Congratulations to the CHRIM investigators and their teams who were awarded over $4,800,000 in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2023 Competition!
Many other CHRIM members were also successful in this year’s competition both as co-investigators on projects and through priority and bridge funding.
Project Grants
Pingzhao Hu, PhD
A deep-learning approach to identify inhibitors of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease
Funding amount: $830,026
Term: 5 years
Lauren Kelly, M.Sc., Ph.D., C.C.R.P
A triple-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial of CANnabinoids for Drug Resistant Epilepsy (CAN-DRE) in adults and children
Funding amount: $749,700
Term: 3 years
Deepak Louis, MD, DM (Neonatology)
Healthcare Utilization and Developmental Outcomes Among Siblings of Children Born Preterm: A Multi-Provincial Population-based Study
Co-authored by CHRIM Investigators, Drs. Marni Brownell and Kristene Cheung
Funding amount: $481,951
Term: 4 yrs 3 mths
Jon McGavock, PhD, Leslie Roos, PhD, Emily Cameron, PhD
Dialectal Behavioural Therapy to Enhance Health Behaviour Change for Adolescents living with Obesity
Co-authored by CHRIM Investigators, Drs. Tracie Afifi, Mandy Archibald, Allison Dart, Laurence Katz, and Brandy Wicklow
Funding amount: $734,400
Term: 4 yrs
Jon McGavock, PhD
Documenting the Essential Conditions for Implementing Urban Trails in Canada: A Novel Triangulation Approach
Co-authored by CHRIM Investigators, Drs. Elissa Abrams and Nathan Nickel
Funding amount: $1,453,500
Term: 5 yrs
Kristin Reynolds, PhD
The CONNECT Program: Engaging Community Organizations in the Implementation and Evaluation of a Group Telehealth Mental Health Program for Older Canadians
Co-authored by CHRIM Investigators, Drs. Elissa Abrams and Nathan Nickel
Funding amount: $351,901
Term: 4 yrs
Priority/Bridge Grants
Project Grant – PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research
Roberta Woodgate, PhD
Understanding Manitoba Childrearing Families’ Decisions to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 and Influenza
Co-authored by CHRIM Investigators, Drs. Mandy Archibald and Depeng Jiang
Funding amount: $100,000
Term: 1 yr
Project Grant – PA: Equity in Cancer Prevention and Control
Lyle McKinnon, PhD
Identifying immune markers of HPV viral clearance
Funding amount: $100,000
Term: 1 yr