{"id":1428,"date":"2025-07-31T18:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navyblue.bcmultistaging.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:24:12","slug":"lorem-ipsem-dolor-test-post-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcchr.ca\/elango-lab\/2025\/07\/31\/lorem-ipsem-dolor-test-post-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to BC Children\u2019s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR) and Women\u2019s Health Research Institute (WHRI) investigators and their teams who were awarded funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Spring 2025 Project Grant competition.<\/p>\n\n

BCCHR received $9,193,780 in new research grants. BCCHR investigators\u2019 funding success rate was 24.13 per cent compared to the national average success rate of 15.45 per cent.<\/p>\n\n

View the CIHR summary of\u00a0Spring 2025 Project Grant results<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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Project Grants<\/h3>\n\n

Dr. Rajavel Elango<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Healthy Starts
Project: \u201cAmino acid requirements in young adult females: Effect of menstrual cycle phases<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $914,176 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Pascal Lavoie<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Healthy Starts
BCCHR co-investigators: Dr. Alexander G. Beristain<\/a>, Dr. Amy Lee<\/a>, Dr. Genelle Lunken<\/a>, Dr. Stuart Turvey<\/a>
Project: \u201cUnderstanding the impact of early-life RSV infections on infant immunity and long-term health<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $2,023,426 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Steven Miller<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Brain, Behaviour & Development
BCCHR co-investigators: Dr. Julia Charlton<\/a>, Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan<\/a>, Dr. Jessie van Dyk
Project: \u201cBrain maturation and neurodevelopment in moderate-late preterm infants<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $1,346,400 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Steven Miller<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Brain, Behaviour & Development 
BCCHR co-investigators: Dr. Thiviya Selvanathan<\/a>, Dr. Jessie van Dyk, Dr. Tamara Vanderwal<\/a>, Dr. Dzung Vo<\/a>
Project: \u201cTrajectories of brain maturation and neurodevelopment in adolescents born very preterm<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $1,178,100 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Souvik Mitra<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 Evidence to Innovation
BCCHR co-investigators: Dr. Jeffrey Bone, Dr. Steven Miller<\/a>, Lindsay Richter, Dr. Joseph Ting<\/a>
Project: \u201cSingle-dose Prophylactic INdomethacin in extremely preterm infants \u2013 A multicenter pilot randomized blinded placebo-controlled trial (the SPIN Pilot RCT)<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $600,524 over three years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Melanie Murray<\/strong><\/a> (Women\u2019s Health Research Institute)
BCCHR co-investigators: Dr. Monika Kowatsch
Project: \u201cHormones and markers of aging in women<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $956,250 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Gina Ogilvie<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Healthy Starts (Women\u2019s Health Research Institute)
Project: \u201cHPV FOCAL LEGACY: Longterm evaluations of gains in cervical cancer prevention<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $1,285,200 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Manish Sadarangani<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Healthy Starts
BCCHR co-investigators: Dr. Matthew Carwana<\/a>, Dr. Elodie Portales-Casamar<\/a>
Project: \u201cBetter outcomes in babies with bacterial meningitis, a randomized controlled trial: BOBBie<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $1,534,598 over five years<\/p>\n\n

Dr. Susan Samuel<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Evidence to Innovation
BCCHR co-investigators: Jeffrey Bone, Dr. Jessica Dennis<\/a>, Dr. Cherry Mammen<\/a>
Project: \u201cInvestigating immune biomarkers in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome<\/a>\u201d
Funding amount: $517,906 over five years<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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