TMU faculty advance health research with CIHR Project Grant support
Five Toronto Metropolitan University researchers have received funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Project Grant program. From top left to right: professors Costin Antonescu, Sarah Dermody and Miranda Kirby. From bottom left to right: professors Oona St-Amant and Ian Young.
Five Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) researchers have secured more than $2 million in funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant program to advance health research.
The funded research projects range from examining a cellular protein and its relationship with cancer to promoting family-centred public health policy. Three researchers received full Project Grants in the Fall 2022 competition, which support a wide range of health-related research, and two researchers received bridge grants through the program to support their research development and momentum.
“Congratulations to all the grant recipients,” said Steven N. Liss, TMU’s vice-president, research and innovation. “From fundamental research that furthers our understanding of disease and improves diagnostic medical imaging to the important work of informing and developing more inclusive public health policy, these projects will improve the health of Canadians.”
TMU recipients of CIHR Project Grant research grants
Faculty of Arts
- Sarah Dermody: Developing an Adapted Gender Minority Stress Model to Explain Alcohol Use and Harms among Transgender Adults who Drink
Faculty of Science
- Costin Antonescu: Dynamic Tetraspanin Nanodomains Control EGFR Signal Licensing in Breast Cancer Cells
- Miranda Kirby: Development of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Airway Segmentation to Assess and Monitor Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
TMU recipients of CIHR Project Grant bridge grants
Faculty of Community Services
- Oona St-Amant: Families Responding to Substance Use Disorders: A Community-Engagement Study to Promote Family-Centred Public Health Policy and Health Service Delivery
- Ian Young: The Canadian Beach Cohort Study: Investigating the Burden of Recreational Water Illness among Beachgoers
Learn more about the CIHR’s Project Grant program and the Fall 2022 results (external link, opens in new window) .
See a complete list of Fall 2022 Project Grant recipients (opens in new window) .