Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our COPD research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.
Research & News
Labs and Groups
These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.
Dr Ian Stiell Group
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.
Canadian Consortium on Airway Mucus Occlusions in Asthma, COPD and Chronic Cough (NCT06858748)
Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic Cough (CC) View DetailsPublications
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.
Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco exposure in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
2026-01-05 Go to publicationDeep Learning-Driven Early Diagnosis of Respiratory Diseases using CNN-RNN Fusion on Lung Sound Data.
2025-11-24 Go to publication