Eight scientists from Women’s College Hospital (WCH) have been awarded new funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) as part of the Spring 2024 Project Grant competition. This program aims to support ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related knowledge, healthcare, health systems, or health outcomes.
In this competition, 2,443 grants were submitted to CIHR. Of these, 441 were funded with an overall funding rate of 18.1 per cent. At WCH, 14 applications were submitted to the competition and 8 were funded. Overall, WCH received around $4.1 million in funding from the competition.
In addition, WCH’s scientists Dr. Aaron Drucker and Rachel Savage were ranked #1 in their committees. Congratulations to all the grant award recipients!
Below are the WCH scientists and their research projects:
| Scientist | Research Project | Funding |
| Dr. Husam Abdel-Qadir, MD | The Judicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial | $100,000 over 1 year |
| Dr. Crystal Clark, MD | Characterization of Reproductive Mental Health among Black Birthing Canadians | $306,000 over 3 years |
| Dr. Aaron Drucker, MD | Comparative efficacy and safety of topical treatments for psoriasis | $229,500 over 2 years |
| Joanne Kotsopoulos, PhD | Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ in Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant | $699,976 over 5 years |
| Dr. David Lim, MD | LOBCAN: a prospective, multi-centre cohort study of treatment and outcomes for invasive lobular breast carcinoma in Canada | $546,976 over 5 years |
| Dr. Rulan Parek, MD | Inflammatory And Genetic Risk Associated With Kidney Disease Progression Among Zambian HIV-Infected Persons | $1,197,226 over 5 years |
| Rachel Savage, PhD | An intersectional and life course approach to loneliness in middle-aged and older adults: generating evidence for tailored and equitable action | $474,300 over 3 years |
| Dr. Nathan Stall, MD | A National Study on the Health Impacts and Experience of Family Caregiving for Canadians Living with Dementia | $537,750 over 3 years |