Results of the 2019 Innovation Grant

ApplicantProject titleInstitutional sponsorWCHRI Funder
Armijo-Olivo, Susan How effective is exercise in decreasing chronic pain and disability, and how does the brain of women with jaw pain respond to exercises? Rehabilitation Medicine-Physical Therapy RAHF
Hocking, Jennifer Using a zebrafish model to understand a congenital retinal disease Medicine & Dentistry-Surgery SCHF
Mumtaz, Zubia Social risk factors for preterm births Public Health, School of RAHF/SCHF
Ospina, Maria Health trajectories before and after pregnancy in women who developed hypertension and preeclampsia during pregnancy Medicine & Dentistry-Obstetrics & Gynecology RAHF
Pei, Jacqueline R Understanding movement behaviours to support healthy outcomes in children Education-Educational Psychology SCHF
Persad, Sujata Can active beta-catenin (ABC) be used as a marker to predict osteosarcoma progression to aggressive/metastatic disease? Medicine & Dentistry-Pediatrics SCHF
Phelan, Shanon K Re-envisioning inclusion: understanding child culture from the perspectives of children with autism Rehabilitation Medicine-Occupational Therapy SCHF
Rasmussen, Carmen Cognitive and behavioural functioning among children with perinatal stroke and the impact of an intervention Medicine & Dentistry-Pediatrics SCHF
Riddell, Meghan Development of a placenta in a dish experimental system Medicine & Dentistry-Obstetrics & Gynecology RAHF/SCHF
Ringrose, Jennifer Improving the accuracy of automated blood pressure measurement in children Medicine & Dentistry-Medicine SCHF
Rosychuk, Rhonda Do regions of Alberta have less reconstruction surgery after mastectomy for breast cancer than expected? Medicine & Dentistry-Pediatrics RAHF
Schmolzer, Georg M Oxygen during chest compression in newborn infants Medicine & Dentistry-Pediatrics SCHF
Steinback, Craig D How older age affects cardiovascular health during pregnancy Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation RAHF/SCHF
Unsworth, Larry Tailored release of large molecule drugs to reduce inflammation in the damaged areas of the infant brain Engineering-Chemical and Materials Engineering SCHF
Vliagoftis, Harissios New vaccination approach for influenza in early life Medicine & Dentistry-Medicine SCHF
Waskiewicz, Andrew Finding genetic causes of a childhood blinding disease Science-Biological Sciences SCHF
Yokota, Toshifumi Next generation DNA-like molecule for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy Medicine & Dentistry-Medical Genetics SCHF