Directory

Asthma

The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of asthma and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our asthma research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.

Shawn Aaron
Scientist

Shawn Aaron

Senior Scientist, Inflammation and Chronic Disease
Michael Austin
Clinician Investigator

Michael Austin

Clinician Investigator, Acute Care Research
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Clinician Investigator

Vanessa Luks

Clinician Investigator, Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Clinical Trials

The following list of clinical trials at The Ottawa Hospital is pulled from ClinicalTrials.gov, which is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and only available in English. If you find a clinical trial that interests you, you can bring the information to the next appointment with your care team and ask if you are eligible for the study. If so, they may be able to refer you to the study team. If you email the study team directly, we can guarantee a response. Learn more about participating in research and clinical trials.

Publications

The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.

Early Detection of Asthma: Exploring Inflammatory Biomarkers in Symptomatic Adults with Normal Spirometry.

2025-12-03 Go to publication

Cough in Adults with Undiagnosed Respiratory Symptoms.

2025-12-01 Go to publication

Deep Learning-Driven Early Diagnosis of Respiratory Diseases using CNN-RNN Fusion on Lung Sound Data.

2025-11-24 Go to publication

A cluster randomized controlled trial of an electronic medical record-based pathway for pediatric asthma in primary care in Alberta.

2025-11-23 Go to publication

Patient Factors and Clinical Efficacy of Early Identification and Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma.

2025-11-01 Go to publication
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