Feb 1, 2019

CIHR Fall 2018 Project Grant Results

Research
By

Joanna King

Congratulations to the following Department of Medicine faculty members recently awarded Project Grants from CIHR!

A full list of results, as well as a break down of the compeition, can be found on CIHR's website.

Project Grant Recipients

Jane Batt, St. Michael's Hospital

Mechanisms Regulating Chronic Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Weakness in the Critical Illness Survivor

 

Susan Bronskill and Paula Rochon, Women's College Hospital

Understanding the burden and health system impact of loneliness and social isolation in older adults in Canada

 

Naoto Hirano and David Cescon, University Health Network 

Development of a novel mesothelin CAR-T immunotherapy and pharmacologic combinations for triple negative breast cancer

 

Mansoor Husain, University Health Network

Cardiovascular effects of GLP-1(28-36): focus on heart failure

 

David Juurlink, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Studies on the safety of prescription opioids

 

Sonya Macparland and Jordan Feld, University Health Network

The Immunological Impact of Direct Acting Antiviral Treatment for Early HCV Infection

 

Connie Marras, University Health Network

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and Parkinson's disease progression

 

Allison Mcgeer, Sinai Health System

PReventing the Emergence of CPE In hospitalS: understanding key Epidemiologic parameters (PRECISE)

 

Lisa Puchalski-Ritchie and Fernando Althabe, St. Michael's Hospital

Development and evaluation of a toolkit to support low- and middle-income country implementers' through the steps of effective implementation planning to improve uptake of evidence into practice and maternal health outcomes.

 

Annie Sawka, University Health Network

Active surveillance or surgery for primary management of very low risk papillary thyroid cancer: How often are the long-term disease management goals achieved?

 

Rachel Wald and Mark Friedberg, University Health Network

Right Ventricular Myocardial Fibrosis from Bench-to-Bedside: Implications for Care

 

Ron Wald and Michael Walsh, St. Michael's Hospital

Pragmatic randomised trial of High Or Standard PHosphAte Targets in End-stage kidney disease - PHOSPHATE Canada (TARGET 2)

 

Priority Announcements

Lihi Eder, Women's College Hospital, Priority Announcement: Musculoskeletal, Skin and Oral Health: Clinical Research - Skin Health

Derivation and Validation of a Disease-Specific Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Score for Psoriatic Disease Using Patient Registry and Population-Based Data