成人大片 researchers secure CIHR grants for wide-ranging essential health research
Five 成人大片 researchers have received funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research鈥檚 Fall 2023 Project Grant Competition. Clockwise from top left: professors M. Natasha Rajah, Ian Young, Priscilla Boakye, Costin Antonescu and Trevor Hart
Five researchers from across 成人大片 (成人大片) have secured more than $1.9 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Fall 2023 competition.
Two researchers received Project Grants. One project will study the link between substance use and sexually transmitted infection among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. The other will investigate the burden of recreational water illness amongst beachgoers in Canada.
Additionally, three researchers received Priority Announcement grants that will focus on the roles of specific proteins in cancer tumour progression, culturally safe maternal mental health care and the role of biological sex and menopause in brain health.
鈥湷扇舜笃� researchers are advancing health research across a wide range of disciplines,鈥� said Steven N. Liss, 成人大片鈥檚 vice-president, research and innovation. 鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to congratulate all of the grant recipients and their collaborators who will use this funding to move forward critical investigations that will help inform the development of real-world solutions to health and well-being challenges faced today to improve care, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.鈥�
CIHR Project Grant recipients
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Community Services
CIHR Priority Announcement Grant recipients
Faculty of Arts
Priority Announcement: Intersectionality in Sex, Gender and Health Research
Faculty of Community Services
Priority Announcement: Population and Public Health
Faculty of Science
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Research
CIHR Project Grants support research across all areas of health, and CIHR Priority Announcement grants align with specific research areas within CIHR鈥檚 institutes and initiatives.
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CIHR Project Grants support innovative 成人大片 health research (July 2023)
成人大片 faculty advance health research with CIHR Project Grant support (February 2023)