Global Initiative for Asthma (Scientific Committee)

After having co-authored the Canadian guidelines for the treatment of asthma in children and adults in the last 20 years and several other provincial, national and international guidelines, Dr. Ducharme currently sits on the Scientific Committee of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).

Dr. Ducharme is a full professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Montreal. She is a pediatrician, clinical epidemiologist and head of the asthma clinic at the Center Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine. She has a productive career as a physician caring for children with asthma, as a teacher, research mentor and researcher.

Responsable de la clinique d'asthme du CHU Sainte-Justine

Responsable du centre d'enseignement sur l'asthme du CHU Sainte-Justine

Responsable du réseau inter-hospitalier de clinique d'asthme pédiatrique au Québec

His research program, which has received uninterrupted research grants of more than $30,000,000 since 1990, aims to improve the quality of life of children with asthma by improving their diagnosis, management, and long-term outcome. She has developed multiple child-specific instruments, educational and pharmacological interventions, systematic reviews and has been instrumental in disseminating evidence-based guidelines. She has published over 225 peer-reviewed articles (including NEJM, Lancet, JAMA, BMJ) and numerous editorials and given over 225 guest presentations in North America, Europe, Middle East and Australia. She has educated many scientists and physicians, many of whom hold academic positions around the world. She has received numerous career awards for her outstanding contribution to improving the care of children with asthma. Indeed, Dr. Ducharme's research findings have helped change guidelines around the world.

Having been co-author of the Canadian guidelines for the treatment of asthma in children and adults in the last 20 years and several other provincial, national and international guidelines, she currently sits on the Scientific Committee of the international group Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). Having been co-author of the Canadian guidelines for the treatment of asthma in children and adults in the last 20 years and several other provincial, national and international guidelines, she currently sits on the Scientific Committee of the international group Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA).

• 2020-2022: Banafsheh Hossein.  Prévention du COVID avec la thérapie de supplémentation orale en vitamine D.
• 2019 Nicoleta Cutumisu: Influence des caratéristiques de l’environnement bati sur la santé d’une cohorte d’enfants et adolescents souffrant d’asthme.
• 2018 Cristina Longo: Impact du contrôle de l’asthme chez les enfants sur un contrôle de l’asthme à long terme et l’utilisation des ressources de santé
• 2017 Imane Jroudi : Impact des conditions atmosphériques (allergènes, température, humidité, pollution) sur la réponse au traitement des enfants se présentant en crise d’asthme à l’urgence.
• 2015 Megan E. Jensen: Vitamin D vs. placebo in the prevention of viral-induced exacerbations in preschool aged children with asthma – a pilot RCT.
• 2012 Annie Gauthier: Exploring barriers to optimal asthma management by physicians.
• 2013 Bhupendrasinh F. Chauhan: Determinants of the response to oral corticosteroid in children with acute asthma.
• 2009 Samir Gupta: Online Collaboration Tool for Asthma Action Plan with Usability (OCTAPUS)

PhD

• 2020-présent. Asmae El Abd. Impact de la supplémentation en vitamine D chez les enfants d'âge préscolaire souffrant de crises d'asthme répétées sur divers biomarqueurs de réponse intermédiaire
• 2018 Cristina Longo: Treatment Considerations and Prescribing Issues for Obese Children with Asthma.
• 2017 François Després: Development and validation of a pharmaco-epidemiology asthma control score specific to children.
• 2010 Sanjit Kaur Bhogal: Adhérence aux lignes directrices pour le traitement des crises d’asthme chez l’enfant.

MSc

• 2023-present  Harika Dasari - Implementation de collecte de sang capillaire à domicile 
• 2022 Wael Abdelmageed - revue de la litérature sur les seuils de gravité de l'oscillométrie (stage de 4 mois)
• 2022 Andrea Trevisan. élaboration des seuils de gravité pour l'interprétation de l’oscillométrie (stage de 8 mois)
• 2018 Christiane Lawson: Élaboration des valeurs de référence pédiatriques canadiennes, des seuils de gravité d’oscillométrie et d’un algorithme d’interprétation pour le médecin suivi de l’élaboration d’un projet pilote examinant l’impact de l’ajout de l’oscillométrie à l’évaluation clinique de l’enfant asthmatique.
• 2020 Bennet Desormeau: Clinical Utility of Respiratory Oscillometry Tests as an Addition to clinical assessment in preschool children with asthma.
• 2018 Pamela Mondragon: Impact de l’orientation des enfants asthmatiques sévères vers le Centre d’enseignement de l’asthme et/ou vers le Centre sur les ressources en soins de santé et l’utilisation des médicaments.
• 2017 Joanna Trees-Merckx: Asthma and risk of Emergency Department management failure: burden and impact of variousrespiratory pathogens in a pediatric population.
• 2017 Roba Bairakdar: Vitamin D intervention in preschoolers with viral-induced asthma (DIVA).
• 2015 Alexandrine J. Lamontagne: Exploring barriers to optimal asthma management by physicians.
• 2015 Gladys Osien: The Effect of Excess Weight on Asthma Control among Children.
• 2008 Maala Bhatt: Validation of an appendicitis score.
• 2010 Anne-Marie Parent: Determinants of adherence to physician’s recommendations in childhood asthma.