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Mayson Sousa is an assistant professor in the Department of Respiratory Therapy at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. His research focuses on optimizing mechanical ventilation strategies for patients with respiratory failure, with particular emphasis on ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), patient-ventilator interaction, and ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction (VIDD). Sousa is an expert in advanced respiratory monitoring techniques, utilizing electrical impedance tomography (EIT) and esophageal pressure measurements to tailor individualized mechanical ventilation strategies. His work extends to health professionals’ education regarding telehealth and promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion within healthcare. Sousa is actively engaged in mentoring students and has contributed to developing online training programs for healthcare workers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physiotherapy from the State University of Piaui in Brazil and completed a PhD in pneumonology at the University of São Paulo in 2019. Additionally, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in critical care translational medicine at the University of Toronto (2021-2023), co-leading experimental studies and mentoring research fellows. His research has gained recognition, including the MECOR Graduate Scholarship Award from the American Thoracic Society, received at conferences in Dallas and San Diego.
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