Associate Professor
McGill University
Dr Dao Nguyen is Associate professor of Medicine at McGill, clinician scientist at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, physician in the Division of Respirology at the McGill University Health Centre, and founding Director of the McGill Antimicrobial Resistance Centre. Her research program is focused on the pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis lung infections, the mechanisms of antibiotic tolerance and host-pathogen interactions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
She has been a recipient of numerous prestigious career awards, including the Fonds de Recherche Sante Quebec Clinical Chercheur Boursier, CIHR clinician scientist, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientist, Vertex Cystic Fibrosis Research Innovation and Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholar awards. She has published > 50 peer-reviewed publications (including in journals such as Science, PNAS, Science Advances, Am J Respir Crit Care Med), and has given >50 invited talks at national and international meetings and seminars. Her work has been consistently funded by national and international sources including CIHR, NSERC, Cystic Fibrosis Canada and US Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, CFI, Burroughs Welcome Fund, US Department of Defense, US NIH.