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

We are thrilled to celebrate the outstanding success of our researchers in the latest CIHR Project Grant competition. 32% of IDIGH applications were selected for funding, significantly outperforming the national average success rate of 13.1%.

This incredible outcome reflects a true community effort. Huge congratulations to all principal investigators and co-applicants, and a special thank you to everyone who participated in our internal reviews and chalk talks, as well as the program members whose feedback and support made these achievements possible!

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

Submitted by members of the IDIGH program:

• Pai, Madhukar; Kathiresan, Jeyashree. How impactful are social protection benefits in reducing tuberculosis incidence and deaths?, $1,028,925/4yrs
• Lebouché, Bertrand; Achiche, Sofiane; Cox, John J; Engler, Kim; Enimil, Anthony; Hedrich, Tanguy; Hull, Mark W; Vicente, Sergio. Co-designing a Transnational AI-Powered Chatbot to Improve Access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Migrants, Women, and Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Have Sex with Men in Canada, Ghana, and Germany: The MARVIN-CONNECT Study, $672,436/3yrs
• de Pokomandy, Alexandra. Evaluating the Implementation and Real-World Effectiveness of Statin-Based Cardiovascular Primary Prevention in Routine HIV Care, $822,376/5yrs
• Lee, Todd C; Briggs, Simon; Cheng, Matthew P; Daneman, Nick; Davis, Joshua; Golchi, Shirin; Goodman, Anna L; Hasse, Barbara; Kuehl, Richard; Martin, Yonas; McDonald, Emily G; Mertz, Dominik; Paul, Mical; Sligl, Wendy I; Somayaji, Ranjani; Speich, Benjamin; Tong, Steven; Walls, Genevieve. Treatment of Enterococcal Bacteremia Platform (TENT), $1,946,926/5yrs
• Bernatsky, Sasha R; Hazlewood, Glen S. Personalizing Therapy to Optimize Outcomes by Synthesizing Real-World Evidence and Establishing Patient Preferences, $443,700/5yrs
• Sebastiani, Giada; Bessissow, Talat; Betel, Michael; Saeed, Sahar Z; Swain, Mark G; Williams, Astrid-Jane. Steatotic Liver Disease, Fibrosis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Uncovering the Triple Threat, $1,005,976/5yrs

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