Project Grant: Fall 2024 鈥� FMHS recipients (listed in alphabetical order by PI)
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Laurent Azoulay, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
Assessing the long-term carcinogenic effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on thyroid, pancreatic, and biliary tract cancers: an international, multi-site cohort study听
Jill Baumgartner, PhD, Professor Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health
Co-producing knowledge on neighbourhood heat and its impacts on child mental health and cognition听
齿颈补辞辩颈补苍鈥疌丑补颈, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Precision multi-modal brain imaging of high-level cognitive functional network development in autism via ultra-high field MRI
Guojun Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
Bioresponsive Immunomodulator Nanocomplex for Selective Immunoengineering to Treat Lymph Node Metastasis听
Matthew Cheng, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Oral Antimicrobial Therapy for Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: The Early Oral Switch Domain in the Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Trial (EOS-SNAP)听
Anne Cockcroft, MD, Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Youth co-design prevention of gendered personal and interpersonal violence in Botswana听
In茅s Colmegna, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Investigating the anti-fibrotic effects of human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells听
Raquel Cuella Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics
Systematic interrogation of the USP28-53BP1-dependent p53 regulation
Alain Dagher, MD, Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery鈥�
Effects of GLP1-agonist induced weight loss on brain, metabolic, and cerebrovascular health measures鈥�
鈥�Stella S. Daskalopoulou, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Clinical Investigation 鈥� A: Reproduction, Maternal, Child and Youth Health 2听
Sonia Victoria del Rincon, PhD, Associate Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
Understanding the role of the MNK/eIF4E axis in cells of the tumour microenvironment to improve outcomes for patients with DLBCL听
Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Investigating the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Role of the Kynurenine Pathway in Osteosarcopenia听
闯茅谤么尘别鈥疐辞谤迟颈苍, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery听
Characterizing and improving new treatments for IDH-mutant diffuse gliomas
C茅line G茅linas, RN, PhD, Professor Ingram School of Nursing
Pr茅valence, facteurs et trajectoires de douleur chronique 脿 la suite d鈥檜n s茅jour aux soins intensifs: Du cong茅 脿 12 mois听
Vincent Giguere, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry
Investigating the molecular mechanisms dictating the oncogenic action of HOXB13 in prostate cancer听
Christina Greenaway, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Getting to hepatitis B elimination in Canada: Where are the gaps and how best to fill them?
John Hanrahan, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology
Wildfire smoke inhibition of CFTR: mechanisms and mitigation听
Sabah Hussain, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine
Regulation of skeletal muscle and peroxisomal homeostasis by Depp1 protein听
Bertrand Jean-Claude, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Engineering metabolically stable molecules toward tandem targeting of EGFR, its variant EGFRvIII and DNA for killing stem cells and preventing recurrence in the treatment of glioblastom multiforme (GBM)听
Loydie Jerome-Majewska, PhD,听Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Mouse Models of Spliceosomopathies: The Role of Snrpb in Axial Development听
Wassim Kassouf, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery
Unravelling immune-microbiome networks in radiation-based organ-preserving therapies for muscle-invasive bladder cancer听
Lawrence Kazak, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Allosteric activation of the alkaline phosphatase TNAP: from basic biology to therapeutic potential听
Todd C. Lee, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
An international platform for finding the optimal therapies for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia:听 The PCP Platform听
Ivan Litvinov, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Co-creating and implementing integrated dermatology care and augmenting skin research in Quebec northern Indigenous communities听
础耻蝉迟别苍鈥疢颈濒苍别谤飞辞辞诲, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
LRRK2 mutant mechanisms & targeting for PD
Lisa M眉nter, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology听and Therapeutics
Physiological functions of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) in endothelial cells听
Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Why are women at greater risk for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis?听
Morag Park, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Targeting drug tolerant persister cells in poor outcome breast cancer听
Basil Petrof, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine
The role of trained macrophages in dystrophic diaphragm pathology听
础诲谤颈别苍鈥疨别测谤补肠丑别,鈥疨hD, Assistant Professor,听Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
