Dr. Jean Bourbeau

Titles

Current Positions

• Director of the Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, 1996 to the present
• Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Occupational Health at McGill University
• Director of the COPD axis of the Respiratory Network of the FRSQ
• Supervisor for M.Sc., Ph.D. students and post doctoral fellows

Fields of Research

• Epidemiology
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management (self-management and pulmonary rehabilitation)
• Cardio respiratory exercise physiology
• Characterization of COPD patients through large national or provincial cohorts (exacerbation, pharmacological and non-pharmacological management including pulmonary rehabilitation programs)
• Integrated approach to care for COPD patients and the impact on health status and health service use (RCT, studies in a setting of clinical practices)
• Pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD (RCT, pathophysiological studies)
• Pharmacological studies in COPD (RCT, pathophysiological studies)

Research Methodologies

• Epidemiological (database, population and clinical based research)
• Evaluative research applied to patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Education and Training

• M.D. (1980) from Laval University
• Specialization in Respirology (1986)
• M.Sc. in Epidemiology (1988) from McGill University
  

Honours

• Recipient of the John R. and Clara Fraser Memorial Award, Department of Medicine, McGill University

Accomplishments

• Granting agencies include the CIHR, Natural Resources Canada, FRSQ, REPAR and pharmaceutical industry (investigator-initiated projects)