Dr. Brian Graham PhD

Education

Graduate School and Year of Graduation:

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan	1976
MSc, Control Engineering, University of Saskatchewan	1974
BE, Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan	1972

Current Academic Post and Year of Appointment:

Faculty at University of Saskatchewan	1977 - present
Professor of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan	1986 - 2014
Professor Emeritus, Medicine, University of Saskatchewan	2014 - present

Role(s) in Respirology Division:

Academic Member

National and International Committees:

Advisor to the American Toracic Society Pulmonary Function Testing Committee

Former Member, American Thoracic Society Pulmonary Function Proficiency Committee

Chair, American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society taskforces on standards for diffusing capacity of the lung (2017) and spirometry (2019).

• Pulmonary Function Testing

2021 Canadian Lung Association Lifetime Achievement Award

2021 Canadian Thoracic Society Distinguished Achievement Award

2020 American Thoracic Society Dr. Robert Crapo Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award in Pulmonary Diagnostics

Graham BL, Marcoux V, Khor YH, Coates AL. Anomalous Differences Between the Global Lung Function Initiative 2023 and 2012 Spirometry Reference Values. Chest. 2025; 168(5):1178-1185. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.06.005

Miller MR, Graham BL, Stanojevic S. Spirometry in female individuals. Lancet Respir Med. 2024 Nov;12(11):e65. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00306-0

Dinh-Xuan AT, Graham BL, Thompson BR, Miller MR, Stanojevic S. Reconciling the past and considering the future of pulmonary function test interpretation. European Respiratory Journal. 2024;63(2):2302225.

Graham BL, Stanojevic S, Miller MR. Increasing Divergence in Spirometry Recommendations. CHEST. 2023 Dec;164(6):1361-1364.

BL Graham, MR Miller, BR Thompson. Addressing the effect of ancestry on lung volume. European Respiratory Journal. 2022: 59(60):2200882. 

Topole, S Biondaro, ..., BL Graham, ... Artificial intelligence based software facilitates spirometry quality control in asthma and COPD clinical trials. ERJ Open Research. 2023; 9(1): 00292-2022

Graham BL, Steenbruggen I, Miller MR, et al. Standardization of Spirometry – 2019 Update. An Official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society Technical Statement Am Rev Resp Crit Care Med. 2019;200(8): e70–e88. 

Graham BL, Brusasco V, Burgos F, et al. 2017 ERS/ATS standards for single-breath carbon monoxide uptake in the lung. European Respiratory Journal. 2017; 49: 1600016. 

Graham BL, MacIntyre NR, Huang Y-C. Chapter 7: Gas Exchange. In: Pulmonary Function Testing - Principles and Practice. Kaminsky D, Irvin C (Eds). Springer International Publishing, 2018. 

Johnson B, Steenbruggen I, Graham BL, Coleman, C. Improving spirometry testing by understanding patient preferences. ERJ Open Res 2021; 7: 00712-2020

Culver BH, Graham BL, Coates AL, et al. Recommendations for a Standardized Pulmonary Function Report. An Official American Thoracic Society Technical Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017. 196:1463-1472. 

Stanojevic S, Graham BL, Cooper BG, et al. Official ERS technical standards: Global Lung Function Initiative reference values for the carbon monoxide transfer factor for Caucasians. European Respiratory Journal. 2017; 50: 170001. 

Blais C, Davis B, Graham B, Cockcroft D. Respiratory duty cycles in individuals with and without airway hyperresponsiveness. Chest.2020.157(2):356-362 doi: 10.1016. 

Fenton ME, Graham BL, Stanojevic S, Whitford L, Ironstand L. Interpretation of Spirometry in Saskatchewan First Nations Adults. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018. doi: 10.1513 

Cooper BG, Stocks J, …, Graham BL, et al. The Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) Network: bringing the world's respiratory reference values together. Breathe. 2017 13:e56-e64.