Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) announced the next rollout of $25 million to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, to rapidly double the number of COVID-19 research projects funded, adding 49 new projects to the 47 projects previously announced on March 6. That brings the total to 96 projects led by researchers across the … Read more
Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) and Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Navdeep Bains (Mississauga-Malton, Ont.) announced an investment of nearly $27 million to fund coronavirus research. Due to the overwhelming response to the call for research applications, the Government of Canada increased its original investment from $7 million to $27 million. This investment will … Read more
Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ont.) announced an investment of $18 million over five years in microbiome research. This investment will support seven research teams from across the country that will study the microbiome to better understand its contribution to childhood asthma, cervical cancer, diabetes, youth inflammatory bowel disease, and maternal malnutrition. The investment will also … Read more
Dr. Michael J. Strong, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and CIHR’s Governing Council, announced today the appointment of Dr. Christine Chambers as the new Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health. This appointment will be effective January 1, 2020. Dr. Chambers is a Canada Research Chair (Tier … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Dr. Alain Moreau, professor at the University of Montreal, announced a $1.4 million investment in a new national network that will create critically needed scientific knowledge about the causes and treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis. Patients of the disease experience symptoms including unrelenting exhaustion following mild physical and cognitive activity, headaches, inability … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller (Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, Que.) on behalf of Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced the new Stand Up to Cancer Canada —Canadian Cancer Society Metastatic Breast Cancer Dream Team. This team will focus efforts to implement advances in metastatic breast cancer research to improve the health of … Read more
Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie Mélanie Joly (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) on behalf of Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced an investment of almost $25 million to support 29 health research projects that are leveraging the latest in technology to improve patient diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life. The investment comes from the country’s three … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced investments of $26 million from the Government of Canada, as well as an additional $6.3 million from partner organizations, towards improved care for patients in Canada’s health care system. The funding will go towards research teams from across the country to study ways to improve patient outcomes, support the … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced an investment of $32 million in research of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections. Canadian Institutes of Health Research is providing $19.9 million over five years to biomedical and clinical HIV/AIDS researchers across the country to develop effective prevention strategies, treatment and care. An investment of $12.5 million over five years will support … Read more
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) announced an investment of $100.8 million over 16 years in the Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research Program. The purpose of the program is to establish a national network of nine centres located across the country focused on capacity development, research and knowledge translation centered on Indigenous Peoples. More specifically, it will support … Read more
