Congratulations to the following faculty on their successful application to the 2025 DOM Research Competition:
Tom Appleton (Rheumatology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “The Role of Cx3cr1⁺ Lining Macrophages in Osteoarthritis Progression and Pain”.
Rodrigo Bagur (Cardiology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “OPtimizing TAVI Care (OPTIC) Pilot Trial”.
Lillian Barra (Rheumatology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “Effect of Peptide Cream Treatment on Pain and Cytotoxic T Cells in a Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis”.
Hana Serajeddini (Respirology) will receive $40,000 over 1 years for their project entitled “Sustained Asthma Remission and Relapse with a comprehensive Management Strategy”.
Michael Sey (Gastroenterology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “Redefining high risk adenomas - A population-based retrospective cohort study to examine the risk of future colorectal cancer in patients with sub-centimeter tubulovillous and villous adenomas”.
Congratulations to the following faculty on their successful application to the 2025 CIHR Project Grant (202503PJT):
Lillian Barra, Principal Investigator
The role of immune responses to citrullinated and homocitrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis-associated atherosclerosis
$780,000 5 years
Tianqing Peng, Principal Investigator
Mitochondrial calpain-mediated ATP5A1 proteolysis in heart failure: therapeutic potential applications
$979,200 5 years
Tom Appleton (Rheumatology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “The Role of Cx3cr1⁺ Lining Macrophages in Osteoarthritis Progression and Pain”.
Rodrigo Bagur (Cardiology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “OPtimizing TAVI Care (OPTIC) Pilot Trial”.
Lillian Barra (Rheumatology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “Effect of Peptide Cream Treatment on Pain and Cytotoxic T Cells in a Mouse Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis”.
Hana Serajeddini (Respirology) will receive $40,000 over 1 years for their project entitled “Sustained Asthma Remission and Relapse with a comprehensive Management Strategy”.
Michael Sey (Gastroenterology) will receive $90,000 over 2 years for their project entitled “Redefining high risk adenomas - A population-based retrospective cohort study to examine the risk of future colorectal cancer in patients with sub-centimeter tubulovillous and villous adenomas”.
Congratulations to the following faculty on their successful application to the 2025 CIHR Project Grant (202503PJT):
Lillian Barra, Principal Investigator
The role of immune responses to citrullinated and homocitrullinated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis-associated atherosclerosis
$780,000 5 years
Tianqing Peng, Principal Investigator
Mitochondrial calpain-mediated ATP5A1 proteolysis in heart failure: therapeutic potential applications
$979,200 5 years
