SPPH researchers leading 5 projects awarded CIHR Fall 2023 grants

School of Population and Public Health researchers (SPPH) are among the UBC awardees of funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant: Fall 2023 competition.

A total of 46 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $31.3 million in combined funding. The projects address key health challenges including cancer, respiratory health, osteoarthritis and more.

On a national level, CIHR approved a total of 374 research grants, plus 6 bridge grants, for a total investment of approximately $325 million. In addition, 150 priority announcement grants were funded for a total amount of $16,400,000 and 14 supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $450,000.

SPPH-led Project Grants

• “How far is too far?” Creating an evidence base to support safe provision of medication abortion for people living far from emergency services
  Principal Investigators: Wendy Norman (Obstetrics and Gynaecology); Bonnie Henry (School of Population and Public Health); Sarah Munro (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)

• Using locally developed computer-assisted detection to promote social justice for a population with a high burden of lung disease: A participatory equity-sensitive approach
  Principal Investigator: Jerry Spiegel (School of Population and Public Health)

• The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in Vancouver, BC
  Principal Investigator: Patricia Spittal (School of Population and Public Health)

SPPH-led Priority Announcements

• Prenatal Exposure to Wildfire Disasters and their Association with Early Childhood Health, Development, and Epigenetics
  Principal Investigators: Michael Kobor (Medical Genetics / Biochemistry and Molecular Biology); Sarah Henderson (School of Population and Public Health)
  Project Grant – Priority Announcement: Health and Climate Change

• Effect of an educational radio campaign on contraception use in Nigeria
  Principal Investigator: Michael Law (School of Population and Public Health)
  Project Grant – Priority Announcement: Global Health Research

Read the announcement by the Faculty of Medicine.