Sunnybrook researchers receive more than $5M from CIHR's Project Grant Program
Seven research projects led by scientists from Sunnybrook Research Institute were awarded $5.3M in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Spring 2020 competition.
“Congratulations to the research teams on their success,” says Dr. Kullervo Hynynen, Vice-President of Research and Innovation at Sunnybrook. “These results showcase Sunnybrook’s innovative and collaborative approach to health sciences research and continued leadership in the field. We’re grateful to CIHR for supporting these impactful projects.”
The Project Grant program supports “ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes”. CIHR received 2,130 grant applications for the Spring competition, of which 336 were funded, for a total investment of approximately $253M. Eighteen per cent of SRI applications were funded in the competition, beating the national average.
The following SRI-led projects were awarded CIHR Project Grants:
Examining the long-term illness experiences of injured older adults to select patient-driven outcome measures in geriatric trauma
- Principal Investigators: Dr. Lesley Gotlib Conn, associate scientist in the Tory Trauma Research Program and Dr. Barbara Haas, scientist in the Tory Trauma Research Program.
- SRI Co-investigators: Dr. Avery Nathens, Dr. Barbara Liu and Dr. Sander Hitzig
- Funding: $195,076 over 3 years
Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, and Dementia-Related Changes in the Human Brain - An Integrated Physiological, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cognitive, and Genomic Study of Adult Ontarians
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Lim, scientist in the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program
- SRI Co-investigators: Dr. Maged Goubran, Dr. Sandra Black, Dr. Joel Ramirez
- Funding: $1,005,976 over 5 years
Lithium for Fracture Treatment (LiFT)
- Principal Investigators: Dr. Diane Nam, associate scientist in the Holland Bone and Joint Research Program and Dr. Cari Whyne, senior scientist and research program director of the Holland Bone and Joint Research Program
- SRI co-investigators: Dr. Alex Kiss, Dr. Ayal Schaffer, Dr. Hans Kreder
- Funding: $761,176 over 4 years
Investigating risk factors for cognitive impairment using precision neuropsychological and neuroimaging measures in a Canadian multi-ethnic cohort
- Principal investigators: Dr. Jennifer Rabin and Dr. Maged Goubran, scientists in the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program
- SRI Co-investigators: Dr. Walter Swardfager, Dr. Richard Swartz, Dr. Anne Martel, Dr. Brad MacIntosh, Dr. Sandra Black, Dr. Alan Moody, Dr. Baiju Shah, Dr. Fuqiang Gao
- Funding: $577,576 over 5 years
Prospective Evaluation of Breast-Conserving Surgery Alone in Low Risk Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Defined by a Molecular Expression Assay Combined with Clinico-Pathological Features
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Eileen Rakovitch, clinician-scientist in the Odette Cancer Research Program
- SRI Co-investigators: Dr. Larry Paszat, Dr. Sharon Nofech-Mozes
- Funding: $1,235,476 over 6 years
Allegory-Based Literacy Empowering Youth to Overcome Unhappiness (ABLE YOU): A Stepped Wedge Trial of a Novel Intervention to Promote Coping and Prevent Suicide in Youth
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Sinyor, associate scientist in the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program
- SRI Co-investigators: Dr. Amy Cheung, Dr. Anthony Levitt, Dr. Ayal Schaffer, Dr. Donald A Redelmeier, Dr. Rachel Mitchell, Paula Klim-Conforti
- Funding: $ 757,350 over 5 years
Rescuing Neurovascular Network Function with Transcranial Neuromodulation
- Principal Investigators: Dr. Bojana Stefanovic, platform director of Physical Sciences and senior scientist in the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program and Dr. John Sled (SickKids Research Institute)
- SRI Co-investigators: Dr. Joanne McLaurin, Dr. Paola Bazzigaluppi
- Funding: $849,150 over 5 years
