CIHR Early Career Investigators in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health Grant Recipients 2019

CIHR-IHDCYH in partnership with the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR); Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH); Institute of Gender and Health (IGH); Institute of Infection and Immunity (III); Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) and the Kidney Foundation of Canada: KRESCENT Program is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 CIHR Early Career Investigators in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health. We would also like to say thank you to the applicants’ funding partners who made this opportunity possible.

Institute of Cancer Research (ICR)

Dr. Miranda M Fidler-Benaoudia, University of Calgary
Perinatal complications and outcomes in female survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer: a population-based study on the impact of cancer on pregnancy in Canada

Dr. Étienne Fortin-Pellerin, Université de Sherbrooke
Total liquid ventilation for bronchopulmonary dysplasia prevention in a model of extreme preterm lamb

Dr. Jennifer D Zwicker, University of Calgary
Improving health outcomes and coordinating care for children with complex health and social needs

Dr. Natalie Castellanos Ryan, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
The role of age of cannabis use onset in the developmental pathways leading to substance use problems by early adulthood: key mediators and moderators
Dr. Elizabeth K Darling, McMaster University
Value for money: A mixed methods study to investigate the impact of funding expanded midwifery care models in Canada
Dr. Emma Duerden, University of Western Ontario
Optimizing preterm delivery time: brain health & neurodevelopmental outcomes
Dr. Daniel Kopala-Sibley, University of Calgary
Identifying premorbid environmental and neural markers of risk for first lifetime onsets of depressive and anxiety disorders in high-risk youth
Dr. Meghan Riddell, University of Alberta
Placental par polarity complex in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia
Dr. Leslie Skeith, University of Calgary
A prospective study evaluating complement activation among pregnant patients with obstetrical antiphospholipid syndrome
Dr. Meredith Vanstone, McMaster University
Encouraging informed decisions about cannabis use in pregnancy: educational needs of women and prenatal care providers

Dr. Meaghan J Jones, University of Manitoba
Epigenetic changes linking prenatal exposures to tobacco or cannabis smoke with asthma risk
Dr. Jennifer L Protudjer, University of Manitoba
The mental health impact and needs of those living with food allergy: Perceptions from children, parents and care providers to inform a needs-based multi-faceted support programs and policy

Dr. Marjorie Montreuil, McGill University
Improving suicide assessment and intervention with children: A participatory action research project informed by children's experiences

Dr. Sophie Tremblay, Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
Microglia modulation to protect the developing brain after injury

Dr. Mathieu Lemaire, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Novel pathophysiology of renal thrombotic microangiopathy: A role for diacylglycerol kinase epsilon (DGKE) to prevent exaggerated endothelial activation after an infection