Quirion named one of 250 most-cited neuroscientists
According to ISIHighlyCited.com, Dr. Remi Quirion, CIHR's Scientific Director for the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction, has been listed as one of the most highly cited international researchers in the field of neuroscience for the years 1981-1999.
December 20 2002
As we venture further into controversial embryonic research, we need public debate on ethics and aims
December 16 2002
UBC researchers discover protein
Dr. Natalie Strynadka, an associate professor of biochemistry at the University of British Columbia, has discovered a protein that helps Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), one of the worst superbugs resist antibiotics. It is a finding that could help scientists develop a drug to combat the protein. The Victoria Times-Colonist, November 19, 2002
Rhodes Scholar visits CIHR
On December 10, Dr. An Wen Chan, a visiting Rhodes scholar from Oxford University, lectured CIHR staff about bias in evaluating the selective reporting of outcomes in clinical trials. [ photo ]
Memory Precision Varies Between Adults and Youth
According to a study conducted at Toronto's Rotman Research Institute by the CIHR-funded Dr. Brian Levine, older adults produced more general factual information than younger adults in autobiographical recall.
Kelton receives accolade from Madame Clarkson
On November 22, Dr. David Kelton was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities. Dr. Kelton's research, which has been continuously funded by CIHR, has helped determine which women need blood transfusions when giving birth, and also help those who have experienced difficult caesarian sections. The Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 2002.
Dr. Benedikt Fischer, a CIHR-funded researcher, has been awarded the IVO-AWARD --an international award for young researchers in the field of addiction to alcohol, drugs, smoking or other forms of addiction.
Dr. J. Gregory Cairncross, a CIHR-funded researcher, has received a $3 million Chair in Brain Tumor Research in Southern Alberta from the Alberta Cancer Foundation.
Agreement offers promise for cardiac patients
Dr. Adolfo de Bold, a CIHR-funded researcher, has signed a license agreement with SYN-X Pharma to develop and commercialize two patents that will provide new valuable diagnostic tools for patients with heart disease.
Gene identification could fight rare diseases
Drs. David Rosenblum and Thomas Hudson, CIHR-funded researchers from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), along University of Calgary investigators have discovered genes that underlie two diseases which might cause everything from brain damage to mental retardation in infancy.
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November 28 2002
Romanow Report calls for transformation of health care system
The final report of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, commonly referred to as the 'Romanow Report', highlights the link between health research and a sustainable health care system. CIHR welcomes the report and its recommendations.
November 13 2002
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Gerry Byrne, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) announced today on behalf of Industry Minister Allan Rock an investment of $130.1 million to support the creation of 123 new Canada Research Chairs at 37 universities across Canada.
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Dr. Jeff Reading, Scientific Director for Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, will host Health Canada's 4th Annual "Amyot Lecture." The lecture series is named in honour of Dr. J.A. Amyot, who was associated with the development of the typhoid and smallpox vaccines, the filtration and chlorination of water, as well as the pasteurization of milk. This year, Dr. Reading will focus the Amyot Lecture on CIHR's eight ground-breaking Aboriginal Capacity and Deveopmental Research Environments (ACADRE) centres.
November 6 2002
On November 7, Discovery Health Channel will profile CIHR-funded Dr. Michael Hayden and his groundbreaking work in Huntington's Disease.
October 25 2002
The Senate committee today announced their final report entitled, The Health of Canadians, the Federal Role. The committee report, commonly referred to as the 'Kirby report', makes recommendations for new sources of financing to ensure the fiscal sustainability of Canada's publicly funded health care system. CIHR welcomes the report and its recommendations.
October 21 2002
Submission to Canada's Innovation Strategy
CIHR has submitted seven recommendations to the Government of Canada. These recommendations, which vary from increased funding to training to the creation of Centres for Health Innovation, are all intended to ensure that health and health research are keystones in the Innovation Strategy.
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Bernstein talks about CIHR in Hospital News
In the October 2002 issue of Hospital News, Dr. Alan Bernstein talks about CIHR and how we can partner with hospitals on the frontline of health research in order to effect positive change in Canada's health care system.
