Research Grants and Awards
Celebrating our research achievements
Our faculty and trainees are regularly awarded regional, national, and international awards and grants. Below are some of their recent successes. Only principal investigator information is listed.
Faculty
| Name & department | Granting agency | Research program | Title |
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| Dr. Yukiko Asada, Dept. of CH&E |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Understanding inequalities and inequities in health and wellness among older Canadians |
| Dr. Fred Burge, Dept. of Family Medicine |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | SPOR PIHCI Network: Management & Operations Grant |
Nova Scotia Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations Network |
| Dr. Christine Chambers, Dept. of Pediatrics |
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute |
Knowledge to Action Grant |
Cancer pain assessment and management in children: Using social media to bridge the gap |
| Dr. Christine Chambers, Dept. of Pediatrics | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation | Scotia Support Grant | Trainee support funds |
| Dr. Christine Chambers, Dept. of Pediatrics | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation | Development/Innovative Grant | Developing a method for studying online health information sharing over social media |
| Dr. Jennifer Corcoran, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation | Establishment Grant | Investigating the role of Tec kinases in the virus-induced cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma |
| Dr. Roy Duncan, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Foundation Grant | Viral membrane fusion machines: evolution, applications, mechanism-of-action and pathogenic implications. |
| Dr. Jim Fawcett, Depts. of Surgery and Pharmacology | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Identification of mechanisms underlying the development of neural circuits involved in movement |
| Dr. Alon Friedman, Dept of Medical Neuroscience | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation | Establishment Grant | “The Role of Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction and TGF-beta Mediated Signaling in Post-Traumatic Epileptogenesis” |
| Dr. Tomas Hajek, Dept. of Psychiatry | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Is type 2 diabetes mellitus a risk factor for neuroanatomical changes, cognitive impairment and oxidative stress in bipolar disorders? |
| Dr. Barbara Karten, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Role of mitochondrial cholesterol homeostasis in brain energy metabolism and neuronal function |
| Dr. Morgan Langille, Dept. of Pharmacology | Banting Research Foundation | Discovery Grant | Design and implementation of a human microbiome interaction knowledge base |
| Dr. Patrick Lee, Dept. of Pathology | Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute | Innovation Grant | Temporospatial onco-viro-immune analysis for deciphering, therapeutic targeting and strategic management of the immunological determinants of virus-assisted anti-cancer immunotheraphy |
| Dr. Patrick Lee, Dept. of Pathology |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | The role of NMNAT2, a new p53 target gene, in feedback regulation of p53 function via the SIRT deacetylases. |
| Dr. Paola Marcato, Dept. of Pathology | Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation | Establishment Grant | “Identification of genes which determine paclitaxel response in breast cancer" |
| Dr. Chris McMaster, Dept. of Pharmacology | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | A Novel Antibiotic Class to Treat Diabetic Ulcer Infections |
| Dr. Kishore Pasumarthi, Dept. of Pharmacology | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada | Grant-in-Aid | Molecular and Functional Characterization of Cardiac Progenitor Cells |
| Dr. T. Alexander Quinn, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Mechanisms of Arrhythmogenesis with Altered Ventricular Strain during Acute Regional Ischaemia |
| Dr. Chris Richardson, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Role of PVRL4 (Nectin-4) receptor in measles virus infections and oncolytic therapy |
| Dr. George Robertson, Depts of Psychiatry and Pharmacology | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada |
Grant-in-Aid | Mitochondrial calcium uptake and targeted therapeutics |
| Dr. Andrew Roger, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Anaerobic eukaryotic microbes and the human microbiome: a genomic and metagenomic study |
| Dr. Robert Rose, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Impaired regulation of sinoatrial node function and atrial arrhythmogenesis in the diabetic heart |
| Dr. Isabel Smith, Dept. of Pediatrics | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Transition Open Operating Grant | Optimizing impact of community-based early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder |
| Dr. Robin Urquhart, Dept. of Surgery | Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network - National Centre of Excellence | Strategic Impact Grant | Enhancing the primary healthcare system's ability to identify and plan with seriously ill frail elderly |
| Dr. Johan van Limbergen, Dept. of Pediatrics | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | New Investigator Salary Award - PA: Inflammatory Bowel Disease | Optimizing enteral nutrition theraphy in pediatric crohn's disease: microbiome ecology to guide bench-to-bedside translational research |
Trainees
| Name & department | Granting agency | Research program | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dylan Deska-Gauthier, Dept. of Medical Neuroscience |
Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine | CW McCormick Neurosciences Graduate Studentship | The characterization of calretinin expressing V3 interneurons in the developing mouse spinal cord: How Sim1 affects embryonic calretinin expression | |
Maximillian Fiander, Dept. of Pharmacology |
Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine | Multiple Sclerosis Graduate Studentship | Assessing the effects of Equepa on neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and motor disability in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis mouse model of multiple sclerosis | |
| Seirin Goldade, Dept. of CH&E | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Masters award: Banting and Best CGS | Perinatal risk factors for hypertension in women | |
| Youra Kim, Dept. of Pathology | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Masters award: Banting and Best CGS | Selective inhibition of anti-viral immune response to enhance the efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy |
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| Kristin Ko, School of Biomedical Engineering |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Masters award: Banting and Best CGS | Investigating the pathophysiology and treatment of Parkinson's Disease using 3D cell co-cultures |
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| Sunghan Jung, Dept. of Medical Neuroscience | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Masters award: Banting and Best CGS | Modulation of retinal horizontal cells | |
| Laura Lee Madden, Dept. of CH&E |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Masters award: Banting and Best CGS | "Health and safety of immigrant farm workers in Nova Scotia: Barriers and enablers of being health and safe" |
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| Maria Wilson, Dept. of CH&E |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Masters award: Banting and Best CGS | Harmful outcomes associated with alcohol use in Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) high school students: Does school connectedness mediate such associations? |
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