Congratulations to all award recipients from the 2025 Research Manitoba Grants & Awards Competition! CHRIM is proud to partner on many of these awards to support trainees and further child health knowledge creation in Manitoba. It is exciting to see that many of this year’s recipients are working alongside CHRIM researchers, which is a testament to the incredible mentorship happening here at CHRIM.
The below is a list of awards partly or fully funded by CHRIM. Click here to see the full list of recipients.
Master’s Studentship Competition
The Master’s Studentship Awards support highly qualified Master’s students to prepare for careers as independent researchers in industry, within the healthcare system, and in other environments, thus attracting and retaining the best students within Manitoba. In partnership with Research Manitoba, we were thrilled to fund three students in this category. CHRIM is also pleased to fully fund one student in this category, Karinne Muniz.
Simrat Dhaliwal
Project: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Rare Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Supervisor: Dr. Henry Dunn
Funding amount: $20,000 for 1 year
Funded by: Research Manitoba and CHRIM
Delaram Rizi
Project: Understanding SYNGAP1 Using Drosophila Melanogaster
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Marcogliese
Funding amount: $20,000 for 1 year
Funded by: Research Manitoba and CHRIM
Camile Prefontaine
Project: Regulation of Beta-Cell Senescence by Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 in Type 1 Diabetes
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Thompson
Funding amount: $20,000 for 1 year
Funded by: Research Manitoba and CHRIM
Karinne Muniz
Project: Immune Proteins in Colostrum: Associations with Maternal Nutritional Status and Newborn Health in a Pakistani Population
Supervisor: Dr. Meghan Azad
Funding amount: $20,000 for 1 year
Funded by: CHRIM
PhD in Health Research Studentship Competition
PhD Health Research Studentships support highly qualified doctoral trainees. These exceptional trainees significantly increase the productivity of the research programs with which they are affiliated. In partnership with Research Manitoba as well as Health Sciences Centre Foundation, we were thrilled to fund five students in this category.
Alana Slike
Project: FAN1 as a Genetic Modifier in Rett Syndrome
Supervisor: Dr. Galen Wright
Funding amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Funded by: CHRIM and Health Sciences Centre Foundation
Courtney Marshall
Project: Sex as a biological variable in the modulation of airway inflammation by Innate Defense Regulator (IDR) peptides
Supervisor: Dr. Neeloffer Mookherjee
Funding amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Funded by: CHRIM and Health Sciences Centre Foundation
Ashraf Kadar Shahib
Project: Investigating the impact of MeCP2 Mutation on the Epigenetic Landscape of Brain Cells
Supervisor: Dr. Mojgan Rastegar
Funding amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Funded by: CHRIM and Research Manitoba
Saeid Maghsoudi
Project: Cysteine Nitrosylation Inhibits Adenylyl Cyclase Isoform 6 in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension: Rescue with Novel Forskolin Derivatives
Supervisor: Dr. Shyamala Dakshinamurti
Funding amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Funded by: CHRIM and Research Manitoba
Farshind Ghiyamihoo
Project: Fate-Mapping of α-Synuclein-positive (SNCA+) Early Subset of the Cerebellar Nuclei Neurons in the Developing Mouse Cerebellum
Supervisor: Dr. Hassan Marzban
Funding amount: $25,000 for 1 year
Funded by: CHRIM and Research Manitoba
Many other CHRIM-affiliated fellows and students received funding through these Research Manitoba awards, through a variety of other organizations including:
- CancerCare Manitoba
- Centre for Healthcare Innovation
- Health Sciences Centre Foundation
- Manitoba Lung Association
To view the entire list of winners and project details, click here. Congratulations to all who received funding!