Kathleen Spurr
Professor
Department of Informatics
Dalhousie University
Canada
Biography
Kathy Spurr has been a respiratory therapy faculty member since 2005. She has 15 years of clinical and research experience at the Asthma & Respiratory Centre in Hamilton, ON and at Capital Health’s Sleep Disorders Program in Halifax.
Research Interest
Primary research interest is the study of sleep disordered breathing including its relationship to other co-morbidities and its management in clinical practice. Kathy is the local research coordinator for the ADVENT heart failure and sleep apnea trial. Other research interests include evidence based decision-making, health informatics, the health effects of outdoor air pollution and the use of technology in healthcare education.
