Our Team
McMaster University
Dr. Paul O’Byrne
Dr. O’Byrne is currently the Dean and Vice-President, Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Dr. O’Byrne is world renowned for his research on asthma that is the result of allergies.
His current research interests focus on the mechanisms and treatment of asthma, with particular reference to the role of environmental allergens and the mechanisms by which these cause airway inflammation. Dr. O´Byrne is a prolific publisher, as evidenced by his almost 400 peer-reviewed papers in highly regarded journals. He has also edited ten books and has written more than 100 review papers and is a frequent lecturer at international meetings.
Dr. O'Byrne is member of the Executive Committee of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), is Associate Editor of Chest, Thorax and International Archives of Allergy and Immunology.
Dr. Imran Satia
Dr. Imran Satia is an international renowned expert in the field of Chronic Cough and is ranked number 2 in the whole of Canada for cough research (expertscape.com). He is currently an Assistant Professor at McMaster University for the Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology.
He has lead multiple cough studies in the Cardio-Respiratory Lab at McMaster University. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cambridge, UK and specialized in general internal medicine and respirology. He has 15 years of clinical experience and also completed a PhD at the University of Manchester between 2013-2016.
He was awarded the prestigious British Medical Association James Trust Award for cough research and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Marie-Curie Global Fellowship Award. He was a co-author on the most recent ERS Chronic Cough guidelines and is a scientific advisor for pharmaceutical companies developing new cough therapies. He has been an invited speaker and national and international medical conferences and has authored numerous publications on the mechanisms and treatment of cough.