How dysfunction of hippocampal sharp wave-ripples leads to cognitive impairment in a mouse model of Christianson syndrome
Louise Pilote, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Role of Sex and Gender on Hypertension-mediated Multi-organ Damage听
闯别补苍-叠补辫迟颈蝉迟别鈥疨辞濒颈苍别, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Characterizing and predicting PD biological stages with neuroimaging across global populations鈥�
Dieter Reinhardt, PhD, Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Role of fibronectin in skeletal development and associated disease
Christel Renoux, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Towards equitable hypertension care: sex differences in blood pressure targets, variability and trajectories听
St茅phane Richard, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
Epigenetic modulation to enhance CD8+ T cells for improved antitumour activity听
April Rose, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
Exploring novel protein interactions in RAF mutant tumors to reveal new therapeutic opportunities听
Marc Roig, PhD, Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Preventing post-stroke cognitive impairment and dementia with multimodal exercise training听听
Justin Sanders, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
AI-generated electronic health record summaries to promote high-quality communication and care in serious illness: a feasibility trial
Abhinav Sharma, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Delivering Evidence-Based Care Using Artificial Intelligence to Patients with Diabetes and CardioVascular Comorbidities: From Proof of Concept to Multi-Centre Expansion (DECIDE-CV-2)听
Nahum Sonenberg, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry
Dysregulated insulin signalling in the pathophysiology of ASD听
Daniel Taliun, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics
PheWeb-2.0: an interactive tool for generating and testing hypotheses on sex-biased genetic variant-trait associations in large-scale population-based studies听
Rhian Touyz, MBBCh, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine
Rho kinase as a novel therapeutic target in small vessel disease and vascular dementia 鈥� insights from a Notch3 disease
Scott Weichenthal, PhD, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health
Outdoor Aeroallergen Concentrations as Overlooked Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Cardiovascular Events: High Resolution Exposure Modelling and Epidemiological Analyses in Canadian Cities
Pia Wintermark, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Sildenafil to repair the injured brain of critically-ill neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy听
Oriana Hoi Yun Yu, MD, Associate Professor (Clinical), Department of Medicine
The association between levothyroxine treatment and the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease among people with subclinical hypothyroidism
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Priority Announcements听鈥� FMHS recipients (listed in alphabetical order by PI)
- Sara Ahmed, Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
INtegrated Smart ImplemeNtation of Care (IN-SINC) in Rehabilitation - 闯茅谤么尘别鈥疐辞谤迟颈苍, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Early Career Investigator in Cancer Prize:听Characterizing and improving new treatments for IDH-mutant diffuse gliomas听 - William D Foulkes,听MB.BS, PhD, Distinguished James 黑料不打烊 Professor, Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine and Oncology; Departmental Chair of Human Genetics
Investigating and targeting pathogenic variants in DICER1 tumour predisposition syndrome听
- Claire Godard-Sebillotte,听MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Am茅liorer l鈥櫭﹒uit茅 en premi猫re ligne pour les personnes avec troubles neurocognitifs majeurs: Une 茅tude 脿 m茅thodes mixtes ax茅e sur le patient - Wei-Hsiang Huang, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models - Anita Koushik, PhD, Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology
A prospective study of risk stratification with epigenetic markers to improve clinical management of cervical precancerous lesions - Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Global, regional, and national estimates of trends in HIV stigma and discrimination - Dadar Mahsa,听PhD, Assistant Professor,听Department of Psychiatry
Yves Joanette Award of Excellence in Research in Aging:听Developing a novel ex vivo acquisition and analysis pipeline to understand the neuropathological basis of magnetic resonance imaging findings: application in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease听 - Thomas Mavrakanas,听MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Effect of Canagliflozin on Peritoneal Function and Fibrosis in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis: a proof-of-concept randomized crossover clinical trial (CAN-PD trial) - Joanna Przybyl, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Towards improving treatment outcomes in leiomyosarcoma through multi-omic liquid biopsy - Shaifali Sandal,听MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Disaster risk reduction and management in kidney care to foster health system resilience - Giada Sebastiani, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine
ELITE-2D: Enhancing Liver Health for People with Type 2 Diabetes through Patient-Centred Strategies
