Faculty of medicine researchers have attracted more than $21 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

In all, 354 research grants were funded for a total investment of approximately $274 million through the Project Grants: Fall 2020 competition. In addition, 97 priority announcement grants were funded to a total amount of $9,575,000 and 11 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $296,500.

UBC researchers attracted a total of $25.6 million for 41 projects. Thirty-three UBC-led projects received Project Grant funding totalling $24.8 million and eight UBC-led projects received priority announcement grants totalling $775,000.

Douglas Allan, department of cellular and physiological sciences

Project: Transcriptional programs of synapse maturation

CIHR Funding: $856,800 (5 years)

Ali Bashashati, School of Biomedical Engineering;Peter Black, department of urologic sciences;Larry Goldenberg, department of urologic sciences

Project: Prostate cancer risk stratification for active surveillance using computer-aided analysis of histopathology and transcriptomics

CIHR Funding: $906,525 (5 years)

Colin Collins, department of urologic sciences

Project: Uncovering early mediators of lineage plasticity and validation of a metabolic vulnerability in neuroendocrine prostate cancer

CIHR Funding: $1,147,500 (5 years)

Angela Devlin, department of pediatrics;Pascal Bernatchez,department of anesthesiology, pharmacology and therapeutics;Constadina Panagiotopoulos, department of pediatrics

Project: Correcting early vascular dysfunction to improve cardiovascular outcomes in type 1 diabetes

CIHR Funding: $841,500 (5 years)

Quynh Doan,department of pediatrics

Project: Evaluating the psychometric properties and help-seeking impact of HEARTSMAP-U: a digital psychosocial self-assessment and navigational support application for post-secondary students.

CIHR Funding: $554,624 (4 years)

Nichole Fairbrother, department of psychiatry

Project: Perinatal Anxiety Disorders Screening Study

CIHR Funding: $684,676 (4 years)

David Fedida, department of anesthesiology, pharmacology and therapeutics

Project: Mechanisms of potassium channel activator action on Kv7.1 ion channel complexes.

CIHR Funding: $971,550 (5 years)

Brian Grunau, department of emergency medicine;Jane Buxton, School of Population and Public Health;James Christenson, department of emergency medicine

Project: Opioid Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrest: What are the Best Interventions?

CIHR Funding: $283,051 (3 years)

Joerg Gsponer, department of biochemistry and molecular biology;Lawrence Mcintosh, department of biochemistry and molecular biology

Project: Protein phase separation: A new mechanism of protein function regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

CIHR Funding: $887,400 (5 years)

Jaime Guzman, department of pediatrics

Project: Treating Children with Arthritis According to their Individual Probability of Outcomes and Response to Treatments The PERSON-JIA Trial

CIHR Funding: $455,175 (5 years)

Nicholas Bansback, School of Population and Public Health

Project: Evaluating the impact of a mandatory switching policy for biosimilars

CIHR Funding: $298,350 (3 years)

Rob Holt, department of medical genetics

Project: Lentiviral infusion as a universal approach for genetically modified immune effector cell therapies.

CIHR Funding: $642,600 (4 years)

Rosemin Kassam, School of Population and Public Health

Project: Women supporting women using local solutions to improve infant and young child feeding and care practices in Punjab, Pakistan

CIHR Funding: $799,425 (5 years)

Christian Kastrup, department of biochemistry and molecular biology

Project: Minimally-invasive device and bioabsorbable hemostatic powder for managing non-compressible torso hemorrhage

CIHR Funding: $455,176 (4 years)

Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, pathology and laboratory medicine;Dirk Lange, department of urologic sciences

Project: Novel Infection Resistant Coating in an Era of Drug Resistant Bacteria for the Treatment and Prevention of Medical Device Infection

CIHR Funding: $520,199 (3 years)

Rodney Knight, department of medicine

Project: Identifying the impact of cannabis use on mental health outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study

CIHR Funding: $478,126 (3 years)

Chinten James Lim, department of pathology and laboratory medicine

Project: Targeting CD47 in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

CIHR Funding: $1,028,925 (5 years)

Teresa Liu-AmbroseandLinda Li, department of physical therapy

Project: SuPA Mobility: Supporting Physical Activity to Promote Mobility in Mobility-Limited Older Adults

CIHR Funding: $631,128 (6 years)

Martin Mckeown, department of medicine, division of neurology

Project: In silico Design of Precision Electrical Stimuli for Electrical Vestibular Stimulation in Parkinsons Disease.

CIHR Funding: $841,270 (5 years)

Robert Molday, department of biochemistry and molecular biology

Project: High Resolution Structure of Human ABCA4, an ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) Lipid Importer Associated with Inherited Retinal Degenerative Diseases

CIHR Funding: $918,000 (5 years)

Melanie Murray, department of medicine

Project: Role of Female Sex Hormones on Aging in Women Living with HIV.

CIHR Funding: $382,500 (5 years)

Ivan Nabi, department of cellular and physiological sciences

Project: Using super-resolution microscopy to define the role of caveolin-1 in cancer

CIHR Funding: $910,350 (5 years)

Nobuhiko Tokuriki, department of biochemistry and molecular biology

Project: Novel antibiotic therapies that target bacterial energetic systems

CIHR Funding: $956,250 (5 years)

Michael Underhill, department of cellular and physiological sciences

Project: Tissue-resident mesenchymal progenitors and aging

CIHR Funding: $971,550 (5 years)

Cheryl Wellington, department of pathology and laboratory medicine;Angela Brooks-Wilson, department of medical genetics);Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung, department of medicine

Project: Evaluating the potential of blood biomarkers to improve Alzheimers Disease risk stratification

CIHR Funding: $1,503,224 (4 years)

Christian Steidl, department of pathology and laboratory medicine

Project: Somatic mutations in the JAK-STAT and IRF signaling pathways in Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

CIHR Funding: $1,120,725 (5 years)

Glen Tibbits, department of pathology and laboratory medicine

Project: Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT): arrhythmogenic mechanisms and personalized intervention

CIHR Funding: $924,120 (5 years)

Jan Dutz, department of dermatology and skin science

Project: Phototherapy to modulate regulatory T cells and prevent autoimmune disease

CIHR Funding: $382,499 (3 years)

Kendall Ho, department of emergency medicine

Project: Technologies for Home Medication Vigilance and Protection (TEC4Home MVP)

Priority Announcement: Health Services and Policy Research

CIHR Funding: $50,000 / Canadian Medical Association (Ottawa) Funding: $50,000

Brodie Sakakibara, department of occupational science and occupational therapy

Project: Advancing virtual care in stroke rehabilitation: TeleRehabilitation with Aims to Improve Lower Extremity Recovery Post-Stroke (TRAIL)

Priority Announcement: Health Services and Policy Research

CIHR Funding: $50,000 / Canadian Medical Association (Ottawa) Funding: $50,000

Wendy Norman, department of family practice

Project: The CART PREG-Epi Study: Pandemic Reproductive health and health Equity- Guidance from Epidemiology to improve reproductive, perinatal, and maternal mental health and substance use care

Priority Announcement: Population and Public Health Public Health Systems

CIHR Funding: $100,000

Patricia Janssen, School of Population and Public Health

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