Lena Xiao
MD
Investigator and Pediatric Respirologist, BC Children's Hospital
Principal Investigator. The IPAD Cohort Study: Insomnia and Positive Airway Pressure Adherence in Children and Adolescents. Funding Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation, Madeleine M. Grigg-Damberger Focused Projects Grant for Junior Investigators: Pediatric Sleep.
Co-Principal Investigator. Establishing the Top Ten Research Priorities for Respiratory Care of Pediatric Neuromuscular Disease. Funding Source: Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Co-Principal Investigator. Single Site Feasibility and Safety Study of Home Initiation of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Children with Medical Complexity. Funding Source: Baxter Corporation Endowment Fund for Home Care
Principal Investigator. The Association Between Insomnia and Positive Airway Pressure Adherence in Children. Funding Source: International Pediatric Sleep Association and Sleep Research Society Foundation Small Research Grant
Co-Principal Investigator, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure vs High Flow Nasal Cannula for the Treatment of OSA in Children (CHOSA Trial). Funding Source: Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
2021 - The Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
2021 - Clinician-Scientist Training Program Award, The Hospital for Sick Children
2021 - Academic Sleep Pulmonary Integrated Research/Clinical Fellowship (ASPIRE Fellowship), American Thoracic Society
2023 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2024 - Carole L. Marcus Outstanding Achievement Award, American Thoracic Society
2025 - IMPaCT Early Career Researcher Training Award, Increasing Capacity of Maternal and Paediatric Trials
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