May 18, 2017

CIHR Fall 2016 Project Grant DoM results

Faculty, Research, Cardiology, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Hematology, Nephrology, Division of Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Medical Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Respirology, Rheumatology

Congratulations to the following members of the Department of Medicine who were successful in the Fall 2016 Project Grant competition!

A full breakdown of the results is available on the CIHR website.

NAME	DIVISION	LOCATION	PROJECT TITLE
Andrew Advani	Endocrinology	St. Michael's Hospital	Non-coding RNA in diabetic kidney disease
Clare Atzema	Emergency Medicine	Sunnybrook Research Institute	Atrial fibrillation in the emergency room (The AFTER Study): Prospective validation of the clinical decision instruments
An-Wen Chan	Dermatology	Women's College Hospital	Nicotinamide chemoprevention for keratinocyte carcinoma in solid organ transplant recipients: A randomized, placebo-controlled, internal pilot trial
Kim Connelly	Cardiology	St. Michael's Hospital	Elucidating the role of alpha 11 integrin in mediating cardiac fibroblast-extracellular matrix interactions in health and disease
Nora Cullen	Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	University Health Network	A population based perspective of hypoxic ischemic brain injury in Ontario, Canada
Nick Daneman	Infectious Diseases	Sunnybrook Research Institute	Feedback to improve rational strategies of antibiotic initiation and duration in long term care (FIRST AID - LTC)
Paul Dorian	Cardiology	St. Michael's Hospital	The epinephrine randomized optimal versus current dose (EpiROC) Canada trial
Richard Horner	Respirology	University of Toronto	Control of breathing during sleep: Brainstem mechanisms of respiratory control
Dennis Ko	Cardiology	Sunnybrook Research Institute	Assessing and improving the quality of care and outcomes of patients with atrial fibrillation in Canada
Caroline Kramer	Endocrinology	Sinai Health System	Empagliflozin and the preservation of pancreatic beta-cell function in Women with recent gestational diabetes
Gary Lewis	Endocrinology	University Health Network	Novel aspects of the regulation of intestinal lipoprotein particle secretion in humans
Lorraine Lipscombe	Endocrinology	Women's College Hospital	Avoiding diabetes after pregnancy trial in moms (ADAPT-M)
Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar	Cardiology	University Health Network	Augmented renal denervation for the prevention of cardiac arrhythmias
Mario Ostrowski	Infectious Diseases	University of Toronto	The metabolic basis of T cell exhaustion in HIV infection: discovery of novel treatment targets
York Pei	Nephrology	University Health Network	Disease-related complications and health care utilization in ADPKD
Paula Rochon	Geriatric Medicine	Women's College Hospital	A multi-method approach to exploring prescribing cascades
Aaron Schimmer	Hematology	University Health Network	Targeting mitochondrial protein folding in the inter-membrane space as a novel therapeutic strategy for AML
David Spaner	Hematology	Sunnybrook Research Institute	Targeting Interferon-beta in leukemia immunotherapy
Murray Urowitz	Rheumatology	University Health Network	Defining phenotypes in systemic lupus erythematosus: towards an individualized approach
Darren Yuen	Nephrology	St. Michael's Hospital	Sweet and Stiff: How diabetes activates YAP and TAZ to trigger kidney fibrosis
Camilla Zimmerman	Medical Oncology	University Health Network	Symptom screening and early palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a randomized trial