The Network for Canadian Oral Health Research is pleased to announce the successful applicants of our 2019-20 New Frontier Seed Grant Program funding opportunity. The purpose of the seed grant program is to support the development of collaborations in research with emphasis placed on novel, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches for investigating the area of oral health.
The 2019-20 New Frontier Seed Grant Program is sponsoring research and knowledge translation activities for five projects. The amount per grant is $20,000 per year for either 1 or 2 years.
Theme: Role of the oral microbiome, saliva and/or oral in systemic diseases
Project Title: Exploring the diversity in the microbiome of high risk oral epithelial dysplasia as a predictor of malignant progression
Principal Investigator: Leigha Rock, School of Dental Hygiene, Faculty of Dentistry, Dalhousie University; Co-Investigators: Denise Laronde, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia; Wan Lam, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre; Morgan Langille, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Theme: Novel research avenues with a strong potential for innovation and excellence
Project Title: Understanding the Role of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Inducing Different Patterns of Immune Response During Oral Cancer Progression
Principal Investigator: Sabrina Wurzba, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University; Co-Investigators: Belinda Nicolau, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University; Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Lady Davis Institute; Michael Hier, Jewish General Hospital; Alex Mlynarek, Jewish General Hospital; Nader Sadeghi, McGill University Health Centre; Guillaume Bourgue, Genome Quebec Innovation Centre
Theme: Improving oral health care access and treatments
Project Title: Mechanobiology of the basement membrane at the nanoscale in progressing oral cancer lesions
Principal Investigator: Laurent Bozec, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto; Co-Investigators: Marco Magalhaes, University of Toronto; Martin Hyrcza, Foothills Medical Center
Project Title: Oral Health and Oral Care after Stroke: A Mixed Methods Study
Principal Investigator: Heather Flowers, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Co-Investigators: Hillel Finestone, University of Ottawa; Michael Wiseman, Private Practice Dentistry/McGill University; Katrine Sauvé-Schenk, University of Ottawa; Nalia Gurgel-Juarez, University of Ottawa; Brooke Benton, St. Joseph's Health Care/Lawson Health Research Institute; Karen Mallet, The Ottawa Hospital; Dylan Blacquière, The Ottawa Hospital
Project Title: Identification de la signature génétique spécifique pour concevoir un traitement ciblé du cancer buccal chez des patients Autochtones Canadiennes
Principal Investigator: Abdelhabib Semlali, Faculty of Dentistry, Laval University; Co-Investigators: Mahmoud Rouabhia, Faculty of Dentistry, Laval U; Silvana Papagerakis, Laboratory of Oral, Head and Neck Cancer, U of Saskatchewan; Nancy Mouradian, Faculty of Dentistry, Laval U; Belinda Nicolau, Faculty of Dentistry, McGill U; Aimée Dawson, Faculty of Dentistry, Laval U, Abdelilah Soussi Gounni, Faculty of Medicine, U of Manitoba
