Constant Work Rate Endurance Test; Exercise Capacity; Mitophagy; Pulmonary Rehabilitation (Pr); Randomized Controlled Trial (Rct); Urolithin A

$510,087

An eHealth Technology Intervention Pragmatic trials Platform integrated in the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network: The eTIPP-CPCSSN

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials (iCT)

Principal investigators: Gupta, Samir; Dickson, Grant P; Phillips, Lacey; Singer, Alexander G

Keywords: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Computerized Decision Support Systems; Ehealth; Information Systems Design; Knowledge Translation; Pragmatic Trials; Primary Care

$199,895

Immune dysanapsis: Updating the paradigm of inflammation and lung health trajectories in diverse populations to achieve lifelong health for all

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Lung Health - Inflammation and Lung Health

Principal investigators: Smith, Benjamin M; Brook, Jeffrey R; Doiron, Dany; Duan, Qingling; Lu, Zihang; Sin, Donald; Subbarao, Padmaja

Keywords: Chronic Lung Disease; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Epidemiology; Inflammation

$1,998,780

Setting Priorities and Partnerships for Chronic Cough in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Satia, Imran; Brooks, Dina

Keywords: Aging; Chronic Cough; Mental Health; Neuroscience

$15,000

Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN) platform: enhancing career preparedness in RCT research targeting different audiences across the continuum

Nominated PICIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms

Principal investigators: Bourbeau, Jean; Anderson, David R; Batist, Gerald; Bell, Emily C; Benoit, Britney L; Collister, David; Dasgupta, Kaberi; Fahim, Christine; Fergusson, Dean A; Filion, Kristian B; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Goos, Lisa; Khan, Nadia A; King, Malcolm; Li, Linda C; Mitra, Souvik; Morin, Suzanne N; Pilote, Louise; Reiman, Tony; Richer, Lawrence P; Saleh, Ramy R; Sapp, John L; Tomblin Murphy, Gail G; Yeh, Ann E.

Keywords: Clinical Trial Design; Clinical Trial Professional; Clinical Trial Training; Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion Best Practices; Gender-Based Clinical Trial And Analysis; Mentoring Platform; Patient Partner; Professional Education; Research Involving Indigenous People; Training Platform

$10,855,234

Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) - Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Pan Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium

Principal investigators: Devereaux, Philip J; Blake, Peter G; Abrahamyan, Lusine; Akl, Elie; Anvari, Mehran; Berman, Jason N; Bhandari, Mohit; Bourbeau, Jean; Brouwers, Melissa C; Buckley, David N; Butcher, Nancy J; Campbell, David J; Clark, Wayne; Cote, Adrien; Cox, Jennifer; Dhanani, Sonny; Dixon, Stephanie N; Downar, James; Duceppe, Emmanuelle; Dukelow, Sean P; Edwards, Jodi D; Eng, Janice J; Ezekowitz, Justin A; Fergusson, Dean A; Gagnon, Bruno; Garg, Amit; Gerstein, Hertzel C; Gilron, Ian; Glanfield, Florence; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Halperin, Scott A; Hawkins, Nathaniel M; Healey, Jeff S; Hohl, Corinne M; Hutchison, James S; Jolly, Sanjit S; Kelly, Lauren; Lalu, Manoj M; Langley, Joanne M; Lauzier, François; Lee, Todd C; Li, Patricia T; Majnemer, Annette; Marlin, Susan; McDonald, Emily G; McGillion, Michael H; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNeil, Shelly A; Meade, Maureen O; Menon, Kusum; Moayyedi, Paul; Moore, Lynne; Murdoch, Alicia; Murphy, Tim; O'BYRNE, Paul M; Pamidi, Sushmita; Parkash, Ratika; Perera, Kanjana S; Petch, Jeremy; Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Pibarot, Philippe J; Pilote, Louise; Poirier, Paul; Potter, Elizabeth K; Presseau, Justin; Richer, Lawrence P; Rodes Cabau, Josep; Rouleau, Guy A; Rouleau, Jean-Lucien; Sadarangani, Manish; Saleh, Ramy R; Stewart, Breanne; Suri, Rita; Taljaard, Monica; Tang, Anthony S; Tennankore, Karthik K; Thiel, Alexander; Thompson, Wade; Turgeon, Alexis F; Verma, Atul; Wijeysundera, Harindra C; Wood, DAVID A; WRIGHT, JAMES; Yusuf, Salim; Zarychanski, Ryan

Keywords: Canadian Biotechnology Knowledge Companies; Cross-Cutting Enablers; Equity Diversity Inclusion; Indigenous Health; Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; Patient Engagement; Randomized Controlled Trials; Sex And Gender; Trial Network; Trial Unit

$38,996,933

Blood Epigenetic Age Biomarkers and Health Outcomes in COPD

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Epigenetics/epigenomics in human health or disease

Principal investigators: Sin, Donald; Leung, Janice

Keywords: Ageing; Copd; Health Outcomes; Methylation

$100,000

Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN) platform: enhancing career preparedness in RCT research targeting different audiences across the continuum

Nominated PICIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms - Indirect Costs

$2,829,331

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Jean Bourbeau

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Comment on Pepin et al.: non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients with chronic ventilatory failure-pathophysiologic heterogeneity.

Reproducibility of the 6-Minute Walk Test on a 20-Metre Course in Community Dwelling Adults With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Personalizing the approach for the diagnosis of patients with concomitant Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart failure.

When to Best Assess Breathlessness Abnormality During Incremental Cardiopulmonary Cycle Exercise Testing.

Mepolizumab and Dupilumab Show No Significant Difference in Reducing Exacerbations in Patients With COPD and an Eosinophilic Phenotype: Matching-Adjusted Indirect Treatment Comparison.

Opioids for persistent dyspnoea in people with COPD: should we throw in the towel?

Sex-Specific Machine Learning Improves Prediction of Incident and Prevalent COPD.

The impact of neighbourhood material and social disadvantage on respiratory health across Canada.

Effect of fan-to-face therapy on exertional breathlessness in adults with chronic lung disease.

Normative reference equations for leg discomfort during incremental cardiopulmonary cycle exercise testing in older adults.

Frequent collaborators

Dennis Jensen

Miranda Kirby

Miranda Kirby

Andrea Benedetti

Andrea Benedetti

Dany Doiron

Bryan Ross

Tania Janaudis-Ferreira

François Maltais

Darcy Marciniuk

Donna Goodridge

Teresa To

Qingling Duan

Marta Kaminska

Tetyana Kendzerska

Joshua Wald

Erika Penz

Ma'en Obeidat

Sophie Lauzier

Marla Beauchamp

Shawn Aaron

Sara Ahmed

Parameswaran Krishna Nair

Deborah Assayag

Miranda Kirby

Jason Weatherald

Jonathon Leipsic

Michael Stickland

Roger Goldstein

Steeve Provencher

Martin Rainer Kolb

Nathan Hambly

Mohsen Sadatsafavi

Mohammad-Ali Jenabian

Jun Ding

Marie-Pascale Pomey

Catherine Laprise

Kenneth Chapman

Padmaja Subbarao

Pat Camp