CIHR Partnership Programs — New & Renewal Awards

Dr. Christopher Anderson
Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre

Project Title: Regulation of cerebral blood flow by vascular NMDA receptors.

Dr. Charles Bernstein
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Understanding the biological, clinical and psychosocial determinants of health outcomes in inflammatory bowell disease: A research program.

Dr. Michael Czubryt
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre

Project Title: The role of transcription factor Zac1 in regulating cardiac gene expression.

Ms. Josette Douville
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Meox regulation of downstream target genes in the cardiovasculature

Dr. Grant Hatch
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Regulation of cardiolipin remodelling.

Dr. Larry Hryshko
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre

Project Title: Structure-function relationships of sodium-calcium exchangers.

Dr. Peter Jones
Department of Food Science
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutriceuticals

Project Title: Identification of polymorphism in the genes regulated by LXRs and PPARs of lipid metabolism pathway as a novel genetic marker of plant sterol metabolism.

Dr. Jiming Kong
Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Rescue of mutant SOD1-induced motor neuron death by targeting the BNIP3 death gene family.

Dr. Teresa Longobardi
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Lifetime cost of inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr. Jonathan Marotta
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Visumotor processing the sensorimotor integration in the parietal cortex

Dr. Aaron Marshall
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling in lymphocytes: Role of lipid phosphatases and novel PH domain effector proteins.

Dr. David Merz
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Temporal and spatial regulation of cell migration behavior

Dr. Gerald Minuk
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: The molecular evolution of the Hepatitis B virus

Dr. James Nagy
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Neuroanatomy, structural composition and regulation of neuronal gap junctions in the CNS.

Dr. Fiona Parkinson
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Regulation of adenosine levels.

Dr. Leslie Roos
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Avoiding hospitalization: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions, quality of care and socioeconomic status.

Dr. Newman Stephens
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Airway smooth muscle relaxation: modulation by development of mechanical plasticity.

Dr. Joerg Stetefeld
Departments of Chemistry & Microbiology
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Agrin-an integrated approach to analyze the structure-function relationship of a key organizer in the neuromuscular junction and development of biomedical applications.

Dr. Laura Targownik
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Use of a population-based health care utilization database.

Dr. Jiuyong Xie
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Dissecting the molecular componenets of inducible alternative pre-mRNA splicing.

Mr. Behzed Yeganeh
Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Non-small cell lung cancer in new transgenic mice over-expressing calreticulin.

Dr. Peter Zahradka
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre

Project Title: Modulation of vascular smooth muscle cell

Matching funds for the above mentioned recipients were provided by the Province through MHRC. Matching funds for additional CIHR-RPP grants were funded by the University of Manitoba, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, Manitoba Institute for Child Health, CancerCare Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Heart & Stroke Foundation and the National Research Council.