Learning lots about #lung autoimmunity as a contributor to severe #asthma from Dr Manali Mukherjee from #TheFirestone. Great reminder that blood is not always the right place to sample for autoimmunity -sputum can be a much more informative marker.

Thank you @drdayjee.bsky.social for an exceptional talk on ethnic and racial disparities on pulmonary fibrosis @ #TheFirestone. So important to understand how time of diagnosis, progression, and pathology differ for both clinicians and researchers. #lungsky #pulmsky #CurePF #lungs

Religious groups in Norfolk are at the epicentre of a measles outbreak. Here’s why it affects you In Norfolk, 79 people have contracted measles since the first case was announced Jan. 10. Some children have been hospitalized.

Very thoughtful reporting from @thespec1846.bsky.social by JP Antonacci re: #HamOnt measles outbreaks. Great commentary from my colleague Luke Jannsen #TheFirestone who has both a PhD in Biology & an MSc in theology. Sorry for #paywall. Local news matters!
www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

A box containing 2 copies of the card game "Dear Reviewer 2"

Look what came in the mail today @tchanmd.bsky.social! Two copies of "Dear Reviewer 2, The card game that prepares budding researchers for publication criticism". One for my lab & one for #TheFirestone trainee group @researchstjoes.bsky.social
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Trainee Spotlight: Megan Vierhout | News Megan Vierhout, a PhD student at St. Joe’s Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health (FIRH), is the recent recipient of three awards announced at the Faculty of Health Sciences’ (FHS) Gra...

I'm so proud of the trainees at #TheFirestone. Megan Vierhout is a gifted emerging leader in #immunology & #respirology. Come do graduate & clinical training with us - our trainees' successes speak volumes 👩‍🔬🫁🔬🧪research.stjoes.ca/communications/news/~191...

Did you know that the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health has a podcast? In honour of our F. Hargreave annual symposium on airway hyper-responsivness in #asthma we created a podcast (available on Spotify). #Respirology #Pulmonology #TheFirestone open.spotify.com/show/7D9FRHl...

Great resource for patients living with #COPD and the people who care for them. My colleague Dr. Josh Wald from #TheFirestone speaks (starting at 8:18) about what's new in COPD care. youtu.be/sLsBGRlzt8U?...