About the discussion
Thursday, March 18 • 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Guests: Simon Bacon, Kim Lavoie, Jean Bourbeau
Moderator: Marc Nisbet
Venue: New Hope Senior Citizens Centre
Have you, or someone you know, been affected by Asthma or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)? If you have, you are far from being alone since they are the fastest rising chronic diseases in Canada. In this Café Scientifque-style conversation we will hear from researchers working on this issue and discuss how the risks and impact of asthma and COPD can be reduced, and quality of life enhanced, by understanding their triggers and learning how to live actively with respiratory disease.
Gests:
Jennifer Landry is associate professor of Medicine and the medical director of the Pediatric to Adult Transition and Orphan Lung disease clinic (PATROL) at McGill University Health Center. She completed her specialty training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at McGill University, did a basic science fellowship on cystic fibrosis in the United Kingdom and recently completed her Master degree in Epidemiology on the long-term outcomes of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and premature birth. Her research interests are the long-term outcomes of prematurity, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and cystic fibrosis.
Simon Bacon is an assistant professor of Exercise Science at Concordia University and a researcher at Hopital du Sacre-Coeur and the Montreal Heart Institute. His research focuses on understanding how lifestyle and behaviours, such as exercise, diet, and stress, influence the development and progression of chronic diseases, including asthma.
Kim Lavoie is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and a researcher at Hopital du Sacre-Coeur and the Montreal Heart Institute. Her research focuses on how psychosocial factors (e.g., sex, gender, socioeconomic status, stress, anxiety, depression) influence the development and progression of chronic diseases, including asthma, occupational asthma, and COPD.
Moderator: Marc Nisbet coordinates the University of the Streets Café, a program of the Institute for Community Development of the School of Extended Learning at Concordia University.