CIHR announces $1.6 million in funding for three À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ projects

Friday, July 15, 2022

Three University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ researchers were among the 391 individual nominated PIsÌýawarded funding throughÌýCanadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grants Program.

ThisÌýis part of a Ìýin support of 405 project grants and 2 bridge grants.ÌýÌý

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ recipients of funding through the 2022 Spring Project Grant competition are:

Richard Cook

Richard CookÌý(Statistics and Actuarial Science):ÌýMethods for assessing real-world causal effects with electronic health records: Biologic therapies in autoimmune diseases $631,126

Laura Middleton

Laura Middleton (Kinesiology):ÌýThe Lifestyle, Exercise and Diet (LEAD) trial: A virtual, lifestyle approach to improve cognitive function $566,100

Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo

Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo (Kinesiology):ÌýHidden binocularity and visuomotor function after congenital cataracts $447,526