Dr. Dawn Bowdish

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Professor of Medicine, McMaster University Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health Board of Directors Lung Health Foundation #macrophages #aging #respiratoryinfections #vaccinations #immunity #inflammation #scicomm

AI image (don't hate me) of me standing at my lab bench with my favourite immune cells - macrophages and the caption "I'm just an immunogist standing in front of a formidable cancer foe, asking immunotherapies release a can of whoop-ass.Please sponsor me at the Myeloma March and let’s make it happen."
Poster for the Baycrest Defy Dementia Podcast "A shot at prevention? The Shingles Vaccine & Dementia Risk".
Photo of Dr. Paul O'Byrne's opinion piece in the Hamilton Spectator with my photo chosen to represent -presumably because of my most snappy blue and white shoes.
Sign of the European Phagocyte Workshop
Table 2 from paper comparing areas for standardization and harmonization
My polite but internally seething rebuttal to a reviewer's criticism that I was not an appropriate lead for a grant on the subject I have published on more than any other group in Canada.
Descriptions of PDF position
Share your experience: survey for people using breathing support devices at home. QR code to English survey link
Slide describing findings of previous publication
Table of types of antibiotic resistant organisms by antibiotic prescribed.
Infographic demonstrating potential AMR in 2050
Jack o' lantern with the Bowdish lab log carved in.
Get the Facts. National Vaccine Summit Explained Oct 23, 2025 register at everythingexplained.ca
NACI criteria for considering a vaccine program
Potential priority populations.
Supplementary Table of COVID vaccine effectiveness after 3 months
More supplementary figures of COVID vaccine effecrtiveness.
Supplementary Table of COVID vaccine effectiveness
Supplementary table of influenza effectiveness over many years.
Table 4 of manuscript comparing influenza and COVID hospitalization & death rates
Portrait of me over a bunch of science type items! Warmth and kindness exude from the cartoon portrait and you feel joy just looking at it.
Me smiling in front of a screen with the title of my one person show ‘The Perils of Being Born in the Fall’
Me, all dressed up for my first performance, with@moccoUh who I just met but who has volunteered for more years than he can remember.
Dawn sits in front of the Helen Phelan Gardner theatre smiling and excited about her upcoming Fringe show.
Fig 2 of manuscript showing robust cytokine production by T cells
Figure 2 from paper showing functionality scores for LTC, rheumatoid rthritis patients and healthy adults after 2,3,4 doses of vaccine.
A schematic of immune exhaustion
A schematic of immune exhaustion markers
Plaque at TVO labelling the studio as the William G Davis Studio
Masked me in front picture if TVO hosts Steve Paikin and Nam Kiwanuka.
Nam Kiwanuka, me, and Jill Promoli on set at TVO’s agenda.
Lab bench covered with paper towels.
Stack of 96 well plates on shaker
Screen shot of paper
Figure from paper showing that some seasonal coronavirus antibodies changed with infection but some didn't)
Figure showing that neutralizing antibodies to the Ancestral SARS-CoV-2 (which would have been the only vaccine these people had been exposed to at this point) were lower than those who went on to get an infection.
Figure from paper showing that there was no difference in levels of pre-existing anti CD4 or CD8 T cells in those who did/did not go on to get an Omicron infection
Figure from paper showing that having lower levels of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was related to getting a COVID infection but levels of other coronavirus antibodies were no different between those who did and did not get an infection
Harangued looking lab tech hunches over lab equipment & 96 well plates
Members of the Bowdish lab team smiling because they love learning about all things infectious disease and vaccine related and are proud to do meaningful work with the potential to improve lives. Vaccines make us happy.
Picture of me with lipstick and shirt matching the colours of both the Canadian, respiratory conference logo and the Lung health foundation logo. Psst …..it was intentional.
A box containing 2 copies of the card game "Dear Reviewer 2"
Me in front of my title slide
Award from the BTS showing a picture of Dr. Aran Singanayagam for his work on "Respiratory viral infections: susceptibility, severity, and sequelae"
Image of a Globe & Mail op-ed on measles. For an accessible read see http://www.bowdish.ca/lab/2024/03/07/measles-is-not-a-harmless-childhood-infection-dr-bowdish-explains/
Jack o'lantern with the Bowdish lab logo
Figure 3 from paper. Th1/2/17/reg cells don't differ (much) btw those with & without SSC.
Figure 2 from manuscript - spike specific CD4 and CD8 T cell responses do not differ btw those with and without SSC
Figure 1 of manuscript. Antibody levels are the same in people living with SSC & those without
Me and Steve Paikin at The Agenda studio. I got to tell him that I was a big fan of The Pod (if you know, you know).
Figure 5. Only old female mice get leaky guts. This appears to be due to monocyte produced TNF.