Twenty-two research projects led by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and affiliated health authority research centres were awarded $15 million from the Canadian Institute of Health Research Project Grant Spring 2020 competition.
The Project Grant program supports researchers in building and conducting health-related research and knowledge translation projects, covering all areas of health.
In addition to the Project Grant Spring 2020 competition, one Faculty of Medicine project was awarded a priority announcement bridge grant of $100,000.
Faculty of Medicine recipients of Project Grants:
Pilot RCT for cognitive-behavioural & mindfulness-based online programs for female sexual dysfunction
UBC Principal Investigator: Dr. Lori Brotto, department of obstetrics & gynaecology
Identification of HOXB13 inhibitors to treat castrate-resistant prostate cancer
UBC Principal Investigators: Dr. Martin Gleave, department of urologic sciences, Dr. Nathan Lack, department of urologic sciences
Predicting and Evaluating Anal Cancer in HIV with novel biomarkers: The PEACH Study
UBC Principal Investigators: Dr. Jonathan (Troy) Grennan, department of medicine
A randomized trial of doxycycline chemoprophylaxis for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM)
UBC Principal Investigators: Dr. Jonathan (Troy) Grennan, department of medicine, Dr. Mark Hull, department of medicine