Congratulations to all Meakins and RECRU members who were funded in the Fall 2021 Project Grant Competition!
Basil Petrof. Co-applicant: Jun Ding. Novel therapies for diaphragm failure in muscular dystrophy. Ranked 2nd!
Jun Ding. Co-Applicant: Carolyn Baglole. Unagi: Computational approach driven repurposed drugs for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Funded as an ECI on his first attempt!
Faiz Ahmad Khan. Co-Principal Applicants: Kevin Schwartzman, Frantz Jean Louis. Chest Radiography and TB Elimination in Nunavik: novel solutions to fill gaps and strengthen regional capacity. Ranked 2nd!
We would also like to report the following successful grants:
From the CIHR Operating Grant: Addressing the Wider Health Impacts of COVID-19:
Marta Kaminska. COVID-19 pandemic effects on outcomes of patients in a provincial home ventilation program.
From the CIHR Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities program:
Tanis Janaudis-Ferreira. Virtual physical rehabilitation following COVID-19 hospitalization.