III champions infection and immunity research totaling $75 million annually in both open and strategic competitions.
Supported programs:
14 CIHR Strategic Training Programs
7 New Emerging Team programs in
anti-microbial resistance
asthma
diabetes
host resistance and response
2 Health Research Programs of Excellence in
transplantation
vaccines
2 strategic grants in HIV/AIDS
20 meritorious operating and multi-user equipment grants in 2002-2003
Needs, Gaps and Opportunities Assessment grant in Safe Food and Water
Hepatitis C research grants
Controlled trial on influenza vaccination and oculo-respiratory syndrome
Champion for the Canadian Research Coalition for Safe Food and Water
Establishing the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Advisory Committee
Organizes national agenda-setting meetings
Autoimmunity November 2003
Meeting the Health Challenge of Prion Diseases April 2003
Biological Terrorism: Canadian Research Agenda January 2002
Partner in CIHR cross-institute strategic initiatives
Regenerative medicine
Clinical research
Global health
Supports conferences, workshops and symposia
Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Meeting
Canadian Infectious Disease Society Meeting
UBC Stanier Symposium on Vaccine Preparation and Vaccination
Sponsors student and post-doctoral fellow travel awards
Canadian Society for Immunology Annual Meeting
Meeting the Health Challenge of Prion Diseases
