13 CIHR Grants awarded to Charbonneau Members!
Congratulations to our investigators and their research teams whose projects were successful in CIHR’s Fall 2020 Project Grant, COVID-19 Grant, and SPARK Grant Competitions.
![13 CIHR Grants awarded to Charbonneau Members!](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_hero_cta_mobile/public/2021-03/collage-CIHR_0.jpg?h=1692adbf&itok=SIo6xcJw)
The Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) received 20 full project grants, 1 COVID-19 project, and 4 priority announcement projects, for a total funding envelope of $15.35M. Overall, our institute’s success rate of 41% in the competitions was more than twice the national average of 15%.
Charbonneau members were nominated principal applicants on grants representing approximately $8.75M (57%) of the total funding to the CSM from those competitions.
This represents a tremendous success, collectively, for the Charbonneau Cancer Institute!
Listed below are the nominated principal investigators and project titles for each of these grants. Each week we will be featuring a story on one of these projects.
Watch for the stories over the coming weeks on the Charbonneau website!
![Winson Cheung](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Winson%20Cheun%28cropped%29.jpg?itok=OfnGnG2I)
Winson Cheung
Professor of Oncology | Director of Health Services Research, Cancer Care Alberta (AHS)
Characterizing Chronic Opioid Use in Cancer Patients
Duration: 3 years
![Jennifer Cobb](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Jen.jpg?itok=qyDPz8KP)
Jennifer Cobb
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Scientific Leader, Robson DNA Science Centre
- Project 1: Characterization of Dyskerin in DNA double-strand break repair
- Project 2: The role of Nej1 in DSB repair pathway choice and MMEJ
Duration: 5 years
![Frank Jirik](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Frank%20Jirik%282%29.jpg?itok=6h2LeJbD)
Frank Jirik
Professor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Phenotypic analysis of a putative mouse model for 'STING-associated vasculopathy with onset in infancy' (SAVI): an autosomal dominant auto-inflammatory interferonopathy
Duration: 5 years
![Karen Kopciuk](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Kopciuk%2CKaren_July2012.jpg?itok=QV4O2-tw)
Karen Kopciuk
Research Scientist | Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (AHS)
Nishtohtamihk li kaansyr (Understanding Cancer): Cancer Screening, Outcomes and Experiences among Métis People in Alberta
Duration: 1 year
![Ki-Young Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/DSC_3594%28cropped%29.jpg?itok=yJxMp7kW)
Ki-Young Lee
Professor | Cell Biology & Anatomy
L-asparaginase-induced mechanisms of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (aLL) cell apoptosis
Duration: 5 years
![Michael Monument](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Mike%20Monument.jpg?itok=DVaS00Jw)
Michael Monument
Assistant Professor | Department of Surgery
Harnessing STING activation for the treatment of sarcoma
Duration: 5 years
![Cheryl Peters](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Cheryl%20Peters_full_resized.jpg?itok=lDAqLmEi)
Cheryl Peters
Research Scientist | Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention Research (AHS)
The impact of sex and gender in occupational disease prevention
Duration: 3 years
![David Schriemer](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/David%20Schreimer.jpg?h=6b4e94d1&itok=M0mCQqHo)
David Schriemer
Professor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Physiology & Pharmacology
Integrative Structural Modeling of a Master End-Sensing Synapse in DNA Double Strand Break Repair
Duration: 5 years
![Yuan Xu](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Yuan%20Xu%20%28cropped%29.jpg?itok=pZh-D9EB)
Yuan Xu
Assistant Professor | Oncology | Surgery and Community Health Sciences
Generating EMR-Based Algorithms to Identify Hospital Adverse Events for Health System Performance Evaluation and Improvement
Duration: 4 years
![Tavis Campbell](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/tavis%20campbell2.jpg?itok=3K0GuQJz)
Tavis Campbell
Associate Professor | Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Developing and evaluating an online intervention to improve the uptake and maintenance of protective behaviours against COVID-19 among young adults in Canada
Duration: 2 years
![Aaron Goodarzi](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-03/Aaron%20Goodarzi.jpg?itok=w0DhECEi)
Aaron Goodarzi
Assistant Professor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Scientific Director, Evict Radon
Using novel bio-dosimetry to measure personalized, lifetime radon gas exposure and transform the prevention and early detection of lung cancer
Duration: 1 year
Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia
Research Scientist | Cancer Epidemiology & Prevention Research (AHS)
AYA-PACT: Adolescents and Young Adults becoming Physically Active after Cancer Trial
Duration: 5 Years