Race and Ethnic Specific Reference Equations for Lung Function: Why We Use Them - Why We Shouldn’t

Описание: This past installment of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine grand rounds, on Friday 14-March-2025, focused on race and ethnic specific reference equations for lung function as described by Sanja Stanojevic, PhD.

Sanja Stanojevic, PhD, is an associate professor of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario, a master of science degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and her doctoral degree from the University College London. Her research program focuses on challenging paradigms in respiratory medicine to develop evidence-based clinical tools to ensure patients receive accurate diagnoses and appropriate management of their disease. Harnessing secondary data sources to identify innovative data-driven solutions to answer clinically relevant questions, her program of research investigates 1) methodologies to characterize the growth and development of the lungs across the life course, 2) data-driven approaches to improve interpretation of respiratory outcomes, and 3) the translation of novel outcomes to the bedside.

This lecture is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca.