Dr. Jean Bourbeau is an international researcher and leader in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is the founder of the landmark Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD), and "Living Well with COPD" for professionals and patient self-management with their international impact on healthcare, policy development and practice guidelines. He is the Past President of the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) and Director of the Center for Innovative Medicine, McGill University Health Centre. He was honoured with the "Distinguished Scientist Award", McGill University (2020-2025), the "CTS Distinguish Achievement Award" (2017) and the "Distinguished CHEST Educator" (2017-2020) of the American Colleague of Chest Physicians.