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Our Team
Principal Investigators
Dr. Janice M. Leung
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Principal Investigator, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital
Respirologist, St. Paul's Hospital
Dr. Don Sin
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Director and the De Lazzari Family Chair, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation,
Respirologist, St. Paul's Hospital
ERJ Deputy Chief Editor (IF 17)
Dr. Jonathan Rayment
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of British Columbia
Respirologist, BC Children’s Hospital
Co-Investigators
Dr. Jordan Guenette
Associate Director, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Department of Physical Therapy
University of British Columbia
Dr. Rachel Eddy
Assistant Professor, Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics
Investigator, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
University of British Columbia
Dr. Jonathon Leipsic
Professor and Chair Dept of Radiology
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), University of British Columbia
Dr. Stephen Lam
Director, Lung Cancer Research
BC Cancer Research Institute
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Medical Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program
Dr. Michael Stickland
Professor, Pulmonary Division
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
University of Alberta
Dr. Joanna Maclean
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Alberta
Dr. Terence Ho
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Staff Respirologist, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, and Hamilton Health Sciences
Affiliate Scientist, Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
Dr. Sarah Svenningsen
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
Affiliate Scientist, Research Institute of St. Joe's Hamilton, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health & Imaging Research Centre
St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Dr. Shawn Aaron
Professor, Division of Respirology
University of Ottawa
Respirologist, The Ottawa Hospital
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Dr. Trisha Tulloch
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto
Adolescent Medicine Specialist,
Division of Adolescent Medicine
Staff Physician, Nicotine Dependence Clinic
The Hospital for Sick Children
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Dr. Brandon Zanette
Technical Innovation Investigator,
​Translational Medicine Program,
​University of Toronto
The Hospital for Sick Children
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Dr. Giles Santyr
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics
Senior Scientist, Translational Medicine
University of Toronto
The Hospital for Sick Children
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Dr. Theo Moraes
Division Head, Respiratory Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Toronto
The Hospital for Sick Children
Dr. Simon Couillard
Assistant-Professor and Clinical Researcher
Titulary of the Chaire de Recherche en Santé Respiratoire de l’Association Pulmonaire du Québec
Université de Sherbrooke
Dr. Francois-Pierre Counil
Associate Professor and Director,
Pediatric Respiratory Division
Faculté de Médecine et de Sciences de la Santé
Université de Sherbrooke
Dr. Laura Struik
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
University of British Columbia Okanagan
Canadian Cancer Society Emerging Scholar
Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar
Dr. Rafael Meza
Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Distinguished Scientist, BC Cancer
Principal Investigator, Center for the Assessment of Tobacco Regulations
Dr. Hasina Samji
Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Director, Capturing Health and Resilience Trajectories (CHART) Lab
Senior Scientist, Population Mental Well-Being, BC Centre for Disease Control
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Management and Staff
CLOUD Project Manager
Paloma Burns
Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
University of British Columbia
CLOUD Research Members
Satvir Dhillon (Research Manager, Guenette Lab), University of British Columbia
Julia Yang (Lab Manager), University of British Columbia
Annie Li (Biostatistician), University of British Columbia
Tina Afshar (PhD Student), University of British Columbia
Ana Hernandez Cordero (Post-Doctoral Fellow), University of British Columbia
Jessica Friesen (Research Coordinator), University of British Columbia
Saige-Taylor Werstuik (Master's Student), Westbank First Nation and University of British Columbia Okanagan
Sheila Matano (Director, Health Promotion & Tobacco Intervention Programs), BC Lung Foundation
CLOUD Site Clinical Research Managers
Alireza Mojibian, University of British Columbia
Sukhinder Khattra, University of British Columbia
Kathy Vandemheem, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Martine Duval, Université de Sherbrooke
CLOUD Study Coordinators
Elnaz Amani, University of British Columbia
Irene Savi, University of British Columbia
Jennifer Kwan, University of British Columbia
David Sag, University of British Columbia
Victoria Thompson, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Desi Fuhr, University of Alberta
Katya Bratmatchett, McMaster University
Sharon Braganza, University of Toronto
Daniel Li, University of Toronto
Silpa Nair, University of Toronto
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The CLOUD Study is grateful for the contributions of the YDI Youth Advisory Council.