The New Health Investigator Grant supports early-career health researchers who are engaged in work that aligns with the province’s health research priorities. The grant aims to provide two years of support of up to $100,000 for researchers who are within the first five years of their academic appointment in Nova Scotia or who are new to the field of health research. Funding provided will support the establishment of independent programs of research, support and expand the research productivity necessary for obtaining long term funding from national and external agencies and expand the potential for early-career investigators to make significant contributions in their field. For the 2021-22 academic year, funding for this grant is provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.
$1,481,193
In Funding
15
Projects
6
Institutions
Below you can search for recipients by their name, their affiliated institution/organization, or by project key words.
Project: Identifying the prevalence and impact of technology facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) with a focus on access to services
Dr. Julie Blais
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $94,833.00
Total Project Value: $94,833.00
Key words: sexual violence, technology, risk factors, help seeking behaviour, barriers, services
Project: Low-cost virtual reality neurorehabilitation for chronic stroke
Dr. Daniel Blustein
Acadia University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: stroke, neurorehabilitation, virtual reality, treatment access, low-cost therapy, women and stroke
Project: Improving the clinical potential of the anti-cancer peptide Mastoparan
Dr. Melanie Coombs
Acadia University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: anti-cancer peptide, mastoparan, colon cancer, host defense peptides, carcinoma, leukemia
Project: In-vivo assessment of the chronic neuroanatomical and cognitive abnormalities in COVID-19 survivors
Dr. Carlos Hernandez-Castillo
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,500.00
Total Project Value: $99,500.00
Key words: COVID-19, cognitive impairment, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, neurodegeneration, clinical assessment, neuroimage
Project: Integrated Multi-Omics Characterization and Validation of Chromosome 1 instability in Wilms Tumors
Dr. Tobias Karakach
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: Wilms Tumors, targeted re-sequencing, drug resistance, bioinformatics, paediatric cancer, multi-omics integration
Project: Feasibility of a virtually delivered preoperative rehabilitation program for patients awaiting TAVI to reduce frailty: The Virtual PREHAB study
Dr. Dustin (Scott) Kehler
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $98,760.39
Total Project Value: $98,760.39
Key words: transcatheter aortic valve implantation, prehabilitation, frailty, sedentary behavior, virtual care, cardiac rehabilitation
Project: Understanding the impact of maternal childhood maltreatment on perinatal biological, psychosocial, and health risk: implications for maternal and infant health
Dr. Jennifer Khoury
Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,984.02
Total Project Value: $99,984.02
Key words: child maltreatment, stress biology, mental health, social determinants of health, birth outcomes, maternal and infant health
Project: Developing a theory-guided, evidence-based training program for rehabilitation providers working with residents with dementia in long-term care
Dr. Caitlin McArthur
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: long-term care, dementia, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, exercise, nursing home
Project: Computational Modelling of Memory Impairment Mechanisms in Bipolar Disorder
Dr. Abraham Nunes
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $93,050.70
Total Project Value: $93,050.70
Key words: bipolar disorder, computational model, artificial neural network, hippocampus, memory, pattern separation and completion
Project: Identifying ALC patients by leveraging machine learning algorithms
Dr. Enayat Rajabi
Cape Breton University (CBU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $97,418.00
Total Project Value: $97,418.00
Key words: Alternate Level of Care (ALC), machine learning, ALC identification, Neural Network Models, healthcare system, administrative data
Project: Measuring the effects of vaping on lung health
Dr. Sanja Stanojevic
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,420.00
Total Project Value: $99,420.00
Key words: vaping, lung health, physiology, epidemiology, young adults, lung function
Project: Differential effects of dual antiplatelet and dual antithrombotic therapy on hemostasis in chronic coronary syndrome patients: Define CCS study
Dr. Wael Sumaya
Nova Scotia Health
RNS Funding Contribution: $98,226.88
Total Project Value: $98,226.88
Key words: chronic coronary syndrome, acute coronary syndrome, antiplatelet therapy, ticagrelor, rivaroxaban, antithrombotic therapy
Project: The Personalized Approach for Healthy Aging (PAHA) program
Dr. Olga Theou
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: aging, frailty, physical activity, exercise, mobility, lifestyle behaviours
Project: Investigating Otoconia Ultrastructure during Degeneration
Dr. Danielle Tokarz
Saint Mary’s University (SMU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: vestibular disorders, ototoxicity of aminoglycoside antibiotics, age-related dizziness and imbalance, nonlinear optical microscopy, polarization-resolved imaging, non-invasive ultrastructural determination
Project: Characterization of Radon-Induced Lung Cancer in Nova Scotia and Alpha Particle-Induced DNA Damage
Dr. Alison Wallace
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $100,000.00
Key words: lung cancer, radon, molecular genetics, histology, DNA damage, prevention