October 16 2002
New Hope In Fight Against Macular Degeneration
Dr. Sanjay Sharma, a CIHR- researcher, will determine the cost benefits of high dose of vitamin supplements in the fight against age-related macular degeneration (disease that robs people of central vision). Dr. Sharma's work is being highlighted on the American Academy of Ophthalmology's website. Search for: keywords: "vitamin supplementation" / presenter: "sharma")
October 15 2002
Governing Council Members reappointed
By Order-in-Council, on October 1, Drs. Stephanie Atkinson, Alastair Cribb, Philippe Gros and Kevin Keough have been reappointed to Governing Council for a three year term.
October 10 2002
On October 4, Dr. Réjean Hébert, Scientific Director for CIHR's Institute of Aging, was a keynote speaker at the University of Calgary's Summit on the Future of Gerentological Education and Research in Alberta which brought together 125 policy makers, educators, researchers, employers, students and seniors.
October 9 2002
Dosch discovers protein related to immune disease
Dr. Hans-Michael Dosch, a CIHR-funded researcher, has discovered a protein that is associated with Sjögren syndrome - a rare autoimmune disease that affects the tear and saliva glands. Dr. Dosch plans to study 100 Sjögren patients in preparation for possible trials of a vaccine.
October 7 2002
CIHR-funded researchers hit TV screens
"Chasing the Cure," a new documentary series on the Discovery Health channel, will debut in November with prominent CIHR-funded researchers such as Drs. Brett Finlay, Brenda Gallie, Michael Hayden and Freda Miller. The first show airs November 7.
October 3 2002
October 1 2002
Inherited Genes Risk Factor For Breast Cancer, Study Shows
Dr. Norman Boyd, a CIHR-funded researcher at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital, has discovered that genetic factors determine 60-67 percent of a Western woman's breast density - which is a major factor for breast cancer.
September 30 2002
CIHR President welcomes Throne Speech commitment to improving the health of Canadians
Dr. Alan Bernstein comments on the importance of health research in supporting the health of Canadians
September 26 2002
Comparing Drugs Leads to New Discovery
Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, a CIHR-funded scientist from Toronto's Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, has discovered that people who take Vioxx, a pain medication, are twice as likely to be admitted to the hospital with ulcer problems than those who use Celebrex to relieve pain. Globe and Mail, September 20, 2002
CIHR mourns the loss of a health research leader
On behalf of the entire Canadian health research community, Dr. Alan Bernstein extends his condolences to the family of Dr. Sandy Kirkley, an orthopedic surgeon and a member of CIHR's clinical trials committee, who died tragically in a plane crash on September 9. National Post, September 10, 2002
CIHR helps wrap up Researchers series
On September 16, the Ottawa Citizen profiled CIHR and its new vision for health research in one of the final articles of "The Researchers" series. In this article, Dr. Alan Bernstein refers to the "tremendous new energy" in Canada for health research. Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 2002
September 20 2002
Exciting Funding Opportunities with Burroughs Wellcome Fund
In early-July, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) announced up to $750,000 for individual awards in three program areas: clinical scientist awards in translational research, career awards in biomedical sciences and investigators in pathogenesis of infectious disease. The application deadlines are different for these awards and are set for September, October and November respectively.
September 13 2002
Queen's Universitiy's Dr. James F. Brien, who is leading a CIHR New Emerging Team grant program about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), will webcast the results a roundtable discussion held on International FAS Awareness Day.
September 12 2002
National Forum to Identify Research Priorities for the Environmental Influences on Health
This paper focuses on academic research and will guide the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in laying a solid foundation for the development of a national research agenda on the relationship between health and the environment.
International collaboration to study stigma
CIHR and the NIH's Fogarty International Center (FIC), along with other international partners, request applications for the Stigma and Global Health Research Program. Applications are due by November 14, 2002, and the deadline for receipt of letters of intent is October 14, 2002, For more information, please go to http://www.nih.gov/
September 10 2002
Invention connects brain functioning to limb control
CIHR-funded neuroscientist Stephen Scott and a team of researchers hope to understand how the human brain co-ordinates arm and leg movements by testing a robotic device -the KINARM-on stroke patients.
September 5 2002
Some pre-terms suffer from low IQ
Dr. Joyce Magill-Evans, a CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Alberta, has discovered that children who are born prematurely, but are otherwise healthy, tend to have lower IQs and less-developed language skills by the time they reach age of 10. National Post, September 4, 2002.
