Dr. Jeremy Hirota

Dr. Hirota received his PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology from McMaster University in the lab of Dr. Mark Inman at the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, where he studied mechanisms of airway remodeling in mouse models of allergen exposure. Dr. Hirota then pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of British Columbia at the James Hogg Research Centre under the supervision of Dr. Darryl Knight, where he studied airway epithelial cell biology and innate immunity. While at UBC, Dr. Hirota transitioned to the supervision of Drs. Chris Carlsten and Don Sin for a CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, where he combined his in vivo and in vitro training to address how air pollution can impact chronic respiratory diseases. In January 2015, Dr. Hirota joined faculty at UBC in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Respiratory Medicine. In 2015, Dr. Hirota received the American Thoracic Society Ann Woolcock Memorial Award for future promise in asthma research and a CIHR New Investigator Award. In November 2016, Dr. Hirota returned to McMaster University where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Respirology, within the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health.