About shAIRe
About shAIRe
shAIRe is a community designed to share knowledge and resources about lung health in Canada. This initiative aims to link and strengthen existing data infrastructures relevant to respiratory research to support CRRN’s mission to Empower collaborative respiratory health research across Canada.
Overarching goals:
- Develop an integrated pan-Canadian multidimensional data collection and sharing platform that supports respiratory research across the lifespan
- Sustain a network of scientists across multiple disciplines that can be readily mobilized to exploit the data infrastructure
- Provide training to highly qualified personnel and participating members to develop skills sets in the analysis of multidimensional data
Secondary objectives:
- Create a pan-Canadian registry of participants to support respiratory research and clinical trials in Canada
- Support national and international collaborations
- Build partnerships with the industry
- Invest in interoperable technologies/IT solutions
- Share tools and knowledge to analyze/exploit multidimensional data:
- Visualization platform
- Suite of analytical tools
- Optimize data sharing agreements across jurisdiction
- Share resources to support data collection across Canada and across disciplines
Meet the shAIRe Leadership:



Dr. Sanja Stanojevic; PhD
Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
Dr. Simon Rousseau; PhD
Associate Professor, McGill Research Institute
Director, Canadian Respiratory Research Network
Dr. Emily Brigham; MD, MHS
Associate Professor of Respirology, Legacy for Airway Health Professorship, University of British Columbia
Research Scientist, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
Our team:
We are a multidisciplinary team of researchers who share a common goal to increase awareness of lung health and improve access to respiratory research.
Nova Scotia:
- Sanja Stanojevic (PhD)
New Brunswick:
- Carolyn McCoy (RT, BHSc)
Quebec:
- Simon Rousseau (PhD)
- Dany Doiron (PhD)
- Isabel Fortier (PhD)
- Ma’n Zawati (LLB, LLM, PhD)
- Guillaume Borque (PhD)
- Dr. Benjamin Smith (MD, MSc)
Ontario:
- Shawn Aaron (MD, MSc)
- Kathy Vandemheen (MScN, RN)
- Jeff Brook (PhD, MSc)
- Andrea Gershon (MD, MSc)
- Cole Bowerman (MD, MSc)
Alberta:
- Michael Stickland (PhD)
British Columbia:
- Emily Brigham (MD, MHSc)
- Mohsen Sadatsafavi (PhD, MD)
- Pat Camp (PhD, PT)
- Celine Bergeron (MD, MSc)
International Collaborators:
- Erik Melen (PhD, MD) Sweden
- James Allinson (BMBCh, PhD) England
- Maria Rosa Faner (PhD) Spain
- Pippa Powell (PhD) England
- Dr. Bruce Thompson (PhD) Australia