OCD linked to gene
Dr. James Kennedy, a CIHR-funded geneticist from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, has found that the 1D-beta gene is linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- and could become a genetic target for drug therapy. National Post, September 4, 2002
August 28 2002
Building on the Past to Find out about the Future
Dr. Clyde Hertzman, an Institute Advisory Board Member for CIHR's Institute of Population and Public Health and colleagues, recently reported in the British Medical Journal that birth weight and social class at birth have a strong influence on cognitive function in children. Their work uses data from the 1958 British Cohort Study.
August 27 2002
In an article, which ran in Behavioural Neuroscience, CIHR-funded Dr. Claude Messier, from the University of Ottawa, has demonstrated that regulation of glucose levels has a direct effect on cognitive abilities among young people.
August 26 2002
Profiling Proteomics
A number of CIHR-funded researchers, recently published in prestige scientific journals such as Science and Nature Reviews, clearly demonstrate Canada's breadth of talent in the field of proteomics.
August 23 2002
Brain, heal thyself
CIHR-funded researcher Dr. Richard Dyck, from Faculties of Medicine and Social Sciences at the University of Calgary, is trying to find new ways to heal traumatic brain injury in adults through cell regeneration, by first learning how the process works in young animals.
September 2002 RFA Pre-Announcements
CIHR Institutes and their partners are pleased to announce September 2002 strategic funding opportunities
August 21 2002
Taking the punch out of inflammatory bowel disease
CIHR-funded Dr. Wallace MacNaughton, from the University of Calgary, is using innovative research methods with compounds such as nitric oxide (NO) to conquer inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), like Crohn's and Colitis.
August 14 2002
Minister McLellan Announces $5.4 Million for Manitoba Health Research Projects
1st International Conference on Inner City Health
Sponsored by St. Michael's Hospital, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Government of Ontario, this 1st International Conference on Inner City Health will be held from October 3-6th, 2002 in Toronto and will bring together researchers, practitioners, community members and policy makers interested in research to improve the health of the disadvantaged. For more information, please contact ich@absolutevents.com
August 13 2002
Health Canada Revises the Medical Marijuana Research Program
Research involving a broader scope of investigations will now be considered under the program. Projects involving non-smoked marijuana and cannabinoids will now be considered.
August 7 2002
Hébert talks about aging and healthcare
In an Op-ed piece submitted to Le Devoir and The Globe and Mail, Dr. Réjean Hébert, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Aging, suggests that if the Canadian healthcare system implemented current scientific findings, things would improve for Canada's elderly population. He added that research in the field of aging must be a top priority because it will help policymakers predict the needs of aging Canadians.
August 1 2002
CIHR Greets Dewandre with a 'scientific' luncheon
On August 1, CIHR President, Dr. Alan Bernstein, and Dr. Miriam Stewart, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health, hosted a luncheon on the occasion of an international visit from Dr. Nicole Dewandre, Head of Unit, Women and Science of the European Commission.
July 31 2002
Acne medication attacks cancer tumours
CIHR-funded researcher Gurmit Singh has found that a common acne medication can reduce certain kinds of cancer tumours by 70 per cent in animal tests-a discovery that may one day lead to a safe and inexpensive cancer treatment that could spare the lives of thousands of Canadians who die each year after their breast or prostate cancer spreads to the bones. - Calgary Herald - July 6, 2002
Canadian scientists awarded $5.6 million to study breast cancer
Through the CBCRI-a unique partnership of groups from the public, private and non-profit sectors-CIHR is helping to fund the largest Canadian research competition on record to specifically target the lifestyle and environmental factors that cause breast cancer, and how women can be proactive to decrease their risk of the disease.
Eleven CIHR researchers to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Scientific Director Philip Branton and CIHR researchers Christopher Bleackley, Carol Cass, Mitchell Halperin, John Kelton, Edith McGeer, Patrick McGeer, Richard Rachubinski, Peter St. George-Hyslop, Michael Tyers and Cecil Yip are among the distinguished individuals to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada-an accolade to which scholars and scientists aspire.
Canadian researchers do more with less
A new study reveals that Canadian research is having a growing impact on the world's scientific advances even as Canadian publications account for a declining proportion of the globe's scientific literature. - Globe and Mail, July 2, 2002
Sweet smells ease pain for women
CIHR-funded researcher Serge Marchand and his research group discover that sweet smells significantly lessen a woman's pain, while foul smells slightly worsen it. Aromas good or bad had no effect on men.
Can circumcision prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS?
