CLINICAL
INVESTIGATOR CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT
FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Philip Barber Clinical
Neurosciences Medicine U of C Magnetic Resonance
Molecular Imaging (MRMI) of the Early Endothelial Inflammatory Response in
Focal Ischemia Ordan Lehmann Ophthalmology Medicine & Dentistry U of A Segmental Duplication and
Deletion of Genes Involved in Optic Nerve Head Development and Function Richard Leigh Medicine Medicine U of C The Role
of the Bronchial Epithelium in Airway Remodeling Robert Myers Medicine Medicine U of C Noninvasive Prediction
of Hepatic Fibrosis Using Serum Markers in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Anthony Reiman Oncology Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Inhibition of
RHAMM as a Treatment Strategy in Multiple Myeloma Philip Tibbo Psychiatry Medicine
& Dentistry U of A HIgh Field Strength Proton-MRS Investigation of in Vivo Brain
Glutamate and its Modulation with Pharmacotherapy in First Episodes
Schizophrenia Ban Chi-Ho Tsui Anaesthesiology & Pain Medicine Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Optimizing
Needle Placement for Regional Anesthesia Utilizing a Combination of
Electrical Stimulation and Ultrasound Imaging POPULATION HEALTH
INVESTIGATOR CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Geoff Ball Pediatrics Medicine & Dentistry U of A Improving
Health Outcomes in Overweight Children with a Family History of Type 2
Diabetes: One-on-One Coaching vs Group-Based
Counseling Igor
Burstyn Public
Health Sciences Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Development
and Application in Alberta of New Exposure Assessment Methods for
Environmental Epidemiology Brenda
Hemmelgarn Medicine Medicine U of C Chronic
Kidney Disease Among Aboriginal People in Alberta: Prevalence and Access to
Care Padmaja Kaul Medicine Medicine & Dentistry U of A International
Differences in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Coronary Heart Disease:
Comparison of Practice Patterns in Canada and the US Kathryn King Nursing U of C Using
Decision-Tree Modeling to Examine How Ethnocultural
Affiliation and Gender Influence CVD Risk Management Behaviour Colleen
Norris Nursing Nursing U of A Gender
Differences in Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Coronary Artery Disease: A Multidimensional Approach Johanne Paradis Linguistics Arts U of A Detecting the
Differences between Second Language Acquisition and Specific Language
Impairment Suzanne Tough Pediatrics Medicine U of C Optimizing Child
Development: The Role of Risk Factors and Interventions Sunita Vohra Pediatrics Medicine & Dentistry U of A Evidence-Based
Medicine and Complementary and Alternative Medicine: An Opportunity for
N-of-1 Trials Catherine
Worthington Social Work Social Work U of C Advancing HIV
Services Research: Expanding Andersen's Health Services Utilization Framework SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Paul Beck Medicine Medicine U of C Assessing the
Role of Fas and Fas Ligand in Intestinal Inflammation and Homeostasis Steven Boyd Mechanical
& Manufacturing Engineering Engineering U of C In Vivo
Longitudinal Micro-Architectural Assessment and Prediction of Bone Health in Osteoporosis David Hansen Biological
Sciences Science U of C Regulation of
the Balance Between Stem Cell Self Renewal and Differentiation Christopher
Hunter Mechanical
& Manufacturing Engineering Engineering U of C Tissue Engineering
of the Intervertebral Disc Jean-Michel
Le Melledo Psychiatry Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Major
Depression, Cardiovascular Risk, and Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
(SSRIs) Daniel Muruve Medicine Medicine U of C The Molecular
Basis of the Innate Response to Viral Vectors Robert Newton Cell Biology
& Anatomy Medicine U of C Mechanisms of
Glucocorticoid-Dependent Repression in Airway
Epithelial Cells: The Role of Glucocorticoid-Inducible
Genes Richard
Thompson Biomedical
Engineering Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Development
of Magnetic Resonance for Pediatric Cardiovascular Imaging HEALTH
– SCHOLAR CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Finlay McAlister Medicine Medicine
& Dentistry U of A The Prevention
