CSM Grant Successes 2020
We would like to congratulate Cumming School of Medicine grant recipients for securing external research funding in 2020.
Superimposed plots of the total operating dollars awarded to CSM faculty in all grant competitions per month (bars) and as a cumulative total (scatter plot). Values reflect total operating dollars committed by an agency for the duration of grants awarded that have been publicly announced. Note: The awarded grants presented in this graph are those that we are aware of.
2020 Awardees
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Zahra Goodarzi
CIHR/Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care (COVID-19)
"Implementation of Pathway for Goals of Care and End of Life Management in Long Term Care"
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Bonnie Lashewicz
CIHR
Operating Grant: Strengthening Pandemic Preparedness in Long-Term Care (COVID-19)
"Supporting mental health and preventing moral injury among long term care+ workers: A mixed methods tool kit development and implementation study"
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Katrina Milaney
SSHRC
Partnership Engage Grant COVID-19
"Understanding Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining Who is Wearing Masks, Who is Not and Why"
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Nathan Peters
NIH R21
"Defining a role for monocyte licensing in the regulation of Leishmania-specific T cell immunity following short- and long-term pre-exposure to sand fly blood feeding"
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Alex Lohman
SickKids Foundation
New Investigator Research Grant
“Repetitive, mild traumatic brain injuries during adolescence alter microglia-dependent synaptic pruning"
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Jonathan Howlett
Alberta University Hospital Foundation
"Reduction of Hospital Utilization for Heart Failure through Implementation of Enhanced Heart Failure Care supported by machine learning risk based referral and App based medication auto-titration: A Cardiovascular Strategic Network Initiative"
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Sachin Pendharkar
Lung Association of Alberta & NWT
"Evaluation of an early management strategy for obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized trial"
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Jia Hu
Alberta Innovates
COVID19 Rapid Response (Partnership with CIHR)
"Changing COVID19 Behaviours through a data-driven targeted marketing campaign"
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Ken Parhar
Alberta Innovates
COVID19 Rapid Response (Partnership with CIHR)
"The Evaluation of PRONe Positioning Knowledge Translation Toolkit in COVID19 ARDS (PRONTO) study"
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Jiami Guo
New York Stem Cell Foundation
Robertson Award
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Aaron Phillips
Brain Canada
"Neuroprosthetic-mediated rehabilitation of autonomic function after spinal cordinjury"
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Marco Gallo
Brain Canada
Molecular Origins of Childhood Brain Cancer
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Sarah Manske
American Society for Bone & Mineral Research
Rising Star Award
"Advanced multi-modal imaging to predict early inflammatory arthritis progression"
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Turin Chowdhury
SSHRC
Partnership Engage Award
"COVID-19. Identifying Mental Wellness Needs for Racial/Ethnic Minority Factory workers During and Post- Public Health Emergencies: To Inform COVID-19 Response"
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Khrisendath Chadee
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Colonic mucin biosynthesis, secretion and function in infectious diseases"
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Wayne Chen
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Role of Inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate Receptor Type 1 in Cardiac Arrhythmias"
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Jeff Dunn
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Proteolysis of IFNgamma by macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis"
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Antoine Dufour
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Does inflammation in brain cause hypoxia, which then exacerbates inflammation: a multimodal study using the EAE inflammation model of multiple sclerosis"
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Paolo Federico
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Improving epilepsy surgery outcome by mapping high frequency oscillations"
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Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Oncofertility among adolescent and young adult cancer survivors in Alberta: a mixed methods study"
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Marco Gallo
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Mechanisms of epigenetic evolution in pediatric high-grade gliomas"
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Aaron Goodarzi
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"High-Throughput Analysis of Low Dose, Repetitive Alpha Particle Irradiation as a source of Radon-Induced Lung Cancer"
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Grant Gordon
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Bioenergetic control of plasticity by astrocytes in stress"
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Savraj Grewal
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Bioenergetic control of plasticity by astrocytes in stress"
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Jiami Guo
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"To define the role of primary cilia in long-range axon tract formation"
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Roman Krawetz
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"A bioprocess that optimizes safe Human iPSCs for the treatment of osteoporotic fractures"
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Braedon McDonald
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"The gut-liver axis in host defense against bacterial infections and sepsis"
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Anca Morrissy
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Proteogenomic profiling of heterogeneity in glioblastoma"
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Yasmin Nasser
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"The role of the microbiome in chronic visceral pain in inflammatory bowel disease"
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Shalina Ousman
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"The injured peripheral nervous system and aging"
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Pietro Ravani
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Understanding the trajectory of severe chronic kidney disease and ways to improve patient-centered care"
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Tolulope Sajobi
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Unsupervised Learning Methods to Improve Patient-Reported Outcome Measures"
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Fiona Schulte
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Social adjustment in survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)"
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Aynharan Sinnarajah
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Automatic Palliative Care Referrals: Acceptability and Uptake by Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer"
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Donna Slater
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Towards an improved understanding of myometrial quiescence and contraction: Differential regulation via G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and control by regulator of G-protein signaling 2 (RGS2)"
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Graham Thompson
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis (PRoMPT BOLUS)"
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Yunyan Zhang
CIHR
Project Grant, Spring 2020
"Prediction of multiple sclerosis disability worsening scores using multi-stream deep learning"
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Margaret Kelly
CIHR
Catalyst Grant: Health Effects of Vaping
"The pathogenesis of vaping-associated lung injury: interactions between the alveolar epithelium and the immune system"
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Justin Chun
CIHR/Kidney Foundation
"Precision Medicine for Glomerular Disease: Role for Lipid Droplets"
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David Campbell
MSI Foundation
"Diabetes in those Experiencing Homelessness: Describing Clinical Outcomes & Exploring Solutions."
