Summer 2013 CIHR Grant Recipients

Join us as we congratulate our Faculty members on their recent CIHR Grants!

Dr. Shazhan Amed, Diabetes, Nutrition & Metabolism (Diabetes) – CIHR Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action – Project: “Tele-SCOPE – Translation, Evaluation and Learnings Exchanged for Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention Through Community Engagement.” $199,990/2 years.

Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Developmental Neurosciences & Child Health – CIHR Planning Grant, PA: Gender, Sex and Health Research – Project: “Levelling the playing fields: Will the provision of risk and natural play opportunities provide more equitable playgrounds?” $21,986/1 year.

Dr. Tobias Kollmann
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Immunity in Health & Disease – CIHR Operating Grant – Project: “Lower GBP1 expression reduces human host defense against Listeria monocytogenes.” $420,077/4 years.

Dr. Richard Schreiber, Immunity in Health & Disease – CIHR Planning Grant – Project: “Canadian Biliary Atresia Registry Planning Meeting.” $25,000/1 year.

Dr. Laura Sly, Immunity in Health & Disease; and Childhood Cancer & Blood Research – CIHR Operating Grant – PA INMD Start-Up Funds (bridge funding) – Project: “Macrophages in intestinal disease.” $100,000/1 year.

Dr. Clara Van Karnebeek, Developmental Neurosciences & Child Health – CIHR Operating Grant – “Expanding the number of treatable intellectual disabilities through an integrated ‘-omics’ approach.” $772,999 / 5 years.