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2006 Collaborative Health Research Projects Competition Results,

NSERC and CIHR are pleased to announce the results of the seventh competition for Collaborative Health Research Projects.

NSERC received 54 applications requesting $7.4 million in year one. Of these, the 18 applications listed below were selected for funding, representing a success rate of 33% and an average annual award of $121,160.

Collaborative Health Research Projects –
2006 Competition Awards
Name/
Department/
Institution
Project Title/
Co-applicants/
Collaborators
Program/
Term/
$ Awarded
Archambault, Denis

Département des sciences biologiques
Université du Québec à Montréal
Développement d'une nouvelle approche vaccinale pour l'induction d'une immunité spécifique du rotavirus humain
  • F. Sarhan
  • M. Lessard
  • B.M. Massie
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$96,270 NSERC
$96,270 CIHR
Cloutier, Guy

Département de radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire
Université de Montréal
In vivo validation of endovascular and non-invasive ultrasound elastography methods
  • J. Meunier
  • G. Soulez
  • S. Lerouge
  • R.L. Maurice
  • J.C. Tardif
  • R. Mongrain
  • J. Ohayon
  • M.F. Giroux
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$96,269 NSERC
$96,269 CIHR
Haynes, Charles

Michael Smith Laboratories
University of British Columbia
U-STAR: Universal sequence-tag array technology for absolute quantification of per cell transcript profiles
  • M.W. Blades
  • P. Hieter
  • L. Chrostowski
  • R.F.B. Turner
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$83,157 NSERC
$83,156 CIHR
Goussard, Yves

Département de génie électrique
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Reduction of metal artifacts in X-ray computed tomography. Application to vascular imaging in the presence of stents
  • G.R.J. Beaudoin
  • G. Cloutier
  • G. Soulez
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$57,640 NSERC
$57,640 CIHR
Kolios, Michael

Department of Physics
Ryerson University
Functional OptoAcoustic (fOA) imaging for monitoring and guiding cancer treatments
  • W.M. Whelan
  • G.J. Czarnota
  • Y. Xu
  • A. Oraevsky
  • R. Kerbel
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$68,962 NSERC
$68,961 CIHR
Lina, Jean-Marc

Département de génie électrique
École de technologie supérieure
Time-frequency signal processing for seizure prediction in epileptic patients
  • J. Gotman
  • F. Dubeau
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$37,400 NSERC
$37,400 CIHR
Mantovani, Diego

Département de génie des mines, de la métallurgie et matériaux
Université Laval
Advanced materials and processes for a new class of degradable coronary stents
  • J. Couët
  • M. Arsenault
  • S. Cloutier
  • G. Barbeau
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$59,800 NSERC
$59,800 CIHR
McKeown, Martin

Brain Research Centre University Hospital
University of British Columbia Site
Making the connection: Methods to infer functional connectivity in brain studies
  • R. Abugharbieh
  • M.F. Beg
  • X. Huang
  • Z.J. Wang
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$63,775 NSERC
$0 CIHR
$63,775 CIHR
Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA)
Meunier, Michel

Département de génie physique
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Novel nanocolloids photosensitizers produced by femtosecond laser ablation in aqueous solutions for tasks of cancer therapy
  • L.D. Lilge
  • A.V. Kabashin
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$73,000 NSERC
$73,000 CIHR
Michalowski, Wojtek

School of Management
University of Ottawa
Triage support at the point of care: Methodologies for ubiquitous systems in the emergency department
  • S.J. Matwin
  • A.J. Adler
  • C.M. Adams
  • K.J. Farion
  • S. Rubin
  • J. Pike
  • J. Reisman
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$53,250 NSERC
$53,250 CIHR
Pineau, Joelle

School of Computer Science
McGill University
Adaptive stimulation design for the treatment of epilepsy
  • M. Avoili
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$46,056 NSERC
$46,056 CIHR
Rakheja, Subhash

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Concordia University
Musculoskeletal loading of seated occupational drivers exposed to whole-body vibration; vibration control
  • J.P.Dickey
  • S. Ma
  • C.-Y. Su
  • P.-E. Boileau
  • R.G. DeMont
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$45,975 NSERC
$45,975 CIHR
Salcudean, Septimu

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of British Columbia
Image-based guidance system for prostate brachytherapy
  • I. Spadinger
  • J. Morris
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$53,381 NSERC
$53,381 CIHR
Sheardown, Heather

Department of Chemical Engineering
McMaster University
Screening methods for the development of novel ophthalmic biomaterials
  • J.A. West-Mays
  • M.A. Brook
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$47,000 NSERC
$47,000 CIHR
Simmons, Craig

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto
Investigation of mesenchymal progenitor cell response to mechanobiological stimuli using novel MEMS-based array platform
  • J.E. Davies
  • Y. Sun
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$66,500 NSERC
$66,500 CIHR
Stashuk, Daniel

Department of Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
Facilitated measurement of neuromuscular junction operational stability
  • T. Doherty
  • M.W. Nicolle
Group
2 Yrs Inst 1
$20,675 NSERC
$20,675 CIHR
Vasdev, Neil

Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Synthesis, radiosynthesis and biological evaluation of beta-adrenergic receptor imaging agents for positron emission tomography
  • S. Houle
  • A.A. Wilson
  • J. Meyer
  • N. Ginovart
  • A.K. Yudin
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$50,706 NSERC
$50,707 CIHR
McIlroy, William

Department of Physical Therapy
University of Toronto
The personal therapist: a smart ambulatory monitoring system to facilitate recovery following stroke
  • E. Black
  • W.H. Gage
  • K.F. Zabjek
  • D. Brooks
  • S. Hill
Group
3 Yrs Inst 1
$0 NSERC
$0 CIHR
$48,502 CIHR – Institute of Aging

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Updated: 
2006-04-13
2006-04-24

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