From investigating the mechanisms of cancer cells and chronic pain to shaping new policies for microbiome health, nine University of Guelph researchers have received over $7.1 million in federal grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Insights from these projects could lead to new treatments for life-threatening diseases such as breast cancer, chronic kidney disease, leukemia, and more.
College of Biological Science
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Dr. Shaun Sanders, Department of Microbiology and Cellular Biology (MCB), will receive $808,349 to better understand ion channels in neurons.
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Dr. Graham Holloway, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, has received $791,776 to study dietary nitrate and how it might mitigate the consequences of physical inactivity.
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Dr. Nina Jones, MCB, has been granted $879,750 to study specialized kidney cells called podocytes, whose functions are disrupted during early kidney disease.
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Dr. Siavash Vahidi, MCB, has received $1,143,375 to investigate acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells.
College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
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Dr. Kieran O’Doherty, Department of Psychology, has received $707,624 to investigate society’s relationship to the human microbiome.
Ontario Veterinary College
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Dr. Giannina Descalzi, Department of Biomedical Sciences, has received $1,086,300 to understand the mechanisms and networks in the brain that cause chronic pain, which is experienced by one in four Canadians over the age of 15.
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Dr. Samuel Tekeste Workenhe, Department of Pathobiology, has received $925,650 to investigate the process of cell death and the cellular alarm signals that alert the immune system to destroy cancer cells.
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Dr. Roger Moorehead, Department of Biomedical Sciences, has received $100,000 to study a protein shown to reduce the growth and spread of breast cancer cells to the lungs.
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Dr. Sarah Wootton, Department of Pathobiology, received $761,176 to enhance and expand her group’s patented alternative vaccine system, which has been shown to be effective against a range of infectious diseases, including Ebola and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Read the full news release on the U of G News site: U of G Researchers Receive Federal Funding to Study Cancer, Chronic Pain and More.