CIHR: Spring 2018 Project Grant results

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

Clare Atzema and Peter Bascom, Sunnybrook Resarch Institute

A Primary Care Online Appointment Scheduling Platform for Emergency Departments: Improving the Care Transition between Emergency and Primary Care

Filio Billia, University Health Network

The role of muscle pyruvate kinase 2 (Pkm2) in cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac repair

Laurent Brochard, St. Michael's Hospital

CAreful Ventilation In Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (CAVIARDS)

Steven Chan, University Health Network

PINK1 Inhibition as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy to Target Acute Myeloid Leukemia Stem Cells

Nick Daneman and Kevin Brown (DLSPH), Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion 

Comprehensive Ontario Microbiology laBoratory Administrative daTa for AntiMicrobial Resistance (COMBAT-AMR)

John Floras, University Health Network

Peripheral and central chemoreceptor reflex regulation of sympathetic activity in heart failure patients with and without sleep apnea

Herbert Gaisano, University of Toronto

Novel excitosomes mediating exocytosis in neuroendocrine cells

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Role of autophagy dysregulation in pancreatitis caused by alcohol and glucagon-like peptide

Ziv Harel and Ron Wald, St. Michael's Hospital 

Strategies for the management of Atrial Fibrillation in patiEnts receiving HemoDialysis (SAFE-HD)

Nigil Haroon, University Health Network

Therapeutic Targeting of MIF in a Spondyloarthritis Mouse Model

Robert Inman, University Health Network

T cell trafficking and specificity in ankylosing spondylitis

Christopher Parshuram (Paediatrics), Kevin Imrie and Dominique Piquette, Hospital for Sick Children

The Intensive Care Unit Resident Scheduling (InCURS) trial: A cluster RCT of 16 and 24 hour schedules in Canadian ICUs

Lorraine Kalia, University Health Network

An integrated strategy to identify inhibitors of protein-protein interactions as potential therapeutics for Parkinson's disease

Trevor Pugh (Medical Biophysics), Raymond Kim, and Aaron Pollett (LMP), University Health Network

Early detection of cancer in high-risk patients through profiling of circulating tumour DNA

Iliana Lega, Women's College Hospital

The prevalence and impact of intensive diabetes treatment in older adults

Gaspard Monatondon, St. Michael's Hospital 

Neural and Molecular Basis of Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression

Farhad Pirouzmand (Surgery) and Damon Scales, Sunnybrook Resarch Institute

PROphylaxis for venous ThromboEmbolism in Severe Traumatic brain injury (PROTEST): a Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Trevor Pugh (Medical Biophysics) and Suzanne Trudel, University Health Network

Molecular evolution of myeloma from precursor through to relapsed disease

Joan Wither, University Health Network

Characterization of the immunologic events that lead to development of Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease

Minna Woo, University Health Network

Molecular mechanisms of autophagy in skeletal muscle homeostasis

Bridge Grant Recipient

Jane Batt, St. Michael's Hospital 

Mechanisms mediating chronic muscle atrophy and weakness in the critical illness survivor

Institute Priority Announcement Bridge Grant Recipient

Aaron Drucker, Women's College Hospital

Atopic Dermatitis: Exploring Prevalence and Disparities (ADEPD)