CIHR Early Career Investigators in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health Grant Recipients 2017
CIHR-IHDCYH in partnership with the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (IAPH); Institute of Cancer Research (ICR); Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH); Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA); Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA); and Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 CIHR Early Career Investigator Grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health. We would also like to say thank you to the applicants’ funding partners who made this opportunity possible.
Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (IAPH)
- Dr. Jennifer Leason, University of Calgary
Indigenous Maternity Experiences Survey (MES) in the Interior British Columbia
Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)
- Dr. Amit Bhavsar, University of Alberta
Mitigating cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in childhood cancer treatment through applied pharmacogenomics - Dr. Kolja Eppert, McGill University
Novel therapeutics to target leukemia stem cells - Dr. Amy Metcalfe, University of Calgary
Survival, recurrence and subsequent obstetrical outcomes following pregnancy-associated and postpartum cancer
Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH)
- Dr. Samantha Anthony, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Measuring what Matters: Integrating Patient-Reported Outcome Measures into Clinical Practice - Dr. Anne-Marie Côté, Université de Sherbrooke
Prognostic value of urinary renal and vascular biomarkers in hypertensive pregnant women - Dr. Vito Mennella, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Sensory Cilia Mutations Affecting Motile Cilia in Ciliopathy Disorders - Dr. Stephen Renaud, University of Western Ontario
Immune regulation of placental blood flow and fetal health - Dr. Kate Storey, University of Alberta
Sleeping soundly: Understanding the translation of sleep promotion at school to sleep behaviours at home. Insights from children and parents
Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH)
- Dr. Isabelle Boucoiran, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Non primary cytomegalovirus infections in pregnancy - Dr. Marie Brossard-Racine, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute
One year of brain maturation following a preterm birth - Dr. Hilary Brown, University of Toronto Scarborough (ON)
Infants born to women with disabilities: Health and health care - Dr. Valerie Carson, University of Alberta
Early movers: The role of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the healthy growth and development of infants - Dr. Alana Cattapan, University of Saskatchewan
Perpetually, Potentially Pregnant: The Discursive Construction of "Women of Childbearing Age" and its Effects in Public Health and Biomedical Research - Dr. Rohan D'Souza, University of Toronto
Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage: addressing critical knowledge gaps for the use of tranexamic acid - Dr. Shokrollah Elahi, University of Alberta
The immune pathogenesis of neonatal infection: Relevance to digestive health - Dr. Sylvie Girard, Université de Montréal
Integrated view of the preterm birth syndrome - Dr. Michael Hawkes, University of Alberta
Neuroprotective agents for cerebral malaria - Dr. Sze Man Tse, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome: determining post-discharge outcomes, the effect of early diagnosis, and identifying inflammatory signatures to better understand disease mechanism
Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA)
- Dr. Nicolas Dumont, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Specialized pro-resolving mediators: A novel therapeutic approach for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Dr. Hugh Kim, University of British Columbia
Discovering novel biomarkers for juvenile arthritis: focus on platelet signaling
Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA)
- Dr. Tuong-Vi Nguyen, McGill University
The paternal contribution to neurodevelopmental and metabolic outcomes in the child
Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD)
- Dr. Sarka Lisonkova, University of British Columbia
Improving maternal and perinatal outcomes in high risk mothers - Dr. Massimiliano Paganelli, Université de Montréal
Heterologous stem cell therapy to treat acute liver failure in infants, children and adolescents without the need of immunosuppression - Dr. Rayzel Shulman, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Bridging the gap to prevent adverse events between pediatric and adult diabetes care - Dr. Ryan Van Lieshout, McMaster University
Early Neurodevelopment in the Offspring of Women Enrolled in a Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Effectiveness of a Nutrition+Exercise Intervention
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