CSM Grant Successes 2021

Benedikt Hallgrimsson

NIH

NIDCR

The role of continuous phenotypic variation in structural defects of the face

Carla Coffin

CIHR

Catalyst Grant: STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C - General

Development of a Canadian Hepatitis B Virtual Centre of Excellence

Dylan Pillai

CIHR

Operating Grant: 13th JPIAMR transnational call for research projects

Combating Antibiotic Resistance in Philippine Lakes: One-Health upstream interventions to reduce the burden

Eleanor Stein

ICanCME Research Network

New Frontier ME Discovery Grant

Identifying healthcare system barriers impacting the care of Canadians

Laura Sycuro

CIHR

Catalyst Grant: STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C - Chlamydia

Microbial modification of the cervicovaginal glycome as a risk factor for chlamydia

Somayaji Ranjani

CIHR

Catalyst Grant: STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS/Hepatitis C - General

Paving a path to improved access: The STBBI-CARE study [community/access/respect/equity]

Aleem Bharwani

SSHRC

Connection Grant

Co-Designing a Track Two Diplomacy Process for University Community Engagement towards a Health in All Policies Imperative

Dallas Seitz

Alzheimer’s Association

International Grant Competition 

Nature Connections - A Dementia Friendly Park Visiting Program 

Mai Choi

Myositis Canada

SOAR: Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis NOvel Autoantibody and Biomarker Research

Savraj Grewal

Cancer Research Society

Oncogenic Ras signalling, and the metabolic regulation of hematopoietic tumours and whole-body physiology

Stephen Freedman

NIH

Hyperhydration to Improve Kidney Outcomes in Children with Shiga Toxin-Producing E. Coli Infection (HIKO STEC): A Multinational, Embedded, Cluster, Crossover, Randomized Trial

Marinka Twilt

Arthritis Society

Strategic Operating Grants

Three-dimensional facial imaging compared to MRI for JIA associated TMJ arthritis: Identifying easier access and a more patient-friendly method

Roman Krawetz

Arthritis Society

Strategic Operating Grants

Creating the right microenvironment: Inhibiting mast cell derived tryptase proteolysis of PRG4/Lubricin

Stephen Freedman

CIHR

Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity

A Prospective Pan-Canadian Cohort Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Disease Severity and Association with Long-Term Symptoms in Children

Michael Parkins

CIHR

Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity

Wastewater-Based Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Tertiary Care Hospitals: Advancing Wastewater Science and Providing an Early-Warning System for Hospital Transmission and Outbreaks 

Jason Weatherald

CIHR

Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity

Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Patients with Long COVID

Satish Raj

CIHR

Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity

Multicentre Assessment of Cardiovascular Hemodynamics and Autonomic Dysfunction with Long COVID

John Gill

CIHR

Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity

Evaluation of COVID-19 antibodies, cell-mediated immunity and telomeres following COVID-19 immunization or natural infection in an immune compromised population: An HIV Cohort Study 

Paul Kubes

CIHR

Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity

Intravital imaging of COVID-19 lungs to visualize pathogenic differences between SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Prism Schneider

AB Workers' Compensation Board

A Multi-centre Prospective Cohort Study of Surgically Treated Displaced Mid-diaphyseal Clavicle Fractures 

Erin Brennand

CIHR

Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Sex, Drugs & Chronic Pain after Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery: investigating patient and clinician priorities related to pelvic floor surgery in Canada

Serena Orr

CIHR

Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Changing the face of pediatric migraine: A phase 2a randomized controlled trial of a novel neuromodulation device for refractory acute migraine in children and adolescents

Doreen Rabi

CIHR

Team Grant: Personalized Health

Canadian Collaboration for Patients with Complexity 

Kerri Johannson

AB ILD Grant (through the University Hospital Foundation)

Improving the Interstitial Lung Disease Journey for Patients in Alberta

Kerri Johannson

Three Lakes Foundation

Development of an Exposure Questionnaire for Interstitial Lung Disease

Ayman Abou Mehrem

CIHR

Project Grant

Alberta (AB) Collaborative Quality Improvement Strategies to Improve Outcomes of Preterm Infants 32 – 36 Weeks’ Gestation: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial (ABC-QI Trial)

