O'Byrne, Paul

About Me


Chair of Medicine at the Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine.  Internationally recognized for seminal contributions into understanding the causes and treatment of asthma, including the first studies of the central role of airway inflammation in its initiation and persistence.  His work has explained the mechanisms of allergen-induced inflammatory responses and aided the development of anti-leukotrienes as a new asthma treatment.  He has published extensively in the most highly cited peer-review journals.  His studies of asthma treatment have influenced treatment guidelines worldwide.