Congratulations to our funding recipients. The Establishment Grant helps to build research capacity across the province by providing support to researchers who were new to the field of health research in Nova Scotia.
Project: Regulation of natural killer cells by mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns
Dr. Jeanette Boudreau
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $150,000
Key Words: establishment grant, microbiology, immunology, pathology, mitochondrial, molecular patterns
Project: Defining the role of peroxisomes as new potential therapeutic target in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Dr. Francesca Di Cara
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $149,256.20
Key Words: establishment grant, microbiology, immunology, inflammatory bowel disease
Project: Ion-channel TRPM2-mediated oxidative-stress tolerance in triple-negative breast cancer
Dr. Yassine El Hiani
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $150,000
Key Words: establishment grant, physiology, biophysics, breast cancer
Project: The neural and behavioural effects of mouse models of bacterial and viral prenatal infection
Dr. Tamara Franklin
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $130,000
Key Words: establishment grant, psychology, neuroscience, prenatal infection
Project: Validation of a comprehensive assessment of media use by preschool-aged children in Nova Scotia
Elizabeth Harvey
Université Sainte-Anne
RNS Funding Contribution: $149,755.22
Key Words: establishment grant, preschool children, education, educational sciences
Project: PC-Patient Empowerment Program: A randomized intervention for reducing mental health issues among men undergoing curative prostate cancer treatment
Dr. Gabriela Llie
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $145,929.28
Key Words: establishment grant, community health, epidemiology, patient empowerment, mental health, prostate cancer
https://www.dal.ca/news/media/media-releases/2023/02/28/media_release__program_developed_by_dalhousie_university_researchers_reduces_psychological_distress_in_men_being_treated_for_prostate_cancer__study.html
https://globalnews.ca/video/9525406/more-success-for-prostate-cancer-support-program-developed-by-dalhousie-researchers/
https://globalnews.ca/video/9963193/cancer-patient-empowerment-program/
Project: Translating clinical biomechanics and rehabilitation Research to Improve Arthritis Guidelines and Education (TRIAGE)
Rebecca Moyer
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $149,994
Key Words: establishment grant, physiotherapy, biomechanics, arthritis
Project: Intraoperative margin assessment in head and neck cancer surgery
Dr. Matthew Rigby
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $150,000
Key Words: establishment grant, head cancer, neck cancer, surgery, otolaryngology
Project: Indigenous Youth-Driven Participatory Action Health Research: Re-Visioning Indigenous Youth Health and Wellbeing in the Halifax Regional Municipality
Dr. Margaret Robinson
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $150,000
Key Words: establishment grant, indigenous, youth health, action health
Project: Predicting Early Progressive Kidney Disease in Type 1 Diabetes by Clinical and Epigenetic Signatures
Dr. Ferhan Siddiqi
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $148,624.80
Key Words: establishment grant, medicine, kidney disease, diabetes
Project: PLEY-School: Evaluation of an early-elementary school-based outdoor loose parts intervention for its impact on the health of children
Dr. Michelle Stone
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $149,760.16
Key Words: establishment grant, medicine, elementary school, children’s health