Grants & Fellowships
Darius Bagli (UrolSurg) PI with R. Adam (Harvard Medical School)
and M. Hassouna (UrolSurg) have won a Kidney Foundation Grant (2008-2010
$100,000.00) for study "Identification of Novel Treatment Strategies for Obstructive
Bladder Disease".
Walid Farhat (UrolSurg) was awarded a 2008 BioDiscovery Toronto
Grant ((2008-2009 $50,000) for his study of "Physiologic Urinary Bladder Simulator
(PUBS): Novel Urinary Bladder Bioreactor".
Michael Fehlings (NeurSurg) and Molly Schoichet were awarded a
2 year Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation Grant for their study entitled
"Neuroprotection of the Injured Spinal Cord Using an Anti-apoptotic Molecule Delivered
Through a Novel Bioengineered Drug Delivery System".
Ab Guha (NeurSurg) received a 2 year NCIC Grant for his work entitled
"The Role of Oncogene-Containing Microvesicles".
Shaf Keshavjee (ThorSurg) has been awarded a CIHR Grant ($100,000)
for his study titled "Molecular Therapeutic Strategies for Ex-vivo Repair of Lungs
for Transplantation"
Mingyao Liu (Res) has been awarded a CIHR - Open Operating Grant
($713,910) for study on "Signal Crosstalk in Lung Injury and Repair".
Loch Macdonald (NeurSurg) and Douglas J. Cook
(NeurSurg Resident) received a 2 year Brain Aneurysm Research Foundation Grant for
their work entitled "Endothelial and Vascular Smooth Muscle Differential Gene Expression
in Microcirculatory Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage".
Avery B. Nathens (GenSurg) - has been awarded a CIHR - Open Operating
Grant ($119,787) for his study on "Trauma System Design: an Evaluation of Structure
and Process".
Tom Schweizer (Res) has been awarded a CIHR - Catalyst Grant ($49,146)
for his study "Cognitive Rehabilitation in a Population of Adults with Mild Cognitive
Impairment".
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Katalin Szaszi (Res) has received a NSERC Research Grant ($32,
420) for her study on "Application for a Calibrated Densitometer and Microcentrifuge
for Studies on Epithelial Cell Physiology and Pathology".
Michael Tymianski (NeurSurg) has been awarded a CIHR - Open Operating
Grant ($898,965) for his study entitled "Role of TRPM Channels in Ischemic Brain
Damage".
David R. Urbach (GenSurg) has been awarded a CIHR - Open Operating
Grant (1,047,225) for his study entitled "Structures and Processes of Care in Colorectal
Cancer Surgery (SPoCCS)".
Subodh Verma (CardSurg) has received a Heart and Stroke Foundation
of Ontario - Pilot Project Competition Grant ($50,000) for his study on "A Prospective
Study to Compare the Functionality of HDL Cholesterol to Limit Endothelial Dysfunction
in South Asians vs. Caucasian Patients with Atherosclerosis".
Gregory Hawryluk (NeurSurg Resident) was awarded a 2008-2009 Resident/Fellow
Research Grant from the Cervical Spine Research Society for his work entitled "Defining
Neural Precursor Cell-Host Interactions to Optimize Repair of Spinal Cord Injury".
Greg has also been awarded:
- the 2008-2009 CNS/Synthes Spine Fellowship.
- a Synthes CMF Neurosurgical Resident
Travel Grant to attend the National Neurotrauma Symposium in Orlando Florida, July
2008.
- the Chisholm Memorial Fellowship and
the Edward Christie Stevens Fellowship
Betty Kim (NeurSurg Resident) received the Chisholm Memorial Fellowship
and the Timposters Fellowship.
Demitre Serletis (NeurSurg Resident) received the Edward Christie
Stevens Fellowship and the Joseph M. West Family Memorial.
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