Excellence in Research: 11 CRCHUM teams receive $8 million from the CIHR
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As part of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2024 Project grant competition, 11 teams were awarded nearly $8 million in grants.
The success rate for applications submitted by CRCHUM teams was nearly 27%, compared with the national average of 15%.
Congratulations to the winning teams!
Funded projects:
- Petronela Ancuta—Research theme: Immunopathology
Project Grant awarded for five years ($1,285,200)
Identification of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor as a Novel Druggable Modulator of HIV-1 Latency
- Dr. Antoine Boivin and Ghislaine Rouly—Research theme: Innovation hub
Project Grant awarded for three years ($742,050)
How Peers Influence Healthcare Teams’ Homelessness Prevention and Care Practices: A Participatory Multiple Case Study
- Adriana Di Polo—Research theme: Neuroscience
Project Grant awarded for five years ($849,150)
Neurovascular repair in glaucoma: novel mechanisms and therapeutic targets
- Dr. Emmanuelle Duceppe—Research theme: Innovation hub
Project Grant awarded for three years ($470,652)
Predictors and impact of postoperative pain after same-day surgery—a prospective cohort study
- Vikki Ho—Research theme: Innovation hub
Project Grant awarded for one year ($100,000)
Occupational and Residential Exposures to Air Pollutants and the Risk of Breast and Prostate Cancer in the CARTaGENE Study
- Dr. Catherine Larochelle—Research theme: Neuroscience
Project Grant awarded for five years ($1,067,176)
Targeting ICAM-1 on T cells to limit chronic neuroinflammatory processes and progression in MS
- Dr. Jean-Charles Pasquier—Research theme: Innovation hub
Project Grant awarded for two years ($409,276)
Étude préliminaire d’un ÉCR de phase 3 multicentrique testant l’association des antibiotiques et des probiotiques vaginaux pour des patientes ayant une rupture prématurée et préterme des membranes entre 24 et 32 semaines d’aménorrhée (Étude PROB-PROM) - Dr. Alexandre Prat—Research theme: Neuroscience
Project Grant awarded for five years ($918,000)
Mannose receptor C type 2 is a novel mediator of pro-inflammatory T lymphocyte migration across central nervous system barriers - Manuela Santos—Research theme: Cancer
Project Grant awarded for five years ($696,150)
Targeting interleukin-22 through dietary supplementation to control gut inflammation, tumorigenesis, and microbiota homeostasis - Naglaa Shoukry—Research theme: Immunopathology
Project Grant awarded for five years ($967,726)
Sex-Dependent Role of IL22 during Metabolic Dysfunction-associated Liver Disease (MASLD) - Dr. Daniel Von Renteln—Research theme: imaging and engineering
Project Grant awarded for five years ($493,426)
Improving colorectal cancer screening through artificial intelligence assisted neoplasia detection during colonoscopy
In total, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research is funding 373 research teams for an investment of $325 million.
Excellence in Research: 11 CRCHUM teams receive $8 million from the CIHR
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