$25,000 Grants
Researcher: Dr. Andre Desormeaux
Coinvestigators: Michel Bergeron, Michel Tremblay, Arbeea Omar
Institution: Laval University, Infectious Diseases Research Centre
Project: Thermoreversible Micobicidal Gel to prevent the Sexual Transmission of HIV
Researcher: Dr. Johane Allard
Coinvestigators: Dr. Sharon Walmsley, Elaheh Aghdassi
Institution: Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
Project: Role of chromium in abnormal glucose and lipid / metabolism lipodystrophy in HIV patients
Researcher: Dr. Anne Gatignol
Coinvestigators: Dr. Damian Purcell
Institution: McGill AIDS Centre – Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Project: Translational control by cellular factors during HIV-1 replication
Researcher: Dr. Sylvie Beaulieu
Coinvestigators: Dr. Aline Rinfret, Dr. Bader Yassine Diab, Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sekaly
Institution: University of Montreal, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Project: Role(s) of dendritic cells during coinfection with HIV and HCV
Researcher: Dr. Hugo Soudeyns
Institution: Hospital Sainte-Justine, Centre de recherche
Project: Effects of HIV-HCV co-infection on maternal HCV-specific cell-mediated immunity during pregnancy
Researcher: Dr. Christopher H. Mody
Institution: University of Calgary
Project: The role of the Cryptococcus neoformans mitogen (CnM) in host defence in AIDS
Researcher: Canadian HIV Trials Network
Contact: Robert O’Neill
Project: CANFAR/CTN Associateship in HIV Clinical Research
Researcher: Dr. Michael Grant
Institution: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Immunology, Faculty of Medicine
Project: Immunological containment of HIV drug resistance
Researcher: Dr. Nicole F. Bernard
Coinvestigators: Dr. Emil Toma
Institution: Montreal General Hospital Research Institute
Project: Role of HIV-specific immunity in controlling viral rebound after stopping HAART: A Pilot Study
Researcher: Dr. Benoit Barbeau
Institution: CHUL, Infectious Diseases Res Centre
Project: The implication of NFAT in the regulation of the HIV-1 LTR activity by the HTLV-1 Tax protein
Researcher: Dr. Francois Coutlee
Coinvestigators: Dr. Catherine Hankins, Canadian Women's HIV Study Group
Institution: Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM, Dept of Microbiology
Project: Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA viral load measured by real-time PCR as a predictor of significant genital infection by HPV in HIV-seropositive women
Researcher: Dr. Alain Piche
Institution: University of Sherbrooke
Project: Intracellular immunization as a means to limit HIV replication and spread
$80,000 Grants (Two-year grants)
Researcher: Dr. Christopher Power
Institution: University of Calgary
Project: The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in HIV Neuropathogenesis of Lentivirus Infections
Researcher: Dr. Sharon Walmsley
Coinvestigators: Dr. Evan Collins
Institution: Toronto General Hospital -Toronto Western Hospital
Project: The Impact of HIV-Related Lipodystrophy on the Quality of Life in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Researchers: Dr. Catherine Hankins and Dr. Francois Coutlee
Institution: Hopital Notre-Dame du Chum
Project: The Role of Molecular Variants in Persistent Genital Infection by Human Papillomavirus in HIV-seropositive women
Researcher: Dr. Wilfred Jefferies
Institution: University of British Columbia - Biomedical Research Centre
Project: Identification of Cellular Interactions of MHC1 Cytoplasmic Domain Displaced by HIV NEF
Researcher: Dr. Andrew Badley
Institution: Ottawa Hospital General Campus, Infectious Diseases
Project: Antiapoptotic Effects of Protease Inhibitors
Researcher: Dr. David Burdge
Coinvestigators: Dr. Chester Morris, Dr. Sharon Walmsley and others
Institution: University of British Columbia
Project: The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) on Bone Density and Osteoporosis in HIV positive Canadian Women
Researcher: Dr. Lynne Leonard
Coinvestigators: Dr. Robert Remis, Dr. Connie Kristiansen
Institution: University of Ottawa - Dept. of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
Project: Study of the Social Experience of HIV Risk-Related Behaviours and the Impact of HIV Risk Conditions Among Injection Drug Users in Ottawa Carleton: Implications for HIV Prevention
Researcher: Dr. Mark Wainberg
Institution: McGill AIDS Centre, Lady Davis Institute
Project: HIV-1 Genotypic Diversity – Impact on antiretroviral drug sensitivity and replicative fitness of HIV-1 Genotypic Variants
