The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its inaugural 2014 Foundation Grants competition and the 2015 Operating Grants competition. These highly competitive rounds of funding has resulted in the following grants being awarded to SPPH faculty and researchers:
CIHR Foundation Grants (201409)
Integrated global control and prevention of HPV related diseases and cancer ($2,714,493 over 7 years)
Principal Investigator: Gina Ogilvie
Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI) (201410)
Principal Investigator(s):
Applying syndemic/core group theory to improve integrated prevention and service delivery for HIV and related epidemics ($400,000 over 3 years)
Principal Investigators: Dionne Gesink; Mark Gilbert; Michelle Murti; Gina Ogilvie; Naveed Janjua
Co-Investigators: Vanessa Allen; Chris Archibald; Ann Burchell; Titilola Falasinnu; James Johnston; Jennifer Jones; Perry Kendall; Mel Krajden; Colin, Quek-Tze Lee; Travis Salway Hottes; Jean Shoveller; Marc Steben; Darlene Taylor; Jason Wong; Thomas Wong
Optimizing the detection and management of cervical cancer in the evolving era of molecular based cervical cancer screening ($395,000 over 3 years)
Principal Investigators: Andrew Coldman; Mel Krajden; Dirk Van Niekerk; Gina Ogilvie
Co-Investigators: Kathy Ceballos; James Dickinson; Natalie Fitzgerald; Eduardo Franco; Catherine (Meg) Mclachlin; Joan Murphy; Mona Saraiya; Gavin Stuart
CIHR Operating Grants (201503, 201505)
Principal Investigator(s):
The state of play: Socio-ecological perspective on children’s outdoor play ($846,725 over 5 years)
Principal Investigators: Mariana Brussoni; Louise Masse
Co-Investigators: Pamela Fuselli; Heather Turner; Brent Hagel; Susan Herrington; Ian Janssen; William Pickett; Ian Pike; Nadine Schuurman; Mark Tremblay
Development and validation of Canadian health literacy measurement tool for chronic disease management ($803,004 over 5 years)
Principal Investigator: J M Fitzgerald; Jacek Kopec
Co-Investigators: Irving Rootman; Shawn Aaron; Céline Bergeron; Louis-Philippe Boulet; Jean Bourbeau; Roger Goldstein; Samir Gupta; Nadia Khan; Darcy Marciniuk; Laura Nimmon; Iraj Poureslami; Richard Sawatzky; Wan Tan
Application of the fetuses-at-risk paradigm for advancing knowledge and improving obstetric and neonatal care ($297,924 over 3 years)
Principal Investigator: K.S. Joseph; Sarka Lisonkova; Amy Metcalfe
A Comparison of Strategies to Reduce the Burden of Osteoarthritis: A Population-based Microsimulation Study ($216,939 over 3 years)
Principal Investigator: Jacek Kopec
Co-Investigators: Nicholas Bansback; Jolanda Cibere; John Esdaile; Linda Li; Hubert Wong
Research on the utilization of therapeutic hydromorphone (RUTH) for long-term opioid dependence ($438,234 over 3 years)
Principal Investigator: Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes
Co-Investigators: Scott Harrison; Donald MacDonald; Suzanne Brissette; David Marsh; Martin Schechter; Patricia Spittal
An Integrated Real-time Modeling and Surveillance Decision-support Framework to Inform Public Health Emergency Preparedness ($515,522 over 4 years)
Principal Investigator: Babak Pourbohloul
Co-Investigators: Krista English
Impact of transitioning to secondary schools on behaviours associated with obesity and academic-related outcomes: An ecological perspective ($100,000 over 1 year)
Principal Investigators: Louise Masse
Co-Investigators: Rollin Brant; Rhona Hanning; Lucy Le Mare; Heather Mckay; Patti-Jean Naylor
Co-Investigator(s):
Interventions for undiagnosed and early-stage COPD: Informing policy, practice, and research through an Evaluation Platform in COPD (EPIC)
Principal Investigators: Mohsen Sadatsafavi
Co-Investigators: Shawn Aaron; Jean Bourbeau; Fiona Macpherson; Penelope(Penny) Brasher; Stirling Bryan; J M Fitzgerald; William Flanagan; Jacek Kopec; Mehdi Najafzadeh; Donald Sin; Wan Tan; Teresa To
Statistical Methods for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
Principal Investigators: Richard Sawatzky; Tolulope Sajobi
Co-Investigators: Lean Cuthbertson; Gregory Webster; Eric Bohm; Stirling Bryan; Anne Gadermann; Wilma Hopman; Juxin Liu; Lisa Lix; Nancy Mayo; Kathryn Sibley; Xiuyun Wu
Implementation and ethical dimensions of scaling up HIV treatment as prevention (TasP)
Principal Investigators: William G Small
Co-Investigators: Rodney Knight; Lisa Maher; Ryan Mcneil; Peter Newman; Lindsey Richardson; Jean A Shoveller
Optimizing the Delivery of HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis: A randomized controlled trial of text messaging support and physician/nurse role optimization
Principal Investigators: Isaac Bogoch; James Murray; Darrell H Tan
Co-Investigators: Arlene Chan; Richard Lester; Paul Macpherson; John Maxwell; Gila Metz; Sharmistha Mishra; Leo Mitterni; Patrick O’Byrne; Pam Oickle; Rita Shahin; Hubert Wong
SPOR PIHCI Network: Management & Operations Grant (201504)
BC’s Primary Health Care Research Network ($1,000,000 over 5 years – $500,000 from CIHR, matching grant from MSFHR)
Principal Investigators: Sabrina Wong; Heather Davidson; Anne Junker; Garey Mazowita
Co-Investigators: Annette Browne; Martin Dawes; Martha Macleod; Kimberlyn McGrail