Congratulations to the IDIGH Program PIs who have received grants to understand and fight COVID-19:

MI4 Emergency COVID—19 Research Funding (Round 2)

*IDIGH PIs in bold

Drs. Inés Colmegna, Amal Bessissow and David Meger titled: Use of Technology to Improve Effects of Social Isolation on Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (TIES-COVID)

Drs. Patricia Fontela and Jesse Papenburg titled: A Multi-Centre, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Clinical Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine for the Treatment of COVID-19 in Hospitalized Children in Canada (CATCO-Kids). Supported by the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation

Dr. Bertrand Lebouché titled: Use of OPAL-COVID, a mobile application, for real-time at home follow-up of people who test positive for COVID-19 at the Glen site: a feasibility study

Drs. Greg Matlashewski, Matthew Cheng and Momar Ndao titled: Detection of Anti- SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Sera from COVID19 Patients

Drs. Momar Ndao and Michael Reed titled: COVID-19 Vaccines - Novel Approaches to Tackle a Novel Disease

For more information on this grant and to view the full list of grant recipients, click here.