Cole Bowerman is a final year medical student at McMaster University who will be starting residency training in Internal Medicine in 2024. He completed his Master’s of Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. He became involved with the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI) in 2020 where he re-analyzed the GLI’s large spirometry database to create race-neutral spirometry reference equations. He is currently a junior executive with the GLI and is committed to identifying the shortcomings of currently used approaches to lung function interpretation and identifying equitable and sustainable solutions for the path forward.