New Research Chair in Emergency Medicine

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CJEM 2001;3(3):234

As part of an $83-million program to enhance Canadian research and keep top researchers in the country, the federal government established 76 research chairs across Canada. Recently, Dr. Brian Rowe, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alberta, was awarded one of these chairs, for the study of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of acute respiratory diseases. Dr. Rowe's research will examine the effectiveness of current and future emergency department treatments for acute asthma, as well as health related quality of life and factors associated with relapse after asthma exacerbations.

Brian Rowe is well known in the Canadian emergency medicine community and is one of the top EM researchers in Canada. This is a tremendous achievement for Dr. Rowe, for the Edmonton EM community and for emergency medicine as a specialty.

Dr. Brian Rowe