and Treatment of Vascular Disease: A Program of Research Designed to Enhance Evidence-based
Practice HEALTH
– SENIOR SCHOLAR CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Kim Raine Agricultural,
Food & Nutritional Science Agriculture,
Forestry, & Home Economics U of A An Ecological
Perspective on the Promotion of Healthy Weights HEALTH – SCIENTIST CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Keumhee Carriere Mathematical
& Statistical Sciences Science U of A Statistics
for Population Health Research: Estimating Provider and Small Area Variations
without Selection Bias SENIOR
SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Todd Anderson Medicine Medicine U of C The
Prognostic Significance of Endothelial Dysfunction in Humans Susan
Andrew Medical
Genetics Medicine
& Dentistry U of
A Genomic
Instability and Human Disease Michele Barry Medical
Microbiology & Immunology Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Poxvirus
Anti-Apoptotic Strategies Christian
Beaulieu Biomedical
Engineering Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Magnetic
Resonance Imaging of Neurological Disorders Gordon
Francis Medicine Medicine
& Dentistry U of A High
Density Lipoprotein Formation:
Metabolism and Disease Prevention Richard
Frayne Radiology Medicine U of C Magnetic
Resonance-Derived Tissue Markers in Human Acute Ischemic Stroke: Enhancing Our Understanding of the
Therapeutic Tissue Window Jonathan Lakey Surgery Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Maximizing
Clinical Islet Transplant Success by Optimizing Isolations Peter
Light Pharmacology Medicine
& Dentistry U of A The Roles
and Regulation of ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channels in Ischemic Heart Disease
and Type 2 Diabetes Andrew MacMillan Biochemistry Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Structural
and Functional Characterization of Splicesome Assembly
and Activation Marc Poulin Physiology
& Biophysics Medicine U of C Effects
of Age on Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation in Women Peter
Silverstone Psychiatry Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Brain
Activation in Bipolar and Unipolar Depression Peter Tieleman Biological
Sciences Science U of C Computational
Studies of Biological Membranes Zhixiang Wang Cell
Biology Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Regulation
of EGFR-Mediated Signal Transduction and Endocytosis SCIENTIST CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT
TITLE Sui R. (Wayne) Chen Physiology
& Biophysics Medicine U of C Molecular
Basis of Ryanodine Receptor-Associated Cardiac
Arrhythmia and Sudden Death Tom Hobman Cell Biology Medicine
& Dentistry U of A 1. RNA Interference and Cell Cycle Regulation 2. Virus-Host Interactions Paul Kubes Physiology & Biophysics Medicine U of C Toll-Like
Receptors and Leukocyte Endothelial Cell Interactions Gary Lopaschuk Pediatrics Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Energy
Substrate Metabolism in the Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Heart Quentin
Pittman Physiology & Biophysics Medicine U of C Neuroimmune Regulation Richard
Schulz Pediatrics Medicine
& Dentistry U of A Pathobiology of Matrix Metalloproteinases in
the Heart Michael
Wheeler Medicine Medicine & Dentistry U of A Molecular
and Cellular Processes that Control Glucose-Stimulated Insulin
Secretion: Identification of Potential
Therapeutic Targets and Diabetes Voon Wee Yong Oncology Medicine U of C Matrix Metalloproteinases and Regeneration in Animal Models of
Multiple Sclerosis James
Young Physiology Medicine
& Dentistry U of
A Structure
and Function of Nucleoside Transport Proteins Douglas Zochodne Clinical Neurosciences Medicine U of C Sensory
Neurons, Insulin and Experimental Diabetes INDEPENDENT
ESTABLISHMENT GRANT AWARD CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY INST. PROJECT TITLE Gregory Cairncross Clinical Neuorsciences Medicine U of C Integrative
Brain Tumor Research Centre Jeffery Dunn Radiology Medicine U of C Establishment
of a Centre for the Study of Oxygen and Angiogenesis in Neurological
Disorders Rajiv Midha Clinical
Neurosciences Medicine U of C Strategies to
Enhance Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

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