{"id":2487,"date":"2026-03-11T12:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/medicine\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2026-03-11T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:18:13","slug":"grants-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.radyfhs.umanitoba.ca\/medicine\/grants-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Robert Beattie<\/strong>, assistant professor of biochemistry and medical genetics, received more than $1 million (five years) from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a project that investigates why some brain cells are more vulnerable than others during development. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Shyamala Dakshinamurti<\/strong>, professor of pediatrics and child health, received $994,500 (five years) from CIHR for a project studying pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Keith Fowke<\/strong>, professor and department head of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, received $31,250 (three years) from the Centre Hospitalier del\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al for his project \u201cCanadian HIV Cure Enterprise 3.0: Targeting tissue HIV reservoirs.\u201d He and Dr. Titus Olukitibi<\/strong> received a $50,000 (two years) training grant from CIHR for their project \u201cIncreasing Capacity for Maternal and PAediatric Clinical Trials (IMPACT) in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Mariana Herrera<\/strong>, postdoctoral fellow in medical microbiology and infectious diseases, received a $50,000 (one year) CIHR Planning and Dissemination Grant for the project \u201cFrom Local to Global: Expanding Canadian One Health Leadership Through International Partnerships to Fight AMR.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Yoav Keynan<\/strong>, professor of internal medicine and medical microbiology and infectious diseases, received $577,775 (four years) from CIHR, for his project \u201cCIHR Pan\u2011Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI for Clinical Trials Research.\u201d He also received $17,000 (two years) from HSCRF for his project \u201cTowards precision management of pneumonia: Etiology and lung microbiome in adults diagnosed with community\u2011acquired pneumonia that required hospitalization \u2013 A pilot project within the ATTACC\u2011CAP trial.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Julie Lajoie<\/strong>, assistant professor of medical microbiology and infectious diseases and Francis A. Plummer Professorship in Global Infectious Diseases, received $200,000 (five years) from the University of Manitoba Start\u2011Up Grant for her project \u201cImpact of aging on the immune response.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Dylan MacKay<\/strong>, assistant professor in the department of internal medicine and the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences’ department of food and human nutritional sciences, is leading a new national project funded by Diabetes Canada investigating the potential for remission of type-2 diabetes using the new weight loss drug, tirzepatide. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Paul Marcogliese<\/strong>, assistant professor of biochemistry and medical genetics, and
coPI Dr. Rizqa Sulaiman-Baradien<\/strong>, assistant professor of pediatrics and child health, received a $30,000 (one year) ENRRICH Catalyst Grant for their project \u201cDrosophila as patient avatars for local rare-disease patients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Lyle McKinnon<\/strong>, associate professor of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, received $100,000 (one year) from CIHR. McKinnon\u2019s team will collaborate with the transgender community in Nairobi to unravel factors that increase sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections risk in transgender people. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Christiaan Righolt<\/strong>, assistant professor of surgery, and Dr. Amanda Fowler-Woods<\/strong>, assistant professor in the College of Community and Global Health, co-lead a project in close collaboration with a First Nations Advisory Circle that helped shape the study design. The team received $1.2 million (five years) from CIHR to fund a study that will use Indigenous research methods to better understand First Nations patients\u2019 access to joint care and joint replacement surgery in Manitoba. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zulma Rueda<\/strong>, associate professor of medical microbiology and infectious diseases and Canada Research Chair in sexually transmitted infection \u2013 resistance and control, received $8,200 (one year) from the Canadian International Development Agency for her project \u201cEmerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) 2025\u20132026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tanveer Sharif<\/strong>, associate professor of pathology, received $955,295 (five years) from CIHR for a project that investigate what causes immature cells in a child\u2019s brain to become cancerous, leading to Group 3 medulloblastoma. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Souradet Shaw<\/strong>, assistant professor of community and global health, received $100,000 (one year) from CIHR. Shaw\u2019s team is partnering with Winnipeg\u2019s Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre. With a safer consumption site expected to open in inner-city Winnipeg in 2026, this project will evaluate its impact on people who use substances and on the broader community. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Brandy Wicklow<\/strong>, professor of pediatrics and child health, received nearly $1.5 million (five years) from CIHR for a project that focuses on Type 2 diabetes as an intergenerational disease in First Nations communities. Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. George Zhanel<\/strong>, professor and associate head of medical microbiology and infectious diseases, received $149,132 (one year) in funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada for his project \u201cImproving sources, coverage, and integration of surveillance data for AMR in less common and emerging pathogens (SALE).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Can-SOLVE CKD Network\u2019s Phase 2 extension application has been approved, providing $2 million over two years from CIHR, with an additional $4 million in partner funding to support network operations through 2028. Locally, four University of Manitoba researchers are listed as principal investigators on the grant. The individual projects, PIs and their UM affiliations are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n