Breathless: Asthma, Long-COVID and Respiratory Damage

In this talk, Dr. Grace Parraga, will share how research done at Western is transforming our understanding of lung diseases. Her team is using medical imaging to help guide personalized therapy, improving lung function for a better quality of life. You will learn about asthma, long-COVID, and vaping/smoking.

Speaker bio:

Dr. Grace Parraga is cross-appointed in medical biophysics, respirology, oncology and biomedical engineering at Western. She is also a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. Her research combines medical physics, artificial intelligence and patient-facing research to develop a deep understanding of lung disease and to enable better patient outcomes using medical imaging tools she has pioneered at Western.