Research Grants ($80,000): First Year of Two Year Grants 2009/2010
Researcher: Dr. Eric Cohen
Co-Investigators Dr. Tram N.Q. Pham
Institution: Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal (IRCM)
Project: HIV Viral Protein R (Vpr) as an Immuno-modulator of the NKG2D-Dependent Cytolytic Activity of Natural Killer Cells during HIV-1 infection
Researcher: Dr. Mark Wainberg
Institution: McGill University AIDS Centre
Co-Investigators Dr. Richard D. Sloan, Dr. Tamara Bar-Magen
Project: Are there HIV-1 subtype specific differences in resistance to integrase inhibitors?
Researcher: Dr. Andrew Mouland
Institution: Lady Davis Institute/Jewish General Hospital
Project: Implications of Upframeshift Suppressor Protein 1 (UPF1) In HIV-1 Genomic RNA Fate
Research Grants ($80,000): Year 2 of 2008/2009 Projects
Researcher: Dr. Alan Cochrane
Institution: University of Toronto
Project: Understanding the Control of HIV-1 Gene Expression
Researcher: Dr. Mario Ostrowski
Institution: University of Toronto
Project: T cell Immunity in HIV/HCV co-infection
Researcher: Dr. Naglaa H. Shoukry
Co-Investigators: Dr. Marina Klien
Institution: Centre de Recherche du CHUM
Project: Immune Restoration in HIV/HCV co-infected Patients during Interferon Therapy
Research Grants ($25,000): One Year Grants 2009/2010
Researcher: Dr. Jaqueline Sas
Institution: Canadian HIV Trials Network
Project: CANFAR/CTN Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Researcher: Dr. Dr. Paul MacPherson/Dr. Louise Belfore
Co-Investigators: Dr. Gary Garber, Dr. William Cameron, Dr. Jonathan Angel, Dr. Craig Lee,Dr. Curits Cooper, Dr. Giorgio Tasca, Dr. Charles LaPorte, Dr. Kimberley Corace, Dr. Daniella Sandre, Dr. Andrew Pike, Dr. Robert Reid
Institution: The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Project: A Smoking Cessation Program for PHAs: Pharmacologic, Immunologic, Cardiovascular and Socio-Behavioural Outcomes
Researcher: Dr. Jason Brophy
Co-Investigators: Dr. Ari Bitnun, Dr. Lindy Samson, Dr. Stanley Read, Dr. Chris Karatsios, Dr. Brian Ward, Dr. Valerie Lamarre
Institution: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario/University of Ottawa
Project: Immunogenicity of Arepanrix (AS03-adjuvanted H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine) in HIV-infected children
Researcher: Dr. June Larkin/Denise Jaworsky
Co-Investigators: Jerri Clout, Dr. Sarah Flicker, Dr. Trevor Hart, Jesse Janssen, Alicia Jarvis, Henry Luyombya, Sarah Switzer
Institution: University of Toronto
Project: Youth HIV and Sexual Health Education Health Programs in Canada: What's Needed to Enhance Evaluation Capacity?
Researcher: Dr. Christine Webber
Co-Investigators: Dr. Christopher Power
Institution: University of Alberta
Project: Neurotoxicity if HIV proteins, Vpr and gp120, in sensory neuronal subpopulations
Researcher: Dr. Nicole Bernard
Institution: Research Institute McGill University
Project: The effect of HIV infection on NK function; features of NK fuction associated with viral control
Researcher: Dr. Lionel Berthoux
Institution: Universite de Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
Project: The role of cellular DNA single strand break repair proteins in HIV-1 replication