A $6-million Canadian-American research project funded by CIHR and the NIH is attempting to determine whether circumcision can stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. - National Post, July 2, 2002
XIV International AIDS Conference aims to put knowledge into action
CIHR researchers are among the many Canadian participants at the XIV International AIDS Conference who will work together to review the knowledge gained through science and experience, and use this knowledge to commit to action. The conference takes place in Barcelona, Spain from July 7-12, 2002.
July 26 2002
Inserm - AVENIR 2002 Call for Proposals : Program for the promotion of young researchers
Inserm launches "AVENIR 2002", a program for the promotion of young scientists, clinicians, post-doctoral fellows (no nationality restriction) with a top-ranking scientific project.
July 11 2002
New and improved! CIHR forms, guidelines and guides - July 2002
CIHR has released new Research and CV modules, user-friendly guidelines for completing modules, and the 2002-2003 Grants and Awards Guides.
July 10 2002
New and Revised Peer Review Committees for the September 15th Open Operating Grant Competition
Registration Deadline August 15th
July 5 2002
Alan Bernstein and CIHR researchers appointed to the Order of Canada
Alan Bernstein and CIHR researchers Bartha Maria Knoppers, Patrick McGrath, and Lorne Tyrell have been appointed Officers of the Order of Canada - our country's highest honour for lifetime achievement.
July 4 2002
New member appointed to Governing Council
The Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Health announces the appointment of Dr. Michel Bureau - head of the FRSQ - to CIHR's Governing Council. [ Biography ]
Kids traumatized after surgery
A national study led by CIHR-funded researcher Janet Rennick finds that young children who undergo invasive hospital procedures can be traumatized for months after they return home.
Heart gene holds promise for new treatments
CIHR researcher Josef Penninger and his team discover that a recently identified gene protects against heart disease, creating a potential target for drug therapies as well as the possibility that doctors may one day be able to screen for some forms of cardiovascular disease before symptoms occur. The findings are published in Nature 417, 822 - 828 (2002) and the abstract can be viewed at http://www.nature.com/.
A CIHR-funded study led by Michael Taylor identifies a novel gene that when mutated results in medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumour found in children.
Study to focus on health of rural seniors
Geriatrician Chris MacKnight is leading a national CIHR-funded study to see if Canada's rural seniors are fit or frail. His hypothesis is seniors who live in the country are frailer than their urban counterparts.
June 25 2002
Governing Council highlights from June 2002 meeting in Ottawa
June 2002 Competition Results now availableGoverning Council met in Ottawa, June 19 - 20, to review the results of the March 2002 health research competition. Detailed results of the March 2002 health research competition are now available.
CIHR turns two and boasts a new organizational structure
In its short, two-year history, CIHR has achieved a number of operational and organizational milestones. At an all-staff celebration of CIHR's second birthday, president Alan Bernstein praises CIHR's new organizational structure and looks to a bright future
June 24 2002
Upcoming Randomised Controlled Trial Competitions
The September 2002 and November 2002 Randomised Controlled Trial competitions are being merged into the November deadline. The September 2002 competition is not being cancelled
CIHR-funded researcher Jocelyne Feine finds that Canadian seniors would lead healthier, happier lives if dental implants replaced conventional dentures as the standard treatment for missing teeth.
June 12 2002
Cast your Vote!
CIHR president Alan Bernstein and CIHR researchers Ray Rajotte, James Shapiro, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Freda Millar and James Rutka are among the Globe and Mail's 50 nominees for Canada's top nation builder. Let the Globe know who you'd put at the top of the list! - The Globe and Mail, June 8, 2002
Canadian postdoc wins prize for excellence
Canadian fellow Frederic Charron recently received the prestigious Beckman Fellowship at Stanford-an award intended to identify, support and help develop the next generation of outstanding scientists, who demonstrate the highest levels of excellence in their accomplishments, capacity for independent work, and ability to compete for the most prestigious academic and other positions.