Steven Boyd

CIHR

Project Grant

Predicting fragility fractures by non-invasive high-resolution imaging and advanced morphometrics

Erin Brennand

CIHR

Project Grant

Five years after the Mid-Urethral Sling Tensioning (MUST) trial: cure of stress urinary incontinence symptoms, health care utilization and cost-effectiveness associated with two techniques for MUS incontinence surgery

David Campbell

CIHR

Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Healthy Food Rx - Empowering food insecure Albertans to manage their diabetes through a subsidized healthy food prescription program: Proposed expansion of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Linda Carlson

CIHR

Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

The SEAMLESS Study: A pragmatic multi-site randomized waitlist-controlled trial of a smartphone app-based mindfulness intervention for cancer survivors

May Choi

CIHR

Project Grant

SLE-CALCULATOR: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cardiovascular Disease Event Risk Prediction Using Machine Learning Techniques and Novel Thrombotic Autoantibodies

Carla Coffin

CIHR

Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Infection and Immunity

Investigation of the Immunopathogenesis of Hepatitis B Virus Infection Using Intravital Imaging in the Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus (WHV) Model of Hepatitis B

Antoine Dufour

CIHR

Project Grant

Proteolysis of IFNgamma by macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis

Meghan Elliott

CIHR

Project Grant

Decisions to Seek Emergency Medical Care Among People with Kidney Failure: Implications for Optimal Care Delivery

Nauzer Forbes

CIHR

Project Grant

Infection Control in ERCP using a Duodenoscope with a Disposable Cap (ICECAP)

Nils Daniel Forkert

CIHR

Project Grant

Distributed Machine Learning for Diagnosis and Treatment Decision Support of Pediatric Brain Tumors

Glen Hazlewood

CIHR

Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Personalizing the choice of therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

Craig Jenne

CIHR

Project Grant - PA: Circulatory and Respiratory Health

Mapping the role of platelets in influenza-associated thrombosis in peripheral vasculature by intravital and super-resolution imaging

Paul Kubes

CIHR

Project Grant

A Tale of Two Resident Lung Macrophages and Their Biology In Health and Disease

Catherine Lebel

CIHR

Project Grant

Associations between prenatal maternal psychological distress, brain growth, and behaviour in young children

Joon Lee

CIHR

Project Grant

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and the APPROACH Registry to Transform Coronary Artery Disease Patient Care

Kathy McCoy

CIHR

Project Grant

Determining the impact of inosine-producing microbes in promoting the efficacy and modulating toxicity of immune checkpoint blockade therapy in cancer

Sarah McFarlane

CIHR

Project Grant

Semaphorin regulation of retinal neurogenesis and regeneration

Karl Riabowol

CIHR

Project Grant

ING1a mechanisms of cell senescence

Morris Scantlebury

CIHR

Project Grant

The role of the acid sensing ion channel (ASIC) 1a in the mechanism of action of the ketogenic diet in infantile spasms

Robert Sheldon

CIHR

Project Grant

Randomized, Prospective, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study of Atomoxetine in the Prevention of Vasovagal Syncope: The Seventh Prevention of Syncope Trial (POST7)

Laura Sycuro

CIHR

Project Grant - PA: Infection and Immunity (Early Career Research Support)

Defining the role of proteolysis in genital tract infections: from pathways to novel enzymes

Karen Tang

CIHR 

Project Grant

Bridging the divide between acute medical care and housing: A comprehensive evaluation of a “medical respite program” for the homeless

Gerald Zamponi

CIHR

Project Grant

Role of T-type calcium channel ubiquitination in chronic pain

Xi-Long Zheng

CIHR

Project Grant

Characterization of smooth muscle PCSK9 in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Derya Sargin

CIHR

Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Impact of early life stress on brain-wide serotonin circuits and behavioural development

Wilten Nicola

Brain Canada

2020 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research

Investigating Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity Mechanisms of Memory Consolidation with Multiscale Hippocampal-Cortical Modelling

Dana Olstad

MSI Foundation

The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic and government policy responses on dietary and health inequities among individuals from racial/ethnic minority groups: A mixed methods, solution-focused investigation

Elissa Rennert-May

MSI Foundation

Use of Administrative Health Data to Assess the Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Alberta, Canada

