Congratulations to all IDIGH PIs who have been awarded a CIHR grant!

IDIGH Program members are highlighted in bold along with the titles and amounts awarded:

CIHR Project Grant

Submitted by members of the IDIGH program:

• Dr. Nitika Pai  (principal investigator), Drs. Samira A Rahimi,  Susan J Barlett, Nora Engel, Suma Nair, Qihuang Zhang (co-investigators) Feasibility of AnkaSmart!: a wearable-based innovation to improve sexual and reproductive health of young adult populations in India 100 000$/1yr 
• Dr. Madhukar Pai (principal investigator), Drs. Claudia M Denkinger, Sophie Huddart, Mikashmi Kohli, Charity Omenka, Prachi Shukla, Poshan Thapa (co-investigators) Empowering informal healthcare providers to detect tuberculosis using tongue swabs: a field-based, open-label, cluster randomized trial in India 569,926$/3yrs
• Drs. Sasha Bernatsky, Juan A Avina-Zubieta, Hong Chen, Audrey Smargiassi (principal investigators), Drs. Parveen Bhatti, May Y Choi, Jessica Widdifield, Naizhuo Zhao (co-investigators) Environmental factors and risk of autoimmune rheumatic disease incidence and serology 100 000$/1yr
• Dr. Ciriaco Piccirillo (principal investigator), Drs Elie Haddad, Fabien Touzot (co-investigators) Modelling of human FOXP3+ regulatory T cell functional development in health and disease using artificial thymic organoids.1,426,725$/5yrs

Submitted by members of other programs or institutions:

• Drs. Tomoko Takano, Ciriaco Piccirillo (principal investigators), Dr. Susan M Samuel (co-investigator) Pathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: defining the role of B cells and autoantibodies reactive to podocyte proteins. 956,250$/5yrs
• Drs. Maryam Tabrizian, Danuta Radzioch (principal investigators), Drs. Ciriaco Piccirillo, Thusanth Thuraisingam, Ian R Watson (co-investigators) Engineering bacteria-based nanoplexes for melanoma immunomodulation 1,002,150$/5yrs
• Drs. Michel W Walsh, David Massicotte-Azarniouch, Arielle Mendel (principal investigators), Drs. Sean Barbour, Lillian Barra, Lavanya Bathini, Mark Canney, David Collister, Stephani Garner, Louis Girard, Ainslie Hidebrand, Michelle A Hladunewich, Shih-Han S Huang, Arenn A Jauhal, Mats L Junek, Nader Khalidi, Jean-Paul Makhzoum, Nataliya Milman, Christian Pagnoux, Heather  Reich, Ron Wald, Elaine A Yacyshyn (co-investigators) Glucocorticoids or Avacopan in peopLe with high-risk renal Anti-Neutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis Trial (GALANT) - Pilot 520,200$/3yrs 6mths

CIHR Operating Grant:

Addressing Infectious and Congenital Syphilis in Canada

• Dr. Cédric Yansouni (principal investigator), Drs. Jean-Sebastien Touchette, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Yassen Tcholakov, Eli Angiyou, Veronique Morin, Maggie Saviadjuk, Yiqing Xia (co-investigators) Stopping Syphilis Transmission in Arctic Communities Through Rapid Diagnostic Testing in Non-Traditional Testing sites (STAR-NT study)249 000$/1yr (ranked 1st in competition)

Congratulations to all for their achievements!

For more information on the awarded projects visit the CIHR website.