Results of the September 2008 Independent Investigator Award Competitions
AHFMR is pleased to announce the results of its September 2008 independent investigator award competitions.
In September 2008 AHFMR received 129 applications for the independent investigator awards announced below. These awards provide investigator support in the following categories: Clinical Investigator, Population Health Investigator, Scholar, Health Scholar, Senior Scholar, Health Senior Scholar, Scientist, and Health Scientist. Three requests were made for a Senior Investigator award.
Dr. Jacques Magnan, AHFMR Interim President & CEO, and the Foundation's Board of Trustees congratulate the successful applicants and acknowledge and thank all applicants for their substantial efforts.
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Clinical Investigator
Scholar
Senior Scholar
Scientist
Senior Investigator
Population Health Investigator
Health Scholar
Health Senior Scholar
Health Scientist
Assessments and Decisions
All applications were assessed by peer review committees assisted by external reviews obtained from the broader international scientific community. AHFMR wishes to acknowledge the substantial assistance provided by its committee members and external reviewers and their important ongoing contributions to the Foundation's mission.
Based on recommendations from the advisory committees, the AHFMR Board of Trustees made the final decisions regarding funding at their quarterly meeting on March 4, 2009.
Formal letters of offer will be sent to each university. These letters will include details on the amount of funding to be provided for the various components of the awards, including for establishment grants (where applicable) as well as outline the specific terms and conditions under which these awards will be offered. The reviews received for each application will also be provided. The list of successful applicants is provided for information only. The formal letters will serve as the Foundation's official decision should there be any discrepancy with the material on the web site.
Results
General competition statistics are provided here. The names of the successful candidates by program are provided below. Please note that the health awards are listed separately from the (bio)medical awards and that there may be subcategories within each award category (e.g. new Scholars are listed separately from Clinical Investigators progressing to the Scholar level).
Advertising
These awards will be advertised in the Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, and Medicine Hat News on March 26, 2009, in the Athabasca Advocate on March 31, in U of A Folio on April 3, and in U magazine on May 13.Clinical Investigator (New)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Ahmed, Sofia B. | Medicine | Medicine | University of Calgary | Evaluation of the Renin Angiotensin System in Aboriginal People |
| Coutts, Shelagh B. | Clinical Neurosciences | Medicine | University of Calgary | CT and MRI in the Triage of TIA and Minor Cerebrovascular Events to Identify High Risk Patients (CATCH) |
| Gerull, Brenda | Cardiac Sciences | Medicine | University of Calgary | Molecular Characterization of Disease Mechanisms Involved in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) |
| Kelly, Margaret M. | Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Medicine | University of Calgary | The Role of the Innate Immune Response in the Pathogenesis of Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis |
Clinical Investigator (Renewal)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Leigh, Richard | Medicine | Medicine | University of Calgary | Human Rhinovirus Modulation of Growth Factors Involved in Airway Remodeling |
| Toth, Cory C. | Clinical Neurosciences | Medicine | University of Calgary | The Diabetic Brain, Insulin Deficiency, and Loss of CREB/GSK3B Signaling |
Clinical Scholar (New)
[Top]No Awards
Clinical Scholar (Clinical Investigator to Clinical Scholar)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Kiss, Zelma H. T. | Clinical Neurosciences | Medicine | University of Calgary | Mechanisms of Therapeutic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for Dystonia |
| Thebaud, Bernard | Pediatrics | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Therapeutic Potential of Stem Cells for Lung Injury |
| Tsui, Ban Chi-Ho | Anaesthesiology & Pain Medicine | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Electrical Impedance: A Novel Approach for Detecting Intraneural Needle Placement in Regional Anesthesia |
Clinical Senior Scholar (Scholar to Clinical Senior Scholar)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Shapiro, A. M. James | Surgery | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Advances in Clinical and Experimental Islet Transplantation |
Scholarship (New)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Baldwin, Troy A. | Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Molecular Basis of Negative Selection in the Thymus |
| Ousman, Shalina S. | Clinical Neurosciences | Medicine | University of Calgary | Function of AlphaB-crystallin in Multiple Sclerosis |
| Pukatzki, Stefan | Medical Microbiology & Immunology | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | The Vibrio cholerae Type VI Protein Secretion Pathway: Substrate Delivery and Host Targets |
| Srayko, Martin A. | Biological Sciences | Science | University of Alberta | Experimental Approaches to Study the Regulation of Microtubule Growth and Motor-dependent Microtubule Movement During Mitosis |
