Dr Qutayba Hamid is a Professor of Medicine at McGill University . He is the Director of the Respiratory Axis at McGill University Health Centre Research Institute and the Associate Director of the Meakins-Christie Laboratories. He has been awarded the prestigious James McGill Chair and more recently the MUHC Strauss Chair in Respiratory Medicine at McGill.

He received his MD from Mosul University , Iraq , his PhD from the University of London, UK, and trained at the University of London in the U.K. He has been a professor at McGill University and the Meakins-Christie Laboratories since 1993.

Dr. Hamid is recognized internationally for his work in research on asthma and inflammation.

Dr. Hamid has published over 350 scientific articles in prestigious international journals and has contributed more than 90 chapters and review articles. He is the editor of 2 textbooks for Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology and Respiratory Physiology. He has been a visiting professor worldwide at Universities in Japan , USA and Europe .

He is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Allergy and he is the Section Editor for the Journal of Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology.

He is a member of many scientific and professional organizations including Royal College of Physicians, London , UK , Royal College of Physicians, Canada, American Thoracic Society, Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and the Royal College of Pathologists.

he main area of research interest of Dr. Hamid includes pathogenesis of asthma and COPD, role of cytokines and chemokines in airway inflammation, new therapy in asthma and allergic rhinitis and COPD