Paul O'Byrne

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Paul Myles O'Byrne, OC, FRCPI, FRCPC, FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Glas) is an Irish-Canadian respirologist, the Dean and Vice President-elect of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Dean of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. He was the E.J. Moran Chair of Respiratory Medicine at McMaster University Medical School from 1998 to 2016. [1]

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Early life and education

O'Byrne was born in Ireland and grew up in South Africa. He was a childhood asthmatic and that inspired him to pursue asthma research. He went to medical school at University College Dublin and completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in respiratory medicine at McMaster University. [2] He completed further research fellowship training at McMaster University and at the Cardiovascular Research Institute in San Francisco.[ citation needed ]

Career

O'Byrne returned to McMaster and conducted asthma research. In 1998, he was appointed to the E.J. Moran Chair of Respiratory Medicine at the university and in 2002 he was the executive director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health and the Chair of the Department of Medicine at McMaster University. [3] He relinquished both titles upon being appointed to his new role as Dean and Vice-President of the Faculty of Health Sciences.[ citation needed ]

He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2023. He currently resides in Ancaster, Ontario. [4]

Research

O'Byrne has published over 400 papers and authored 98 book chapters and edited 12 books. O'Byrne tested a new antibody called AMG 157 which was shown to be effective at reducing the severity of allergic asthma attacks. [5]

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References

  1. "Paul O'Byrne to be new dean & vice-president of the Faculty of Health Sciences". McMaster University. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. Frketich, Joanna (10 December 2015). "Asthma and allergy doctor Paul O'Byrne named head of health sciences at McMaster University". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton Spectator. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  3. "Paul O'Byrne". McMaster University. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  4. "Order of Canada appointees – December 2023". Governor General of Canada . Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. Gauvreau, Gail M.; O'Byrne, Paul M. (2014). "Effects of an Anti-TSLP Antibody on Allergen-Induced Asthmatic Responses". NEJM. 370 (22): 2102–2110. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1402895 . PMID   24846652.