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BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR)NewsCongratulations 2021 CIHR Project Grant Recipients!

Congratulations 2021 CIHR Project Grant Recipients!

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Congratulations, Dr. Levings!

Congratulations to Dr. Megan Levings, recipient of a CIHR Team Grant: Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions for the project, “Allogeneic thymus-derived Tregs to prevent chronic inflammation in transplantation.”

Principal investigators: Dr. Megan Levings, Dr. Ilona Dijke, Dr. Lori West

Co-investigators: Sylvain Bédard, Dr. Bethany Foster; Dr. Kevin Hay, Dr. Kednapa Thavorn

Congratulations, Dr. Schultz!

Congratulations to Dr. Kirk Schultz, principal investigator and recipient of a CIHR Team Grant: Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions for the project, “Regulatory natural killer cell treatment in chronic graft-versus-host disease and solid organ transplantation chronic rejection.”

Co-investigators: Dr. Ramon Klein Geltink, Dr. Keegan Korthauer, Dr. Suzanne Vercauteren, Dr. Jean-Sébastien Delisle, Dr. Mélanie Dieudé, Dr. Bethany Foster, Dr. Paul Keown, Dr. Karen Sherwood

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