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Safiya Karim
MSI Foundation
"The Association between Medical Cannabis and Prescription Opioid Medication Use in Patients with Cancer: A Population-Based Study."
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Nils Forkert
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
"Deep Learning in Medical Imaging: Risks to Patient Privacy and Possible Solutions"
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Pina Colarusso
The Lung Association
Alberta & NWT
"Developing customized non-invasive masks for children"
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Aaron Phillips
Brain Canada
Future Leaders
"Neuroprosthetic-mediated rehabilitation of autonomic function after spinal cord injury"
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Sachin Pendharkar
The Lung Association
Alberta & NWT
"Evaluation of an early management strategy for obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized trial"
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Jeff Dunn
SSHRC
Insight Development Grant
"Improving the ability of science and technology researchers to communicate"
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Signe Bray
SSHRC
Insight Development Grant
"How do screen media actvities (SMAs) engage children's brains?"
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Gabriel Fabreau
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"The Anatomy, Determinants & impacts of the Cargill COVID19 Outbreak Among Newcomers & their Families in Canada"
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Kirsten Fiest
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Understanding and managing the effects of COVID19 restricted visitation policies on the families and healthcare providers of critically ill patients"
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Stephen Freedman
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Household Transmission dynamics and microbiologic profiles of asymtomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Children"
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Gilaad Kaplan
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Serological Testing to outline protocols for COVID19 in inflammatory bowel disease: stop covid19 in IBD"
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Paul Kubes
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Imaging COVID19 Lungs to Uncover Therapies"
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Quan Long
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Inferring undiagnosed sources of COVID19 infections using viral genomes"
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Shelia McDonald
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Uncovering longitudinal patterns of resilience and vulnerability in a pandemic: The all our families COVID19 Impact Study"
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Michael Parkins
CIHR/AI
Operating Grant: COVID19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity
"Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV-2 to enable real-time clinical case finding in calgary"
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Meghan Elliott
MSI Foundation
"Characterizing emergency department utilization & perceived avoidability among patients with end-stage kidney disease"
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Erin Brennand
MSI Foundation
"Uterine preservation versus hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse surgery: differences in patient outcomes & health care utilization"
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Meghan Elliott
Kidney Foundation
"Promoting the patient voice: understanding the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures in hemodialysis care"
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Wee Yong
Canadian Cancer Society
Innovation Grant
"Unexpected expression of PD1 on brain tumour-initiating cells: a novel regulator of glioblastoma growth"
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Kathryn Birnie
CIHR
Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use
"Rapid evidence and gap map of virtual care solutions for youth and families to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pain, mental health, and substance use"
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Zahra Goodarzi
CIHR
Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis: COVID-19 in Mental Health & Substance Use
"Depression In community Residing Elders (DIRE): A Rapid Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Depression Telemedicine Treatments for Older Adults Living in the Community."
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Erin Brennand
MSI Foundation
"Uterine preservation versus hyysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse surgery: Differences in patient outcomes and health care utilization."
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Kathryn Birnie
Canadian Pain Society; Pfizer Canada
Early Career Investigator Pain Research Grant
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Stephen Freedman
CIHR
Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant
“A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle”
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Matthew James
CIHR
Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant
"Innovative Clinical Trials Program - Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration"
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Braedon McDonald
CIHR
Early Career Investigator Awards - Infections and Immunity Research
"Precision-guided editing of the gut microbiota to protect against bacterial infections during critical illness."