Alex Leung

Heart and Stroke Foundation

National New Investigator

Evaluation of Diagnostic Testing for Primary Aldosteronism

Dan Muruve

CIHR

Team Grant: Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions

Therapeutic Targeting a Shared Inflammation Pathway in the Lung and Kidney

Jonathan Epp

Alzheimer Society

New Investigator Grant

Altered functional connectivity modulates cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

Mark Hamilton

Alberta Innovates

Partnerships for Research and Innovation in the Health System

Reducing Ventricular/Lumbar Drain and Ventricular Shunt Insertion Infections in the Neurosurgery, Trauma, and ICU Patient Population in Alberta

Shannon Ruzycki/Anna Cameron

Alberta Innovates

Partnerships for Research and Innovation in the Health System

A Perioperative Glycemic Management Pathway for Reducing Length of stay in Albertan Surgical Patients

Mark Swain

Alberta Innovates

Partnerships for Research and Innovation in the Health System

Eliminating hepatitis C in Alberta is a feasible and cost-effective

Deborah A. Marshall

CIHR

Team Grant: E-Rare-3 Joint Transnational Call

Producing an Arthritis Value-framework with economic Evidence - Paving the Way for Rare Childhood Diseases

Turin Chowdhury

SSHRC

Partnership Development Grant 

Enhancing newcomer resettlement through a community engaged knowledge mobilization hub

Michael Parkins

CIHR

Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research

Proof of concept of wastewater-based surveillance for SARS-COV2 to mitigate secondary COVID-19 disease transmission in First Nations in Alberta

Pamela Roach

CIHR

Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research

Enhancing Indigenous Health as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Developing Indigenous Patient Experience Indicators of High Quality Virtual Primary Care

Joon Lee

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Using case difficulty to improve predictive performance evaluation

Julia Jacobs-Le Van

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Understanding brain maturation: How spontaneous cortical High Frequency Oscillations develop and effect executive function during childhood

Signe Bray

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Precision mapping of children's functional brain development

Richard Frayne

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Enhancing Deep Learning Approaches in Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tomography

Myriam Hemberger

NSERC

Discovery Grant

Epileptic Control of Development: Establishment and function of placenta-specific DNA methylation patterns

Pierre Le Van

NSERC

Discovery Grant

A research program into the neuronal basis of function connectivity

Jaideep Bains

NSERC

Research, Tools and Instruments

Probing brain network dynamics in freely behaving animals

Dave Schriemer

NSERC

Research, Tools and Instruments

NanoLC System for Ultrasensitive Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry

Paul Kubes

NSERC

Research, Tools and Instruments

Adding FLIM to Image and Analyze Metabolism, Hypoxia, Fibrosis and Beyond During an Immune Response

Cheryl Peters

SSHRC

Partnership Engage Grant

Assessing Canadians' awareness of risk factors and belief in myths about what causes cancer

Pamela Roach

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

Professionalism and Accountability Redefined: Theorizing Anti-Racism from Key Stakeholder Engagement (PARTAKE) Study

Antoine Dufour

Arthritis Society of Canada

Star Career Development Award

Elucidating the role of tryptase proteolytic processing of lubricin in osteoarthritis

Stephen Freedman

CIHR

Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Household Transmission Dynamics and Vial Load among Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infected Children

Bonnie Lashewicz

CIHR

Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Supporting mental health and preventing moral injury among long term care+ workers: A mixed methods tool kit development and implementation study

Quan Long

CIHR

Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Inferring undiagnosed sources of COVID-19 infections using viral genomes

Michael Parkins

CIHR

Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Wastewater surveillance of SARS-COV2 to enable real-time clinical case-finding in Calgary

Dylan Pillai

CIHR

Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Development and implementation of rapid metagenomic sequencing coupled with isothermal amplification point of care testing for viral diagnostics

Mohammed A Almekhlafi

CIHR

Project Grant

INTERRAcT: Thrombus characteristics for predicting Reperfusion with Alteplase compared to Tenecteplase

Anshula Ambasta

CIHR

Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Re-Purposing the Ordering of 'Routine' laboratory Tests on clinical teaching units (RePORT study)

David J Campbell

CIHR 

Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Healthy Food Rx - Evaluation of a subsidized healthy food prescription program for patients with type 2 diabetes and food insecurity.

