A. Hamid
professor
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Dr. Qutayba Hamid is currently a Professor of Medicine at McGill University, Director of the Meakins-Christie Laboratories, and an Associate Director at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center. He holds the prestigious James McGill Chair and clinical Strauss Chair in Respiratory Medicine, and was recently elected to be a fellow of the Royal Society.
Research Interest
Dr. Hamid's reserach interests include the pathogenesis of asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), the role of cytokines and chemokines in airway inflammation, and developing new therapies in asthma, allergic rhinitis and COPD.
Publications
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) attenuation of subchronic cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary neutrophilia is associated with retention of nuclear RelB and suppression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). de Souza AR, Zago M, Eidelman DH, Hamid Q, Baglole CJ. Toxicol Sci. 2014 Jul;140(1):204-23.
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CXCL1 inhibits airway smooth muscle cell migration through the decoy receptor Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines. Al-Alwan LA, Chang Y, Rousseau S, Martin JG, Eidelman DH, Hamid Q. J Immunol. 2014 Aug 1;193(3):1416-26
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The impact of Vitamin D deficiency on asthma, allergic rhinitis and wheezing in children: An emerging public health problem. Bener A, Ehlayel MS, Bener HZ, Hamid Q. J Family Community Med. 2014 Sep;21(3):154-61
