CIHR/Manitoba Regional Partnership Programs — New & Renewal Awards

Dr. Hope Anderson
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Protective signaling by PPARs in cardiac hypertrophy.

Dr. Harold Aukema
Department of Human Nutritional Sciences
Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Impact of long-term consumption of high protein diets on renal health, hypertension, glucose handling and adipose metabolism in obesity - implications for dietary reference intakes.

Dr. James Davie
Manitoba Institute of Diagnostics
CancerCare Manitoba

Project Title: Nucleosomal response and immediate early gene expression.

Dr. Michelle Driedger
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Risk Communication and Trust in Decision-Maker Action: Lessons from First Nations, Inuit and Métis Case Studies in Canada.

Dr. Alan Jackson
Department of Internal Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Rabies Virus-induced injury to neuronal processes: role of oxidative stress

Dr. Wayne Lautt
Department of Pharmacology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Mechanism of loss of vasodilation response to insulin in type 2 diabetes

Dr. Susan McClement
Faculty of Nursing, Univeristy of Manitoba

Project Title: Assessing the Relevance of the Patient Dignity Inventory in Identifying Distress and Influencing Clinical Care in Palliative Care

Dr. Tooru Mizuno
Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Role of xenin in the regulation of energy balance

Dr. Frank Schweizer
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Preclinical evaluation of aminoglycoside antibiotics-derived amphiphiles (AADAs).

Dr. Robert Tate
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Successful Aging of Older Canadian Males: The Manitoba Follow-Up Study.

Dr. Xi Yang
Department of Medical Microbiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Project Title: Host defense against chlamydial lung infection: Interation between natural killer T cell (NKT) and dendritic cell (DC) subsets