David J Campbell

CIHR

Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Preventing medication complications during AcUte illness through Symptom Evaluation and sick day guidance (PAUSE): Development of a Patient-Centered Mobile Health Intervention

Adam Cheng

CIHR

Operating Grant: COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities

Impact of Aerosol Box Use on Patterns of Healthcare Provider and Environmental Contamination during Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures: A Multicenter Study

Winson Y Cheung

CIHR

Project Grant

Characterizing Chronic Opioid Use in Cancer Patients

Jennifer A Cobb

CIHR

Project Grant

The role of Nej1 in DSB repair pathway choice and MMEJ

Jennifer A Cobb

CIHR

Project Grant

Characterization of Dyskerin in DNA double-strand break repair

Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia

CIHR

Project Grant

AYA-PACT: Adolescents and Young Adults becoming Physically Active after Cancer Trial

Zahra S Goodarzi

CIHR

Project Grant

COPE LTC Study: Care pathway for Older Persons with depressive disorders in Long Term Care

Mayank Goyal

CIHR

Project Grant

ESCAPE-MeVO trial (EndovaSCular TreAtment to imProve outcomEs for Medium Vessel Occlusions)

Ashley D Harris

CIHR

Project Grant

Elucidating brain inhibition and excitation in pediatric migraine

Myriam Hemberger

CIHR

Project Grant

Epigenomic changes trigger a decline in uterine function and reproductive health in females of advanced maternal age

Simon A Hirota

CIHR

Project Grant

Intestinal mesenchymal regulation of mucosal inflammation

Grant D Innes

CIHR

Project Grant

Impact of Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing on Health Outcomes

Frank R Jirik

CIHR

Project Grant

Phenotypic analysis of a putative mouse model for 'STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy' (SAVI): an autosomal dominant auto-inflammatory interferonopathy

Karen A Kopciuk

CIHR

Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit or Métis health

Nishtohtamihk li kaansyr (Understanding Cancer): Cancer Screening, Outcomes and Experiences among Métis People in Alberta

Ki-Young Lee

CIHR

Project Grant

L-asparaginase-induced mechanisms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (aLL) cell apoptosis

Michael J Monument

CIHR

Project Grant

Harnessing STING activation for the treatment of sarcoma

Sachin R Pendharkar

CIHR

Project Grant

Adoption and enhancement of a primary care management pathway for obstructive sleep apnea: an implementation evaluation project

Cheryl E Peters

CIHR

Project Grant

The impact of sex and gender in occupational disease prevention

David C Schriemer

CIHR

Project Grant

Integrative Structural Modeling of a Master End-Sensing Synapse in DNA Double Strand Break Repair

Leslie Skeith

CIHR

Project Grant

A prospective cohort study evaluating peripartum anticoagulation management among pregnant women with VTE and its impact on patient outcomes

Henry T Stelfox

CIHR

Project Grant

ACCELERATE: Partnering with ICU patients and family caregivers toward early transitions in care

Yuan Xu

CIHR

Project Grant

Generating EMR-Based Algorithms to Identify Hospital Adverse Events for Health System Performance Evaluation and Improvement

Cathy Lu

Alberta Innovates

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) - Concepts Program

Proteomic Biomarkers and Intestinal Ultrasound; Innovative Tools to Differentiate Fibrostenotic from Inflammatory Crohn’s Disease

Gerald Zamponi

Alberta Innovates

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) - Concepts Program

A new therapeutic target for precision treatment of chronic pain

Claire Arrieta

Alberta Innovates

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) - Concepts Program

BiomeBLOOM – Digital bedside technology to detect healthy microbiome maturation in premature infants

Peter Salat

Alberta Innovates

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) - Concepts Program

Opportunistic Screening of Subject-Specific Fracture Risk

Steven Greenway

Alberta Innovates

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) - Concepts Program

Aorta-specific methylation patterns in cell-free DNA for the non-invasive diagnosis of aortopathy in humans

Yunyan Zhang

Alberta Innovates

Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) - Concepts Program

A novel machine learning framework for optimizing personalized treatment decisions in multiple sclerosis

Aaron Goodarzi

Canadian Cancer Society

SPARKS Grants

Using novel bio-dosimetry to measure personalized, lifetime radon gas exposure and transform the prevention and early detection of lung cancer