The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2025 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health members who were awarded grants, with 12 projects receiving over $7 million in funding.
Overall, the CIHR Spring 2025 competition approved 435 research grants for a total investment of over $411 million. In addition, 46 priority announcement grants were funded for a total of over $5 million. A total of 54 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $47 million. Read the full UBC announcement
Learn more about the projects that are being led by DMCBH researchers below.
PROJECT GRANTS:
- Shernaz Bamji:
The role of the ZDHHC8 enzyme in neuronal connectivity, function and behavior - Mypinder Sekhon:
Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System - Joanne Matsubara:
Establishment of a novel multi-parametric assessment protocol for identification of distinctive pathological pathways in age-related macular degeneration - Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Liisa Galea:
Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain: Aerobic Exercise to Promote Brain Health in Perimenopause - Steven Miller:
Trajectories of Brain Maturation and Neurodevelopment in Adolescents Born Very Preterm - Steven Miller:
Brain maturation and neurodevelopment in moderate-late preterm infants - Mypinder Sekhon:
Brain-based Prediction of the dying duration in humans after withdrawal of life sustaining measures to inform donation after circulatory death. - Helen Tremlett:
Early Warning Signs of Immune-Mediated Chronic Diseases: A Comparative Study of the Prodromal Phase in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Other Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disorders (ProMS-ID) - Filip Van Petegem:
Molecular Mechanisms of Malignant Hyperthermia and Myopathies
PRIORITY ANNOUNCEMENT GRANTS:
- Douglas Allan:
Transcriptional programs of synaptic function
(Priority Announcement: Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction) - Teresa Liu-Ambrose:
Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain: Aerobic Exercise to Promote Brain Health in Perimenopause
(Priority Announcement: CIHR Institute of Aging Prize – Award of Excellence in Research in Aging) - Ipek Oruc:
Harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to investigate sex and gender differences in diabetic retinopathy
(Priority Announcement: Sex and Gender in Health Research – Advancing intersectionality in sex and gender science)
