Deborah Assayag

Research Institute McGill University Health Center

Department of Medicine, McGill University

5252 De Maisonneuve O 3D.61

, Montreal

(Québec)

H4A3S5

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Domaine·s de recherche

  • interstitial lung disease
  • pulmonary fibrosis
  • sex and gender

Université

McGill University

Axe primaire du Réseau AIRS

Mesures de la qualité de l'environnement

Axe(s) secondaire(s)

Soins, prévention et promotion de la santé

Secteur·s de recherche

  • Santé

Type·s de recherche

  • Clinique
  • Épidémiologique
  • Translationnelle

Diplôme·s

  • M.D

Travaux de recherche

My research focuses on interstitial lung diseases (ILD), a group of progressive, devastating lung diseases characterized by inflammation and scarring (fibrosis) of the lung tissue. The burden of disease is heavy: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the most devastating form of ILD, has a median survival of only three to five years. The incidence and soc...

NUMÉRO ORCID :

0000-0002-2497-9984

Références bibliographiques et DOI

Marino A, Fisher JH, Johannson KA, Khalil N, Kolb M, Manganas H, Marcoux V, Ryerson CJ, Assayag D. Sex and Racial Differences in Lung Biopsies for Interstitial Lung Diseases in Canada. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Mar;21(3):516-519. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202308-703RL. PMID: 38426827.

Assayag D, Adegunsoye A, Sheehy R, Morisset J, Khalil N, Johannson KA, Marcoux V, Kolb M, Fisher JH, Manganas H, Wrobel J, Wilsher M, De Boer S, Mackintosh J, Chambers DC, Glaspole I, Keir GJ, Lee CT, Jablonski R, Vij R, Strek ME, Corte TJ, Ryerson CJ. Sex- and Race-Based Differences in the Treatment of Interstitial Lung Diseases in North America and Australasia. Chest. 2023 May;163(5):1156-1165. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.12.039. Epub 2023 Jan 5. PMID: 36621759.

Jalbert AC, Siafa L, Ramanakumar AV, Assayag D. Gender and racial equity in clinical research for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Respir J. 2022 Mar 3;59(3):2102969. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02969-2021. PMID: 35058247.

Assayag D, Garlick K, Johannson KA, Fell CD, Kolb M, Cox G, Hambly N, Manganas H, Morisset J, Fisher JH, Shapera S, Gershon AS, To T, Sadatsafavi M, Wilcox PG, Halayko AJ, Khalil N, Ryerson CJ. Treatment Initiation in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease in Canada. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Oct;18(10):1661-1668. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202009-1122OC. PMID: 33493425.

Assayag D, Morisset J, Johannson KA, Wells AU, Walsh SLF. Patient gender bias on the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Thorax. 2020 May;75(5):407-412. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213968. Epub 2020 Feb 13. PMID: 32054644.