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2008 Collaborative Health Research Projects Competition Results
NSERC and 
CIHR are pleased to announce the results of the 2008 competition for Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP).
The CHRP program received 100 applications requesting $14.6 million in year one. Of these, the 34 applications listed below were selected for funding, representing a success rate of 34 per cent and an average annual award of $127,058.
| Name Department Institution |
Project Title Co-applicants Collaborators |
Program Term Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Amsden, Brian
Department of Chemical Engineering Queen’s University |
Promotion of cartilage-to-cartilage healing
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $61,590 CIHR $61,590 NSERC |
| Amyot, Daniel School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa |
Performance management at the point of care: secure data delivery to drive clinical decision making processes for hospital quality control
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $60,250 CIHR $60,250 NSERC |
| Anglin, Carolyn Department of Civil Engineering University of Calgary |
Medical imaging of knee kinematics after joint replacement
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $47,925 CIHR $47,925 NSERC |
| Anis, Hanan School of Information Technology and Engineering University of Ottawa |
Development of a fiber optic-based exoscope for the in-vivo study of spinal cord disorders
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $67,750 CIHR $67,750 NSERC |
| Bachvarov, Dimcho Département de médecine Université Laval |
Comprehensive screening for novel epigenetic targets in advanced ovarian cancer by functional epigenomics
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $123,000 NSERC |
| Bedell, Barry Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery McGill University |
New molecular magnetic resonance imaging (mMRI) contrast agents for imaging of Cathepsin B
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,500 CIHR $69,500 NSERC |
| Bryman, Douglas Department of Physics and Astronomy The University of British Columbia |
New detectors for positron emission tomography
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $135,500 CIHR $135,500 NSERC |
| Campbell, Melanie Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Waterloo |
Localizing light in the eye for diagnostic and therapeutic applications
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,412 CIHR $69,411 NSERC |
| Cramb, David Department of Chemistry University of Calgary |
Pain relief: receptor dynamics at the single molecule level
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $60,500 CIHR $60,500 NSERC |
| Doran, Diane Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto |
Integration of bio-physiological information with a point-of-care decision support system for safer patient care
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $72,500 CIHR – Inst.itute of Aging $72,500 NSERC |
| Dowling, Patricia Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences University of Saskatchewan |
Synchrotron microanalysis of gallium as a potential therapy for antimicrobial resistant urinary tract infections
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $56,135 CIHR $56,134 NSERC |
| Dumont, Guy Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of British Columbia |
Closed-loop control of anesthesia
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $71,650 CIHR $71,650 NSERC |
| Evans, Greg Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry University of Toronto |
Development of a novel technology for in-vitro assessment of exposure to fine and ultrafine particulate matter
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $62,003 CIHR $62,004 NSERC |
| Hunter, Christopher Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of Calgary |
Regenerative therapy for the intervertebral disc
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $62,050 CIHR $62,050 NSERC |
| Hunter, Judith Department of Physical Therapy University of Toronto |
Novel tool to evaluate integrative somatosensory processing in people with central neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $65,215 CIHR $65,215 NSERC |
| Jervis, Eric Department of Chemical Engineering University of Waterloo |
In vitro characterization of human brain tumor "stem" cells: A lineage centric approach to phenotype characterization using multi-generation live cell imaging and tracking
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $58,550 CIHR $58,550 NSERC |
| Juurlink, Bernhard Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Saskatchewan |
Discovery and characterization of plant-based Phase 2 protein inducers
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $75,260 CIHR $75,260 NSERC |
| Laverty, Sheila Faculté de médecine vétérinaire Université de Montréal |
Production et implantation de substituts du LCA chez le chien
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $117,134 NSERC |
| Lerouge, Sophie Département de génie mécanique École de technologie supérieure |
Novel plasma polymerised coatings for vascular implants
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $78,800 CIHR $78,800 NSERC |
| Leroux, Jean-Christophe
Faculté de pharmacie Université de Montréal |
Fabrication of dispersed drug nanocrystals by femtosecond laser ablation in water
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,000 CIHR $69,000 NSERC |
| Luyt, Leonard Department of Chemistry The University of Western Ontario |
Development of GLP-1 receptor probes for imaging changes in beta cell mass
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $64,050 CIHR $64,050 NSERC |
| Mandelis, Andreas Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Toronto |
Development of a sensitive noninvasive biothermophotonic device for blood glucose monitoring in diabetic patients
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $48,250 CIHR $48,250 NSERC |
| Omanovic, Sasha Department of Chemical Engineering McGill University |
Enhancement of biocompatibility of coronary stents by surface immobilization of fibronectin and controlled tailoring of protein-cell interactions
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $92,440 CIHR $92,441 NSERC |
| Patel, Rajnikant Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Western Ontario |
An optimal planning strategy for robot-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $66,681 CIHR $66,682 NSERC |
| Piret, James Michael Smith Laboratories The University of British Columbia |
Engineered advances for clinical applications of gene therapy
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $87,003 CIHR $87,003 NSERC |
| Sayari, Abdelhamid Department of Chemistry University of Ottawa |
Novel CO2 absorbents for anaesthesia delivery apparatus
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $68,000 CIHR $68,000 NSERC |
| Schrader, John The Biomedical Research Centre The University of British Columbia |
Microfluidic technologies for high-throughput monocIonal antibody selection from single cells
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $118,198 CIHR $118,198 NSERC |
| Sleiman, Hanadi Department of Chemistry McGill University |
Microfluidic detection system for profiling multiple cancer biomarkers in serum with ultrahigh sensitivity and specificity
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $92,400 CIHR $92,400 NSERC |
| Stashuk, Daniel Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo |
Clinical characterization of muscle using quantitative electromyographic signal analysis
|
Group 2 Yrs Inst. 1 $71,356 NSERC |
| Taylor, Margot Department of Diagnostic Imaging The Hospital for Sick Children |
Neuroimaging measures of brain function in preterm neonates
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $100,000 CIHR – Inst.itute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health $23,635 NSERC |
| Turner, Robin Michael Smith Laboratories The University of British Columbia |
A spectrochemical imaging system for rapid and nondisruptive screening for pluripotency and differentiation in cultures of embryonic stem cells
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $58,655 CIHR $58,665 NSERC |
| West, Lori Department of Pediatrics University of Alberta |
Nanosystems in transplantation: blood group antigens as immunologic tolerogens for infant heart transplantation
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $65,614 CIHR $65,614 NSERC |
| Young, Robert Department of Chemistry Simon Fraser University |
Prostaglandin E2 receptor subtype 4 agonist-bisphosphonate conjugates as novel therapeutics for osteoporosis
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $117,800 CIHR – Inst.itute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis |
| Zhu, Jingxu (Jesse) Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering The University of Western Ontario |
Pulmonary delivery of surfactant for treatment of lung diseases
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $59,610 CIHR $59,610 NSERC |
