MD, FRCPC
Professor, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
Dr. Mayers’ clinical interests include asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep medicine.
His research interests include the translation of clinical research to clinical practice, including health technology assessment.
Dr. Mayers is an active collaborator within the University of Alberta Pulmonary Research Group and is evaluating the role of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to better define metabolic pathways and improve the understanding of phenotypic variability in asthma.
Regionally, he is the Alberta Health Services Medicine site chief for the University of Alberta Hospitals. Provincially, Dr. Mayers is the Medical Advisor to Respiratory Benefits Program. Nationally, he is chair of the Health Canada Scientific Advisory Committee- Respiratory Allergy Therapeutics.
He was previously divisional director of Pulmonary Medicine (2001-2011), and president of the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS).
All CIC publications featuring Dr. Mayers as a co-author are listed below.
| Author(s) | Year | Title | Journal |
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| Gauvreau GM, Boulet LP, Leigh R, Cockcroft DW, Davis BE, Mayers I et al. | 2016 |
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
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| Gauvreau GM, Harris JM, Boulet LP, Sheerens H, FitzGerald JM, Putnam WS, Cockcroft DW, Davis BE, Leigh R, Zheng Y, Dahlén B, Wang Y, Maciuca R, Mayers I, Liao XC, Wu LC, Matthews JG, O'Byrne PM. | 2014 |
Science Translational Medicine |
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| Gauvreau GM, Boulet L-P, Cockcroft DW, FitzGerald JM, Mayers I, Carlsten C, Laviolette M, Killian KJ, Davis BE, Larché M , Kipling C , Dua B , Mosesova S , Putnam W , Zheng Y, Scheerens H, McClintock D , Matthews J, O'Byrne PM | 2014 |
OX40L blockade on allergen-induced airway responses in subjects with mild asthma |
Clinical Experimental Allergy |