October 13, 2005 Source: University of Toronto:
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/051013-1694.asp $43 million awarded to health researchers U of T and affiliated hospitals receive vital funding from CIHR
Oct 13/05
by Maria Saros Leung Researchers at the University of Toronto and its affiliated hospitals have received over $43 million in newly announced research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). At an announcement made Oct. 12 by Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh and Dr. Diane Finegood, scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, U of T and its affiliated hospitals were awarded 20 per cent of the total $214 million in CIHR’s operating grants open competition. "Funding for these projects represents a critical investment in health research on the part of the Government of Canada," said Professor John Challis, vice-president (research) and associate provost. "We are grateful to CIHR for continuing to create opportunities for our scholars to conduct leading-edge research that benefits our society." U of T received support for a variety of research initiatives to be carried out over periods of one to five years. Examples of funded projects include an investigation into the relationship between housing, neighbourhood and food security among low-income families by Professor Valerie Tarasuk of nutritional sciences and a study into HIV/STIs among Nigerian men by Professor Ted Myers of public health sciences. "Promoting groundbreaking health research is a crucial component of our government's plan to build a healthy, prosperous and innovative Canada for the 21st century," said Dosanjh. "Each new discovery fuels leading-edge treatments, advanced technologies and health system innovation. And the culture of excellence in research fostered by the CIHR makes Canada a global magnet for the best minds, ideas and investment." CIHR’s announcement of over 1,600 funded projects totalled over $324 million and is the largest funding announcement made by the agency to date.
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