June 7 2002
CIHR makes a splash at Healthfest 2002
Thanks to the extraordinary help of eight volunteers, some dynamic experiments that involved everything from genetically-modified mice to population-based studies of home heart care, CIHR was a tremendous hit at this year's Healthfest exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) on June 1. The exhibition, which offered free admission to the Canadian public at large, saw over 5,000 people pass through the OSC doors in only five hours. [ Photo ]
June 5 2002
Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics (PRE) - Position Paper (June 4, 2002)
More patients die in for-profit hospitals
A study involving more than 26,000 hospitals led by CIHR researcher Philip Devereaux finds that private for-profit ownership of hospitals presents a higher risk of death for patients in comparison with private not-for-profit ownership
June 3 2002
Bad news on medicine for kids not published
CIHR researcher Terry Klassen find that only 60 per cent of randomized trials conducted with children over a recent three-year period were published in journals leaving doctors in the dark about what medical treatments really work.
May 30 2002
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: The Ethics of Derivation
CIHR Governing Council member Dr. Françoise Baylis outlines the need to develop sound policies and procedures, in a timely and coordinated fashion, to ensure that the few human embryos available for embryonic stem cell research are used judiciously.
May 23 2002
A new Canadian study under the direction of CIHR psychologist Marlene Moretti will seek to understand girls' aggression and violent behaviour
Reducing the Risk of Stroke
In a study involving 9,000 patients at risk of stroke or cardiovascular disease, CIHR researcher Jackie Bosch found that there were 61% fewer fatal strokes in people who took the drug Ramipril - The Calgary Sun, May 11, 2002
Canadians rank among the world's best innovators
CIHR researcher Fiona Brinkman is among three Canadians to make MIT's list of the world's top innovators for her work combating deadly microbial pathogens - National Post, May 15, 2002
May 17 2002
Launch of the 2002 Proof of Principle Program
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research is pleased to announce the launch of the 2002 Proof of Principle Initiative Competition
May 16 2002
Celeste Johnston-a CIHR researcher looking into ways of diminishing pain in preterm babies-finds that skin-to-skin contact between premature babies and their mothers, music, and sugar can all reduce the discomfort caused by painful procedures
Montreal Scientists Find Epilepsy Gene
CIHR-funded scientist Guy Rouleau and a team of Montreal scientists discover the gene that causes juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)- one of a category of common disorders that are called "classical" epilepsies
May 8 2002
Turning Intestinal Cells into Islet Cells
Working with colleagues in Japan, CIHR scientist Norman Wong discovers that intestinal cells can be stimulated into producing insulin - a hormone that millions of diabetics are lacking
May 1 2002
Acne drug may help ALS sufferers
Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien discovers that an antibiotic commonly prescribed for acne may slow the development of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. CIHR supports this research through the Neuromuscular Research Partnership.
Viagra may be used to treat rare disease
CIHR researcher Evangelos Michelakis discovers that Viagra holds promise as a treatment for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension-a rare, debilitating disease with a very poor prognosis.
April 30 2002
Trigger for Genetic Mutation Pinpointed
CIHR-funded scientist Dr. Christopher Pearson identifies the DNA flanking region as the trigger for genetic mutations underlying a family of neurological disorders.
Nature Immunology's special focus on hematopoietic stem cells cites classical papers in the field-many of which are by Canadian researchers.
CIHR researchers make R.O.B.'s Top Forty Under 40
Mickie Bhatia, Michael Sherar, Molly Shoichet and Christopher Hogue are among the "best and brightest" innovators showcased in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business.
Innovative Teaching
Jeffrey Nisker - a mentor in CIHR's Strategic Training Initiative in Research in Reproductive Health Sciences - receives the certificate of merit award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education.
The institute of Infection and Immunity is celebrating its grand opening on May 3rd with a symposium featuring top scientists talking about vaccines, viruses and more!
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A team led by CIHR-funded researcher Julio Montaner has developed a test that may allow doctors to predict which HIV/AIDS patients are at risk of suffering debilitating side effects from drug cocktails and to isolate the drug responsible
March 19, 2002
Recognizing Excellence
Dr. Alan Bernstein presents a plaque to the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal in recognition of their outstanding contributions to health research
March 15, 2002
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Congratulations Guy D'Aloisio!
Guy D'Aloisio, former Director of Corporate Services Branch at CIHR, was the successful candidate for the new position of Vice-President, Services and Operations Portfolio. Guy D'Aloisio's appointment, which started on February 26, marks the second of four Vice-President Portfolio placements
March 7, 2002
The formation of national and international collaborations centered around pressing health research problems can greatly benefit a global community faced by the accelerating burden of illness...
CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Genetics announce a joint program to fund the access to the Celera Discovery System for Canadian researchers
March 6, 2002
March 5, 2002
CIHR Institutes and their partners are pleased to announce first strategic funding opportunities for 2002
March 4, 2002
Under CIHR's new guidelines, funding for research leading to human cloning will be prohibited, but other stem cell research will be eligible for funding giving hope to patients suffering from debilitating diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes
March 1, 2002
CIHR -funded neuroscientist Alan Evans is charting a "map" of the brain that is becoming the standard against which abnormalities such as Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia are diagnosed - St. John's Telegram, February 24, 2002
February 27, 2002
The Ontario March of Dimes and CIHR have jointly announced funding support for two postdoctoral fellowship awards in the area of physical disabilities research. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and the deadline for applications is April 1, 2002
CIHR -funded researchers Greg Ferrier and Susan Howlett discover a mechanism that may be responsible for weakened heart muscle contractions in heart failure patients
February 25, 2002
CIHR is pleased to announce the final and complete results of the Institutional Development Grant competition
February 22, 2002
We are very excited to announce that we are entering the design and build phase of the new CIHR website...
February 20, 2002
A CIHR-supported study led by Dr. Klaus Wrogemann identifies the gene responsible for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2H - a dystrophy so far seen only in Hutterites
February 19, 2002
A new a five-year collaboration between CIHR's Institute of Genetics, the Canadian Genetic Diseases Network and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics is expected to accelerate the discovery of disease-causing genes to the benefit of citizens worldwide
Dr. Mark Bisby, former Director of Programs Branch at CIHR, was the successful candidate for the position of Vice-President, Research Portfolio. Dr. Bisby's appointment, which started on February 4, marks the first of four Vice-President Portfolio placements
CIHR -funded researcher Leon Glass advances our understanding of factors leading to fatal cardiac rhythms by examining why the electrical impulses that cause the heart's muscle fibers to contract are sometimes transformed into troublesome whirlpool-like spirals of electrical activity
February 15, 2002
Alan Bernstein is one of 50 remarkable individuals selected by Maclean's magazine for their influence on events-and thought-within Canadian boundaries - Maclean's, February 18, 2002
By studying mice, CIHR-funded researcher Christopher Kovacs shows that the transfer of calcium from mother to fetus to mineralize the skeleton may occur in a specialized area of the placenta, and not in the trophoblasts as previously thought
Following his research into the merits of two proven asthma drugs, CIHR-funded researcher Paul O'Byrne believes asthmatics can greatly reduce their risk of a flare-up with Symbicort--a medication that combines the two drugs in a single inhaler - Hamilton Spectator, February 13, 2002
Dr. Colin Sharpe finds that women prescribed some of the tricyclic antidepressants to treat depression show an elevated risk of breast cancer 11- 15 years later. CIHR supports this research through the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative
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CIHR funds the B.C. Women's Hospital to research how the health care system can more effectively respond to the problem of benzodiazepine dependence among Canadians - Vancouver Sun, February 1, 2002
CIHR -supported researchers Richard Weisel and Ren-ke Li seek ethics approval to test a new technique involving the injection of stem cells to repair damaged heart - Globe and Mail, Saturday, February 9, 2002
February 12, 2002
AIDS Researcher Donates $1-Million Prize
Battling Bioterrorism - National Post, February 4 , 2002
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Painkilling Discovery
February 6, 2002
At the vanguard of a growing field of medicine called psychoneuroimmunology, CIHR researcher Margaret Richter explores the possible connection between strep throat and obsessive-compulsive disorders in children - Kingston-Whig Standard, January 15, 2002
Controlling the Growth of Facial Features
Canadians Recognized for First-rate Science
Diabetes Trial
February 5, 2002
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Unexpected Findings
New Hope for Infertile Women
January 31, 2002
Neonatal Mortality
Cancer Resistance
Body Building
January 29, 2002
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Can Music Keep your Mind Young?
Dying with Dignity
Exercise is Key to Good Health
January 24, 2002
Today, Ellis Rubinstein (pictured left), the Washington-based editor of Science magazine, met with Dr. Alan Bernstein (pictured right), CIHR's President, and gave a fascinating lecture to all CIHR staff about the groundbreaking future paths his publication will take on paper and on the web
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Governing Council (GC), former GC member Dr. David Dodge, now the Governor of the Bank of Canada, received a framed certificate from cihr's President, Dr. Alan Bernstein, as current GC members looked on la scène
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