Congratulations to the CHRIM investigators and their teams who were awarded over $3,000,000 in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2024 Competition!
Project Grants
Deanna Santer, PhD
University of Manitoba, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology
Role of type III interferons in regulating mucosal immunity in a healthy gut versus ulcerative colitis
Funding amount: $967,725
Term: 5 years
Dake Qi, PhD
University of Manitoba, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy
TAAR1 in adipose tissue is a novel therapeutic target to combat atypical antipsychotics (AAPs)-induced metabolic dysfunction via downregulation of MIF
Funding amount: $849,150
Term: 5 years
Jon McGavock, PhD
University of Manitoba, Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health
Honoring Ourselves and the Land – Reducing inequities in trail use for First Nations and Metis people in urban centres in Manitoba
Funding amount: $1,266,075
Term: 5 years
Michel Aliani, PhD
University of Manitoba, Professor, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences
The Capacity for Dietary Flaxseed to Inhibit the Metabolism of Antihyperintensive Drugs
Funding amount: $1,189,575
Term: 5 years
Priority Project Grants
Jason Kindrachuk, PhD
University of Manitoba, Associate Professor, Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Characterization of long-term sequelae and immune signatures in Ebola virus disease survivors from 1976-2014 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Funding amount: $100,000
Term: 1 year
Congratulations to all CHRIM members who received funding as principal investigators as well as those who received funding as co-investigators on a variety of projects!