Kids and Asthma! Where is Science Taking Us?
From Let’s Talk Lungs Podcast by Lung Sask
October 15, 2025 · 22 min · Episode 12
About this episode
The episode discusses recent advancements in asthma management for children and future research directions with Dr. Connie Yang.
In this episode of Let’s Talk Lungs Inspired Breathing hosts Lori and Trent have a conversation with Dr. Connie Yang, Pediatric Respirologist at Toronto’s SickKids. In their conversation with Dr. Yang they will explore recent changes to asthma management for kids and also talk about what the future holds in terms of research directions, and disease remission. This episode is sponsored by GSK. About Dr. Connie Yang Dr. Connie Yang is a pediatric respirologist at the Hospital for Sick Children where she is the Medical Director of their Asthma Program and the Scientific Director of the Ontario Asthma Surveillance Information System. She has participated in the development of multiple provincial and national asthma guidelines. Her research interest is identifying children who are at risk for poor asthma outcomes, with the goal of providing more targeted treatments.
People in this episode
Hosts: Lori, Trent
Guest: Dr. Connie Yang
Topics covered
- asthma management
- pediatric respirology
- future research
- disease remission
- children's health
Keywords
- asthma
- children
- respirology
- treatment
- research
- healthcare
- GSK
Sponsors
GSK
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Toronto’s SickKids, Hospital for Sick Children, Ontario Asthma Surveillance Information System
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