Dr Andrea Gershon is a respirologist and Senior Scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and ICES. She is a CIHR-funded researcher with hundreds of publications, including some in the top medical journals such as JAMA and the Lancet. She has been invited to share her findings at universities and hospitals around the world; and her work has been recognized by global media including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n
Dr. Gershon\u2019s award winning research and knowledge translation program uses \u2018Big Data\u2019 to learn from the real-world experiences of people living with lung disease with a focus on vulnerable groups. She has conducted clinical studies of remote clinical monitoring and wearables in people with respiratory disease for over a decade. Dr. Gershon\u2019s findings have been mobilized into practical improvements that have benefited millions of patients. Her research has informed clinical guidelines; led to more resources being dedicated to address respiratory disease; formed the basis of Canada\u2019s respiratory disease surveillance system; and informed policy and patient, hospital and health district programs in Canada and globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Gershon is a scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Sunnybrook Research Institute, a respirologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. She also leads the Respiratory Health Program at ICES and is the 2013 Physicians Services Foundation Fellow in Translational Research. Her research investigates health outcomes, health services, and drug safety and effectiveness in individuals with chronic respiratory disease, specifically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma.<\/p>\",\n \"Join Date\": \"20090810T122600\"\n}","previous_url":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/ices-scientists\/andrea-gershon\/"},"yoast_head":"\n