| Thompson, Roger J. | Cell Biology & Anatomy | Medicine | University of Calgary | Pannexin-1 Hemichannel Opening in Neurons |
Senior Scholar (New)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| MacDonald, Justin A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Medicine | University of Calgary | Regulation of Myosin Phosphatase Activity and Smooth Muscle Contraction in Health and Disease |
| McCafferty, Donna-Marie | Physiology & Biophysics | Medicine | University of Calgary | Influence of Colitis-associated Chronic Nitric Oxide Production on the Cyclooxygenase Pathway and the Development of Colon Cancer |
Senior Scholar (Scholar to Senior Scholar)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Gaudet, Jeffrey P. C. (Jeb) | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Medicine | University of Calgary | Specification of Cell Type Identity in the Developing Foregut of C. elegans |
| Schriemer, David C. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Medicine | University of Calgary | Structural Mass Spectrometry of Mitotic Complexes |
| Vergnolle, Nathalie | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Medicine | University of Calgary | Role for Proteases and their Receptors in Inflammation and Pain: A Disease-based Approach |
Scientist (New)
[Top]No Applications Received
Scientist (Senior Scholar to Scientist)
[Top]No Awards
Scientist (Renewal)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Colmers, William F. | Pharmacology | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Neuromodulation in CNS |
| Wozniak, Richard W. | Cell Biology | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Molecular Analysis of the Nuclear Transport Machinery and its Role in Cell Physiology |
Senior Investigator
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Brindley, David N. | Biochemistry | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Regulation of Signal Transduction by Lipid Phosphates and their Phosphatases |
| Loutzenhiser, Rodger D. | Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Medicine | University of Calgary | Vasomotor Mechanisms in the Renal Microcirculation |
| ter Keurs, Hendrik E. | Physiology & Biophysics | Medicine | University of Calgary | Cardiac Muscle Function in Normal and Diseased Heart |
Population Health Investigator (New)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Beaupre, Lauren A. | Physical Therapy | Rehabilitation Medicine | University of Alberta | REGAIN II: Does an Outreach Rehabilitation Program Improve Recovery? |
| Ezekowitz, Justin A. | Medicine | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | AHF-EM: Acute Heart Failure - Emergency Management |
| Rabi, Doreen M. | Medicine | Medicine | University of Calgary | Sex Differences In Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes: Exploring the Mediating Effects of Cardioprotective Medication Use, Adherence and Efficacy in Women and Men |
| Vallance, Jeffrey K.H. | Centre for Nursing and Health Studies | Athabasca University | Facilitating Physical Activity Behavior and Health Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: A Practical Behavioral Trial |
Population Health Investigator (Renewal)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Berry, Tanya R. | Physical Education & Recreation | University of Alberta | Application of Persuasion and Social Advertising Models to Physical Activity: The Roles of Attention, Believability and Source Misattribution | |
| Cummings, Greta G. | Nursing | University of Alberta | QWEST: Quality Work Environment Study | |
| Emery, Carolyn A. | Kinesiology | University of Calgary | The Risk of Injury Associated with Body Checking among Pediatric Ice Hockey Players | |
| Kaul, Padmaja (Padma) R. | Medicine | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Tracking Gender Differences in Acute Coronary Syndromes: At the First Point of Care and Beyond |
Health Scholar (New)
[Top]No Awards
Health Scholar (Population Health Investigator to Health Scholar)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Hilsden, Robert J. | Medicine | Medicine | University of Calgary | A Research Program for the Rapid Evaluation of Novel Non-invasive Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests |
| Paradis, Johanne C. | Linguistics | Arts | University of Alberta | Oral Language Characteristics of ESL Children: Developing Resources for Language Assessment in a Multilingual Context |
| Rosychuk, Rhonda J. | Pediatrics | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Biostatistical Methods for Diagnostic Testing and Disease Surveillance Studies |
| Tonelli, Marcello A. | Medicine | Medicine & Dentistry | University of Alberta | Identifying Preventable Causes of Excess Mortality in Remote-dwelling Hemodialysis Patients |
| Tough, Suzanne C. | Pediatrics | Medicine | University of Calgary | Preterm Birth: Prediction and Intervention |
Health Senior Scholar Competition (New)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Sigal, Ronald J. | Medicine | Medicine | University of Calgary | Exercise Interventions in Individuals With or At Risk of Diabetes |
Health Senior Scholar (Health Scholar to Health Senior Scholar)
[Top]| Candidate | Department | Faculty | Institution | Project Title |
| Johnson, Jeffrey A. | Public Health Sciences | School of Public Health | University of Alberta | Pharmacotherapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Care |
| Patten, Scott B. | Community Health Sciences | Medicine | University of Calgary | Major Depression, Health and Psychosocial Status Change |
Health Scientist
[Top]No Applications Received