C17 research grants

C17 Research Grant Competition Funding

Round 1
Dr. Lillian Sung, The Hospital for Sick Children
Prospective Cohort Study of Genetic Variation and Risk of Infection in Canadian Children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Dr. Yigal Dror, The Hospital for Sick Children
Defining the Clinical Phenotype of Inherited Marrow Failure Syndromes and the Risk Factors for Severe Hematological Complications and Cancer by the Canadian Inherited Marrow Failure Registry (CIMFR)

Round 2
Dr. Michel Duval, Hôpital Sainte-Justine
The Effect of Maintaining a Higher Hemoglobin Level on Neutropenia Duration after Bone Marrow Transplantation in Children: A Pan-Canadian Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Round 3
Dr. Rob Rassekh, BC Children’s Hospital
Genotype-Specific Approaches to Therapy in Children with Cancer (GATC Cancer)

Round 4
Dr. Don Mabbott, The Hospital for Sick Children
Neuro-imaging of white matter and neuro-cognitive outcome following cranial radiation for pediatric brain tumors

Dr. Anne Klassen, McMaster University
Immigrant Families’ Experiences of Care for their Child with Cancer

Round 5
Dr. Juliette Hukin, BC Children’s Hospital
Evaluation of Biomarkers in Relation to Recurrence Rate in Childhood Ependymoma

Dr. Andrea Downie, Dr. Sharon Guger, and Dr. Isabelle Montour-Proulx,
Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, The Hospital For Sick Children, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
The Role of Intrathecal Methotrexate, Triple Intrathecal Therapy, and High Dose Intravenous Methotrexate in Predicting Neurocognitive Outcome in Survivors of Childhood Leukemia

Dr. Conrad Fernandez, IWK Health Centre
Quality of life (QOL) by randomized arm in a trial of stem cell transplantation versus chemotherapy for high risk relapsed Wilms tumor

Round 6
Dr. Jacqueline Halton, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Osteonecrosis in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Round 7
 Dr. Evan Shereck, BC Children's Hospital
ADP Signaling Defect as a Potential Cause for Aplastic Anemia

Ms. Lesley Mitchell, Stollery Children's Hospital
Relationship of Prothrombotic Markers to Thrombosis in Survivors of Childhood Cancer

Dr. David Malkin, The Hospital for Sick Children
The Estrogen Receptor Pathway as a Therapeutic Target in Rhabdomyosarcoma

Round 8
Dr. Shayna Zelcer, London Health Sciences Centre
Development of the P-SCS: The Pediatric Supportive Care Scale

Dr. Paul Steinbok, BC Children’s Hospital
Thalamic Brain Tumours in Canada in the MRI Era

Round 9
Dr. Yigal Dror, The Hospital for Sick Children
Characterization of Myelodysplastic Syndrome Secondary to Inherited Marrow Failure Registry (CIMFR)