Congratulations to the Spring 2024 Project Grant & Priority Announcement grantees!
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) congratulates all of the cancer researchers funded in the CIHR Spring 2024 Project Grant competition, including the grantees of ICR's priority announcements! This competition, ICR funded 11 projects across five priority announcements. These projects were highly rated applications in the Project Scheme competition that were relevant to ICR's mandate or new research priority areas:
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- Linda Chelico, University of Saskatchewan
Project title: Role of APOBEC3 single-stranded DNA cytosine deaminases in breast cancer - Vikki Ho, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Project title: Occupational and Residential Exposures to Air Pollutants and the Risk of Breast and Prostate Cancer in the CARTaGENE Study - Christopher A Maxwell, University of British Columbia
Project title: Elucidate the targetable mechanisms underpinning the development of a pregnancy-associated breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Research
- Tommy Alain, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
Project title: Viralyzing transgenes to improve oncolytic immunotherapy
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Survivorship
- Husam-Eldin M Abdel-Qadir & Eitan Amir, Women's College Hospital
Project title: The JUdicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial - Elaine McKevitt, University of British Columbia
Project title: Oncologic, surgical, and patient reported outcomes following breast conserving surgery versus mastectomy in breast cancer patients: a prospective study - Krishna K Singh & David A Hess, University of Western Ontario
Project title: Novel Mechanisms in Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy
Priority Announcement: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
- Darren M Brenner, Robert J Hilsden & Jill M Tinmouth, University of Calgary
Project title: The REFRAME Project- Rapid Evaluation FRAmework for the Modification of Cancer ScrEening Guidelines - Nadia Minian & Scott R Veldhuizen, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Project title: Development and evaluation of a theory and evidence-based intervention to reduce hazardous alcohol consumption among treatment seeking smokers
Priority Announcement: Cancer Survivorship
- Petros Pechlivanoglou, Sumit Gupta & Paul C Nathan, The Hospital for Sick Children
Project title: The impact of childhood cancer on the socioeconomic outcomes of survivors and their families - Cari M Whyne, Michael R Hardisty & Arjun Sahgal, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Project title: Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Spinal Metastases: Quantifying the Impact on Musculoskeletal Health
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