Partnership Grants — $100,000.00
Project: Dianne and Aldo Bensadoun Family AIDS Centre
Partners: ALDO Shoes Inc. & Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital Foundation
Advanced (Level 1) Research Grants ($80,000): Year 1 of 2003-2004 Projects
Project: Needs assessment for a safer injecting facility in Ottawa
Researcher: Dr. Lynne Leonard
Institution: University of Ottawa; Ottawa, ON
Project: Characterizing the assembly of capsid-SP1 boundary region in HIV-1 production
Researcher: Dr. Chen Liang
Institution: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill AIDS Centre; Montréal, QC
Project: Effect of antiretroviral therapy on maternal blood cell mitochondrial DNA levels during pregnancy in HIV-infected women
Researcher: Dr. Deborah Money
Institution: University of British Columbia; Vancouver, BC
Project: Homecare for homeless people
Researcher: Dr. Cynthia Patton
Institution: Simon Fraser University; Vancouver, BC
Project: Neurotoxic mechanisms mediated by lentivirus-induced proteolysis
Researcher: Dr. Christopher Power
Institution: University of Calgary; Calgary, AB
Project: Screening for HIV-associated anal cancer
Researcher: Dr. Irving Salit
Institution: University Health Network, General Division; Toronto, ON
Advanced (Level 1) Research Grants ($80,000): one-year renewable projects
Project: Positive youth research project
Researcher: Dr. Eudice Goldberg
Institution: Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto, ON
Project: Development and characterization of novel model of AIDS
Researcher: Dr. Paul Jolicoeur
Institution: Clinical Research Institute of Montréal; Montréal, QC
Project: The role of lysyl tRNA synthetase in the HIV-1 life cycle
Researcher: Dr. Lawrence Kleiman
Institution: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill AIDS Centre; Montréal, QC
Project: Development of strategies to manage and prevent triple-class multi-drug resistance
Researcher: Dr. Mark Wainberg
Institution: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill AIDS Centre; Montréal, QC
Advanced (Level 1) Research Grants ($80,000): Year 1 of 2003-2004 Projects
Project: The effects of chromium supplementation on glucose and lipid metabolism in patients with HIV infection
Researcher: Dr. Johane Allard
Coinvestigator: Dr. Irving Salit
Institution: University Health Network, General Division; Toronto, ON
Project: A randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention for men living with HIV
Researchers: Bill Gayner & Dr. Mary Jane Esplen
Coinvestigator: Peter DeRoche
Institution: Mount Sinai Hospital, Clinic for HIV Related Concerns; Toronto, ON
Project: Global analysis of immune response gene expression to HIV-1 infection
Researcher: Dr. John Hiscott
Institution: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research – Molecular Oncology Group, McGill AIDS Centre; Montréal, QC
Project: Neurocognitive functioning in HIV/AIDS: impact of HAART and time-course response over one year
Researcher: Dr. Colleen Millikin
Coinvestigator: Dr. Sean B. Rourke
Institution: St. Michael’s Hospital, Neurobehavioural Research Unit; Toronto, ON
Project: Improvement of cardiovascular disease risk factors with combination therapy of Omega-3 PUFAs and plant sterols in HIV-positive subjects
Researcher: Dr. Julio S. G. Montaner
Coinvestigators: Dr. Lena Normen, Dr. Greg Bondy, Dr. Jiri Frohlich, Dr. Marianne Harris, Dr. Sheila Innis, & Dr. Jerzy Zawistowski
Institution: St. Paul’s Hospital, AIDS Research Program; Vancouver, BC
Project: Involvement of factors other than DC-Sign in capture and transmission of HIV-1 in trans to target cells
Researcher: Dr. Michael Tremblay
Institution: Centre de Recherche du CHUL (CHUQ); Sainte-Foy, QC
Project: STI immune substudy: the evaluation of the predictive value of HIV-specific immune response for HIV control to a lower viral set point in patients undergoing a structured treatment interruption before switching to a salvage regimen
Researcher: Dr. Christos Tsoukas
Coinvestigators: Dr. Mona Loutfy, Dr. Nicole Bernard, & Dr. Sharon Walmsley
Institution: Montreal General Hospital, Immune Deficiency Treatment Centre; Montréal, QC
Introductory (Level 2) Research Grants ($25,000)
Project: Viral genetics of persistent human papillomvirus infection in HIV-seropositive women
Researcher: Dr. François Coutlée
Institution: Centre de Recherche du CHUM, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal; Montréal, QC
Project: Characterization and analysis of the CCR7 promoter, modulation of CCR7 expression in T cells by PGE2 and its implication in HIV-1 dissemination
Researcher: Dr. Nancy Dumais
Institution: Université de Sherbrooke; Sherbrooke, QC
Project: Targeting of granzyme B into HIV-infected T cells: A potential therapeutic tool for AIDS
Researcher: Dr. Elias Elhaddad
Institution: Université de Montréal; Montréal, QC
Project: Interleukin-7 receptor expression on circulating CD8 T-cells in HIV infected individuals with either progressive or non-progressive disease
Researcher: Dr. Paul MacPherson
Institution: Ottawa Health Research Institute; Ottawa, ON
Project: The impact of low threshold methadone programs in Ontario: an approach to reduce HIV risk behaviours among opiate dependent drug users
Researcher: Dr. Margaret Millson
Institution: University of Toronto; Toronto, ON
Project: CANFAR/CTN Associateship in HIV clinical research
Institution: Canadian HIV Trials Network; Vancouver, BC
Researcher: Dr. Robert O’Neill
