Grants awarded since 2008

The year shown is the year he grant was awarded.
IRP = Innovative Research Program
SP  = Scholars’ Program

2025 SP – Dr. Eva Kaufmann, Queen’s University
Small but Mighty – How Allergen Inhalation Subverts Immunity

2025 SP – Dr. Adreanne Lupien, McGill
Accelerating Tuberculosis Prevention Assessing Novel TB Preventative Treatments a Preclinical Model

2025 SP – Dr. Christopher Yarnell, University of Toronto/Scarborough Hospital
When to intubate patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF)
2024 IRP  –  Dr. Chris Carlsten, UBC
Integrated Multi-Modality Data for Personalized Respiratory Health in a Polluted Environment
2024  SP  –  Dr. Bowen Li,  University of Toronto
Nonviral Delivery of Gene Editors for Treating Genetic Respiratory Diseases
2024  SP  –  Dr. Nargis Khan,  University of Calgary
TB Persistence in Bone Marrow: Implications & Strategies
2023  SP  – Dr. Jonathon Campbell, McGill University
Motivating Tuberculosis Prevention: Understanding the Consequences of Tuberculosis
2023  SP  –  Dr. Imran Satia, McMaster University
Comprehensive Cough Evaluation Centre
2021  SP  –  Dr Ewan Goligher, UHN
Adaptive Platform Trial Pipeline for Lung- and Diaphragm-Protective Ventilation
2021  SP  –  Dr Boyang Zhang , McMaster University
Development of clinical trial on-a-plate for the preparation of future pandemics
2020  IRP  –  Dr Zhou Xing, McMaster University
Harnessing mucosal Trained Innate Immunity (TII) for broad protection against respiratory infections
2019  SP  –  Dr. Jim Sun, University of Ottawa
Uncovering novel targets for tuberculosis therapy
2018  IRP  –  Dr Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD, PhD, FRCSC, University of Toronto
Transbronchial Nanotechnology‐mediated PDT of Peripheral Lung Cancer
2018  IRP  =  Dr Martin Post PhD, University of Toronto
Cell Therapy for Pulmonary Diseases
2017  SP  –  Dr Jeffrey Chen, PhD, University of Sasketchewan
Enhancement of the BCG TB vaccine through restoration of a reprogrammed ESX‐1 secretion system
2015  SP  –  Dr Matthieu Morissette, PhD, Université Laval
Impact of smoking on the pulmonary lipid metabolism: new paradigm and therapies
2014  IRP  –  Dr Richard Horner PhD, University of Toronto
The Brain and Breathing
2012  IRP  –  Dr Stephen Lam, MD, FRPCPC, University of British Columbia.
Single Cell Network Profiling Program for Therapeutic Development in Respiratory Diseases
2010  IRP  –  Dr Delbert Dorscheid, MD, PhD, University of British Columbia
Bio‐airway Research Offering new Concepts in Health (BRONCH) Partnership
2010  SP  –  Dr John Boyd, MD, University of British Columbia
Plasma Transcriptomes Have Different Molecular Signatures that can be used to differentiate pneumonia from congestive heart failure
2009  IRP  –  Dr Harissios Viagloftis, University of Alberta
Clinical Research Study of Asthma Phenotypes
2008  IRP  –  Dr David Hwang, University Health Network, U of Toronto
Pulmonary Bacterial Community Gene Expression in Antibiotic Response and Resistance

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