Sunnybrook researchers awarded over $10M in CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grants Competition

Researchers at Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI) have been awarded over $10M in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Fall 2024 Project Grants competition. 11 Sunnybrook-led projects were funded in the round. The purpose of the CIHR Project Grant Program is to “capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes.” In total, the Fall competition approved 453 grants nationally, for a total investment of $411M.

Congratulations to all of the awarded SRI-led projects:

Project: Focused ultrasound-mediated regenerative strategies for Alzheimer's disease
Principal investigator: Dr. Isabelle Aubert
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Kullervo Hynynen, Dr. Chenxi Qian, Dr. Nathalie Vacaresse, Dr. Laura Vecchio, Dr. Chao Wang, Kate Noseworthy
Funding: $1,290,555 over 5 years

Project: Rapid Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Metastases using Computational Accelerated MRI
Principal investigator: Dr. Mark Chiew
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Chris Heyn, Dr. Arjun Sahgal
Funding: $642,600 over 5 years

Project: Cognitive Outcomes after Dexmedetomidine sedation in Cardiac Surgery: CODEX RCT
Principal investigator: Dr. Stephen Choi
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Sinziana Avramescu, Dr. Stephen Fremes, Dr. Angela Jerath, Dr. Naheed Jivraj, Dr. Alex Kiss, Dr. David Mazer, Dr. Beverley Orser, Dr. Damon Scales,
Funding: $2,620,125 over 5 years

Project: Optimal Clinical and Geographic Placement of Integrated Community Health Services Centres: An Integrated Mixed Methods Approach
Principal investigator: Dr. Antoine Eskander 
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Natalie Coburn, Dr. Julie Hallet, Dr. Rinku Sutradhar
Funding: $481,952 over 4 years

Project: Development of a novel catheter based ultrasound device and methods for enhancing aspiration mechanical thrombectomies in acute stroke
Principal investigator: Dr. David Goertz 
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Kullervo Hynynen
Funding: $726,750 over 5 years

Project: Evaluating the Implementation of Ontario's Supervised Practice Experience Partnership for Supporting Successful Workforce Integration of Internationally Educated Nurses: A Multi-Institutional Ethnograph 
Principal investigator(s): Dr. Sander Hitzig, Dr. Csilla Kalocsai, Tracey DasGupta, Ru Taggar
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Kim Lawrence, Myrene Lychek, Marina Motsenok, Anita Demjee, Lisa di Prospero
Funding: $328,951 over 3 years

Project: Advancing the Science of Drug Interactions
Principal investigator: Dr. David Juurlink
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Peter Austin
Funding: $665,550 over 3 years

Project: Discerning drivers of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus-associated disease across host species using a One Health approach 
Principal investigator: Dr. Samira Mubareka
Funding: $1,357,875 over 5 years

Project: Pilot Feasibility Trial of a Cross-Continuum Peer Support Program for Trauma Survivors
Principal investigator: Dr. Marina Wasilewski
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Lisa Di Prospero, Dr. Rob Fowler, David Guo, Dr. Barbara Haas, Dr. Sander Hitzig, Dr. Amanda Mayo, Dr. Rosalie Steinberg
Funding: $298,350 over 3 years

Project: Canadian TAVR Triage Tool (CAN3T) for Wait-list Management in Aortic Stenosis: a Stepped-Wedged Cluster Randomized Registry-Based Trial
Principal investigator: Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Stephen Fremes, Dr. Angela Jerath, Dr. Dennis Ko, Dr. Maneesh Sud
Funding: $462,824 over 4 years

Project: Investigating the dynamics of neocortical neurogenesis: a proneural gene perspective
Principal investigator: Dr. Carol Schuurmans
Sunnybrook co-investigator(s): Dr. Maged Goubran
Funding: $1,147,500 over 5 years