Parameswaran Nair

Dr Nair is the Frederick E. Hargreave Teva Innovation Chair in Airway Diseases & Professor of Medicine in the Division of Respirology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, providing tertiary care to patients with severe asthma and other complex airway and eosinophilic lung diseases. He directs a patient-centred translational research program at the Firestone Institute of St Joseph’s Healthcare, focussed on charactering bronchitis using sputum biomarkers and targeted therapy with biologics and small molecule antagonists. The research program has been recognized by a Canada Research Chair, The American Thoracic Society’s Ann Woolcock Award, The Asthma Society of Canada’s Bastable Potts Award, and Fellowships of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, The European Respiratory Society, The American College of Chest Physicians, and the Collegium Internationale Allergologicum. His laboratory has contributed to over 300 peer-reviewed publications in high impact general medical, allergy, and respiratory journals (h-index 65).