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.