Congratulations to the Institute of Cancer Research Fall 2024 Project Grant Priority Announcement grantees!
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) extends a warm congratulations to the grantees of our Fall 2024 Project Grant Priority Announcements! We are pleased to be funding the following highly-rated projects in the Fall 2024 Project Grant competition that were relevant to ICR's mandate and/or new research priority areas:
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Prevention and/or Early Detection of Breast Cancer
- Linda Chelico, University of Saskatchewan
 Project title: Role of APOBEC3 single-stranded DNA cytosine deaminases in breast cancer
- Trevor J. Dummer, Maryam Darvishian and Fabio Feldman, University of British Columbia
 Project title: Understanding and reducing disparities in cancer screening participation and retention to improve early cancer diagnosis and treatment in British Columbia
- Roger A. Moorehead, University of Guelph
 Project title: Investigate how miR-200s prevent Erbb2 induced transformation of mammary epithelial cells
- Zhixiang Wang, University of Alberta
 Project title: Novel function of Rac1 in mRNA splicing and its regulation and implication in breast cancer
Priority Announcement: General Breast Cancer Research
- Kirill V. Rosen, Dalhousie University
 Project title: Cystine/glutamate antiporter system xc- as a target for HER2-positive breast cancer treatment
Priority Announcement: Breast Cancer Survivorship
- Husam-Eldin A. Abdel-Qadir and Eitan Amir, Women's College Hospital
 Project title: The JUdicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial
- Elaine McKevitt, University of British Columbia
 Project title: Surgical, oncologic, and patient reported outcomes following breast conserving surgery versus mastectomy in breast cancer patients: a prospective study
- Krishna K. Singh and David A. Hess, Western University
 Project title: Novel mechanisms in doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy
- Carl van Walraven and Douglas G. Manuel, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
 Project title: Virtual care utilization and impact among individuals with breast cancer on systemic therapy: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Priority Announcement: Cancer Prevention and/or Early Detection of Cancer
- Yohan Bossé, Université Laval
 Project title: The lung molecular and cellular transition to adenocarcinoma
- Anita Koushik and Eduardo L. Franco, McGill University
 Project title: A prospective study of risk stratification with epigenetic markers to improve clinical management of cervical precancerous lesions
- Joanna Przybyl, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
 Project title: Towards improving treatment outcomes in leiomyosarcoma through multi-omic liquid biopsy
- Anuraag Shrivastav and Harminder Singh, University of Winnipeg
 Project title: Efficacy of NMT2-blood test in detecting colorectal polyps and cancer
Priority Announcement: Cancer Survivorship
- Jennifer Brunet, University of Ottawa
 Project title: A two-arm randomized controlled trial evaluating a physical activity counselling intervention for young adults diagnosed with cancer
- Lynn R. Gauthier, Université Laval
 Project title: MI SENS-OR REHAB: Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a novel, multimodal, Motivational Interviewing-guided somatoSENSory - motOR REHABilitation intervention for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy
- Manuela M. Santos and Carole S. Richard, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
 Project title: The effect of inulin supplementation on anastomotic healing after colorectal surgery - a feasibility study
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