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May Lynn Quan
CIHR; Canadian Cancer Society
Team Grant: Cancer Survivorship
"Preparing to survive: improving outcomes for young women with breast cancer"
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Jillian Vinall-Miller
Canadian Pain Society; Pfizer Canada
Early Career Investigator Pain Research Grant
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Dr. Bernier; Dr. Kellner
Genome Alberta
Early Career Investigator Pain Research Grant
“COVID-19 Precision Health Genomics for Children: A multiomic study of the ABCCC (Alberta Childhood COVIPD-19 Cohort)”
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Tarah Lynch
Genome Alberta
Enabling Bioinformatics Solutions
“From sequencer to results: enabling routine genomics use for clinical and public health
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Jason de Koning
Genome Alberta
Enabling Bioinformatics Solutions
“An Open Platform for Rapid, Reproducible, Phenotype-Centric Variant Prioritization in Poorly Characterized Rare Genetic Disease”
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Quan Long
Genome Alberta
Enabling Bioinformatics Solutions
"Computational tools for viral pathogenesis and epidemiology using third-generation sequencing”
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Luanne Metz
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
“Open-Label Trial of Minocycline in Early Multiple Sclerosis: Confirmation of Treatment Benefit”
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Yunyan Zhang
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
“Prediction of disease deterioration in multiple sclerosis using multi-stream deep learning”
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Lynnsey Crowshoe
CIHR
Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR)
"Indigenous primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network in Alberta"
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Rebecca Saah
CIHR
Operating Grant: Methamphetamine and Related Psychostimulant Use
"A Meta-Ethnography of Methamphetamine Use: Mobilizing qualitative synthesis and the lived experiences of People Who Use Drugs to inform harm reduction and public health interventions in Alberta"
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Wee Yong
CIHR
International COEN Initiative in Neurodegeneration
"CSPG targeting for lesion regeneration in multiple sclerosis"
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Stephen Freedman
CIHR
Operating Grant: Canadian 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Rapid Research Funding (Clinical Management)
"Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Children Potentially Infected by SARS-CoV-2 Presenting to Pediatric Emergency Departments."
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Erin Brennand
CIHR
Operating Grant : Women’s Health Clinical Mentorship Grant
"Uterine preservation versus hysterectomy for pelvic organ prolapse surgery: A mixed methods prospective cohort study exploring health outcomes and patient beliefs."
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Edwin Wang
CIHR
Operating Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases & Cohorts
"Association of Vitamin A intake with cancer risk in NK cell defective-associated indivdiuals"
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Sofia Ahmed
CIHR
Operating Grant: Women's Health Clinical Mentorship Grant
"Exogenous estrogen exposure and cardiovascular risk in women"
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Francois Bernier
Genome Canada
GAPP
"TIGeR: Translational Implementation of Genomics for Rare Diseases"
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Edwin Wang
Alberta Innovates
CSRIO II
"Association of Vitamin A intake with cancer risk in NK cell defective-associated individuals"
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Claire Barber
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Understanding the effect and determinants of adherence to system-level performance measures on outcomes for rheumatoid arthritis"
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Sarah Childs
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Probing molecular and mechanical signals that shape blood vessel growth"
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Deborah Dewey
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Prenatal exposure to chemicals in plastics can cause epigenetic variation in genes associated with neurodevelopment in girls and boys"
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Shabih Hasan
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Pulmonary Insufficiency, Non-Invasive Respiratory Support via Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and Heated Humidified High Flow Nasal Cannula (HHFNC), and Development of Oromotor Skills in Preterm Infants: An Innovative Approach towards Improving Infant Outcomes."
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Matthew Hill
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Endocannabinoid Regulation of Stress Responsive Neural Circuits"
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Peng Huang
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Perivascular fibroblasts in maintaining blood vessel integrity"
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Katrina Milaney
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Implementation and Evaluation of an Indigenous-Specific Managed Alcohol Program for the Homeless Indigenous Population in Calgary, AB and Victoria, BC"
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Ken Kuljit Parhar
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Minimizing Variation In Care Among Critically Ill Patients With Respiratory Failure Through Implementation Of An Evidence-Informed Care Pathway"
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Paul Ronksley
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"High needs, high cost patients: A precision public health approach to improve lives and system sustainability"
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Prism Schneider
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Quantification of the Duration of Increased Risk for Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Femur "Fractures Using Thrombelastography"
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Fiona Schulte
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Social adjustment in survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)"
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Donna Senger
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Molecular mechanisms underlying liver and lung-specific metastasis"
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Donna Senger
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Non-classical mechanisms for leukocyte recruitment in the lungs: therapeutic targets for attenuating acute lung injuryNon-classical mechanisms for leukocyte recruitment in the lungs: therapeutic targets for attenuating acute lung injury"
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Karen Tang
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Development of a typology of patient navigation interventions"
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Roger Thompson
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Pannexin-1 Opening in Neurons: Mechanisms of Intrinsic Neuroprotection"
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Roger Thompson
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Mechanisms of suppression of excitotoxicity by endogenous amyloid beta"
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Ray Turner
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"The molecular choreography of ion channel expression"
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Yunyan Zhang
CIHR
Project Grant, Fall 2019
"Prediction of multiple sclerosis disability worsening scores using multi-stream deep learning"
We are intending to highlight all external research grants, not only tri-council, so please be sure to share your successes with our office. If your grant is missing from this list and you want it included in the next mail out please email Jenna Slobozian with the details.