Research Grant Success
Congratulations to the following recipients of Western Strategic Support grants effective January 1, 2021:
Dr. Lisa Cameron
Western Strategic Support for CIHR Success Seed Grant
"Identifying Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Asthma Sever"
Dr. Gerald McKinley
Western Strategic Support for SSHRC Success Open Grant
“Self-Harm and Online Communities: An Exploratory Study of Health Promotion Projects to Increase Knowledge about NSSH”
Dr. Francisco Olea-Popelka
Western Strategic Support for SSHRC Success Open Grant
"Understanding and Addressing the Realities, Experiences, and Challenges of Community Health Volunteers as Agents for Behaviour Change in the Context of Human and Zoonotic Tuberculosis in Kajiado County, Kenya."
Dr. Qi Zhang
Western Strategic Support for CIHR Success Seed Grant
"Characterizing the Amygdala Involvement in Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy"
Dr. Liena Zhao
Western Strategic Support for CIHR Success Seed Grant
"Regulation of YAP/TAZ Signaling in Liver Disease"
In addition, Dr. Qi Zhang received a Cancer Pathology Translational Research Grant from the Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network for his application on developing a machine learning algorithm for differentiating pseudo- and true invasion in colorectal polyps. This award will be effective in February 2021.
