Christine T. McCusker

Allergy and Immunology

I love working with children and their families because our patients make coming to work worthwhile. It is a privilege to be able to help and care for our patients and their families. Working at the Children’s is the best job I could ever be asked to do.

Hospital information

Academic appointments

Clinical Director, Clinical Immunology Laboratory (MCH), Head of Immunology, Special Interest Section-CSACI and Research Director, Meakins-Christie Laboratories MUHC-Research Institute

Education

University

BSc (Honours), University of Toronto, MSc McMaster University

Medical Degree

McMaster University

Residency

Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University

Fellowship(s)

Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University

Fun fact about me

I love cooking for my family and friends.

Allergy and Immunology

Research

Research interests

Fundamental- Immunomodulation in allergy and asthma prevention and treatment; Clinical- C-PRIMES a Canadian registry for patients with primary immunodeficiency and HAE

Selected publications

Borte M, Quinti I, Soresina A, Fernández-Cruz E, Ritchie B, Steffen Schmidt D, McCusker C. Efficacy and safety of subcutaneous Vivaglobin® replacement therapy in previously untreated patients with primary immunodeficiency: a prospective, multicenter study. J Clin Immunol. 2011;31:952-961.

McCusker C and Warrington R. Primary Immunodeficiency. Allergy, Asthma & Clin Immunol. 2011; 7(Suppl 1):S1-11. Wang Y, Li Y, Shan J, E Fixman and McCusker C. Effective treatment of experimental ragweed-induced asthma with STAT-6-IP, a topically delivered cell penetrating peptide. Clin Exp Allergy. 2011;41:1622-1630.

Kaufman G, Audusseau S, Banville-Langelier A, Amir Hossein Massoud A, Wang Y, Guay J, Garellek J, Kanevsky J, Hajoui O, McCusker C, and Mazer B. Intravenous immune globulin attenuates airway hyper-responsiveness in a murine model of allergic asthma. Clin Exp Allergy. 2011;41 :718-28.