The Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) is dedicated
to world-class research spanning a wide range of children's
and women's health concerns. Our principal investigators are recognized as some of the best in their fields. CFRI’s overall success rate in national funding competitions consistently exceeds the national average. The following are some of the recent major awards and honours that CFRI principal investigators have received.
| CIHR Advancing Technology Information Through Discovery |
| Dr. Poul Sorensen, The Canadian Pediatric Cancer Genome Consortium: Translating Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies into Improved Therapies for High-Risk Childhood Cancer |
| Dr. Poul Sorensen, The Canadian Pediatric Cancer Genome Consortium |
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| CIHR Partnerships for Health System Improvement |
| Dr. Bruce Carleton and Dr. Robert Peterson, Reducing the Acute Care Burden of Childhood Asthma on Health Services in British Columbia |
| Dr. Patricia Janssen, Optimal Birth BC |
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| CIHR Team Grants |
| Dr. David Burdge, Mechanisms of Aging Following Exposure to HIV Antiretroviral Drugs. Principal Investigator: Dr. Helen Cote, UBC |
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| Dr. Lorne Clarke, CIHR Team in Lysosomal Storage Disease Pharmaco Therapeutics. Principal Investigator: Dr. Don Mahuran, The Hospital for Sick Children |
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| Dr. Jean Paul Collet, Dr. Tobias Kollman and Dr. David Scheifele, PHACCIHR Influenza Research Network. Principal Investigator: Dr. Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University |
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| Dr. Jan Dutz, CIHR Team in Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Principal Investigator: Dr. Dafna Gladman, University Health Network |
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| Dr. Jan Friedman, A Research and Knowledge Network on Genetic Health Services and Policy: Building on the APOGEE – NET and CanGeneTest experiences. Principal Investigator: Dr. Francois Rousseau, University Laval |
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| Dr. Michael Hayden (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Elizabeth Conibear, CIHR Team in Palmitoylation in Huntington Disease |
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| Dr. Laura Magee, CIHR Team in Maternal Infant Care. Principal Investigator: Dr. Shoo Lee, Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute |
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| Dr. Ian Pike (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Mariana Brussoni, CIHR Team in Child and Youth Injury Prevention |
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| Dr. Anne Synnes, CIHR Team in Children’s Pain. Principal Investigator: Dr. Bonnie Stevens, The Hospital for Sick Children |
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| Dr. Rusung Tan and Dr. Bruce Verchere, Beta Cell Regeneration for Diabetes. Principal Investigator: Dr. Timothy Kieffer, UBC |
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| Dr. Rusung Tan (Principal Investigator), Dr. Jan Dutz, Dr. Constadina Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Stuart Turvey, Dr. Lori Tucker and Dr. Peter van den Elzen, CIHR Team in Childhood Autoimmunity |
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| Dr. Lori Tucker, New Onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Canadian Multi-Centre Collaborative Outcomes Study – REACCH OUT. Principal Investigator: Dr. Ciaran Duffy, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre |
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| Dr. Stuart Turvey, CIHR Team in Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases. Principal Investigator: Dr. Silvia Vidal, McGill University |
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| External Salary Awards |
| B.C. Leadership Research Chairs of the B.C. Leading Edge Endowment Fund |
| Dr. Thomas Boyce, Sunny Hill Health Centre BC Leadership Chair in Early Childhood Development |
| Dr. Urs Ribary, BC Leadership Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience in Early Childhood Health and Development at Simon Fraser University |
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| Canadian Diabetes Association |
| Dr. Jan Ehses, Scholar Award |
| Dr. Francis Lynn, Scholar Award |
| Dr. Constadina Panagiotopoulos, Clinician Scientist Award |
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| Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| Dr. Elizabeth Conibear, New Investigator |
| Dr. William Gibson, Clinician Scientist (Phase 2) |
| Dr. Tobias Kollmann, Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program |
| Dr. Blair Leavitt, Clinician Scientist (Phase 2) |
| Dr. Steven Miller, Clinician Scientist (Phase 2) |
| Dr. Peter von Dadelszen, New Investigator |
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| Canadian Association of Gastroenterology/Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada/CIHR (Rx&D) |
| Dr. Laura Sly, New Investigator Award |
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| Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada |
| Dr. Angela Devlin, New Investigator Award, and McDonald Scholarship Award |
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| Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
| Dr. J. Mark Ansermino, Scholar – Clinical |
| Dr. Cornelius Boerkoel,Scholar – Biomedical |
| Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Scholar – Health Services |
| Dr. Jan Dutz, Senior Scholar – Clinical |
| Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski, Senior Scholar |
| Dr. Michael Kobor, Scholar – Biomedical |
| Dr. Blair Leavitt, Scholar – Biomedical |
| Dr. Suzanne Lewis, Scholar – Clinical |
| Dr. Louise Mâsse, Senior Scholar – Population Health |
| Dr. Steven Miller, Scholar – Clinical |
| Dr. Evica Rajcan-Separovic, Scholar – Clinical |
| Dr. Rusung Tan, Senior Scholar – Clinical |
| Dr. Peter van den Elzen, Scholar – Biomedical |
| Dr. Bruce Verchere, Senior Scholar – Biomedical |
| Dr. Peter von Dadelszen, Senior Scholar – Clinical |
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| Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada |
| Dr. Peter von Dadelszen, Career Development Award |
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| National Research Chairs |
| Dr. Ronald Barr, CRC in Community Child Health Research |
| Dr. Daniel Goldowitz, CRC in Developmental Neurogenetics |
| Dr. Geoffrey Hammond, CRC in Reproductive Health |
| Dr. Michael Hayden, CRC in Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine |
| Dr. Liisa Holsti, CRC in Neonatal Health and Development |
| Dr. Megan Levings, CRC in Transplantation |
| Dr. Stephen Miller, CRC in Neonatal Neuroscience |
| Dr. Elizabeth Simpson, CRC in Genetics and Behaviour |
| Dr. Stefan Taubert, CRC in Transcriptional Regulatory Networks |
| Dr. Glen Tibbits, CRC in Molecular Cardiac Physiology (Simon Fraser University) |
| Dr. Bruce Vallance, CRC in Pediatric Gastroenterology |
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| Infrastructure Awards |
| CFI/CIHR Regional/ National Clinical Research Initiatives |
| Dr. Bruce Carleton and Dr. Michael Hayden, Genotype-Specific Approaches to Therapy in Children: Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety |
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| CFI CRC Infrastructure Awards & BCKDF |
| Dr. Daniel Goldowitz, Neurodevelopmental Imaging Facility |
| Dr. Stefan Taubert, Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulatory Networks |
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| CFI Leading Edge Fund & BCKDF |
| Dr. Suzanne Lewis, British Columbia Lead, A Comprehensive Approach to Identifying Genes for Complex Genetic Disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders & Beyond. Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeanette Holden, Queen's University |
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| CFI New Initiatives Fund & BCKDF |
| Dr. Steven Miller, Child & Family Research Imaging Facility |
| Dr. David Speert, Centre for Understanding and Preventing Infection in Children |
| Dr. Bruce Verchere, Centre for Research on Childhood Diabetes |
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| CFI Leaders Opportunity Fund & BCKDF |
| Dr. Chinten James Lim, AIMS: Advanced Imaging Microscope Suite |
| Dr. Brad Hoffman and Dr. Francis Lynn, Beta Cell Genesis Research Facility |
| Dr. Laura Sly, Inflammatory Macrophages (IMacs) Research Laboratory |
| Dr. Stuart Turvey, Children’s Innate Immunity Research Facility |
| Dr. Peter van den Elzen, Lipid Immunology Facility |
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