Dr. Stephanus F van Eeden – MD, Ph.D., FRCP
Dr. Stephanus F van Eeden
MD, Ph.D., FRCP
Dr. van Eeden is a Professor within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Principal Investigator at the UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation at St. Paul’s hospital. He obtained his MD and Ph.D degrees at UBC. He currently holds a CIHR/GlaxoSmithCline Research Chair in COPD. His research focus is on mechanisms of lung inflammation, particularly, lung inflammation caused by infection, cigarette smoking and air pollution. This research covers a broad range of clinical conditions such as pneumonia, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, scleroderma and acute respiratory distress syndrome. The research is multidisciplinary and integrated and includes work at molecular, cellular, organ, intact animal and human levels. Dr. van Eeden’s current clinical translational studies explore the potential utility of wearable electronic devices to continuously monitor subjects with COPD with the aim to identify early signs of acute exacerbations and early treatment of AECOPD to improve long-term outcomes.