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• A National Comparison of Intensity of End-of-Life Care in Canada: Defining Changing Patterns, Risk Factors and Targets for Intervention.

  Fowler, R. A. R. A. (PI), Heyland, D. K. D. (CoPI), Kozak, J. J. (CoPI), Rockwood, K. (CoPI), Rubenfeld, G. G. (CoPI), Scales, D. C. (CoPI), Stukel, T. A. T. A. (CoPI) & Wunsch, H. H. (CoPI)

  Institute of Aging

  10/1/11 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Birthing Relationships and Rural Health Practices: The Experiences of Queer Women and Their Perinatal Care Providers.

  Aston, M. L. (PI), Goldberg, L. S. (CoPI), Burrow, S. (CoPI), Guptill, E. (CoPI) & Simmonds, A. H. (CoPI)

  Institute of Gender and Health

  10/1/12 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

• Quantitative Proton Spectroscopy of White Matter at 4 Tesla in First Episode Psychosis Part II: A Clinical Study

  Tibbo, P. G. (PI), Bartha, R. (CoPI), Bernier, D. C. (CoPI), Beyea, S. S. (CoPI), Good, K. P. K. P. (CoPI), McAllindon, D. (CoPI), Milliken, H. I. H. I. (CoPI) & Song, X. X. (CoPI)

  Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

  10/1/10 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Control of movement: Brain stem control of locomotion

  Brownstone, R. B. M. (PI)

  Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

  10/1/08 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

• Reproductive Health in HIV Care: Optimizing Outcomes in the Era of HAART

  H. Hoffmann, K. K. (PI), Schlech, W. F. (PI), Kambugu, A. A. (CoPI), Birungi, J. (CoPI), Katusiime, C. C. (CoPI) & Moore, D. M. (CoPI)

  1/1/01 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Determinants of Physical and Psychological Health Decline While Waiting for Joint Replacement Surgery

  Sullivan, M. J. L. M. J. (PI), Dunbar, M. J. M. J. (CoPI), Stanish, W. D. (CoPI) & Tanzer, M. M. (CoPI)

  Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis

  10/1/10 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Behind the Scenes: Understanding Patients' and Practitioners' Interactions and Experiences with Obesity Management

  Price, S. L. (PI), Kirk, S. (CoPI), Aston, M. L. (CoPI), Curran, J. (CoPI), Rehman, L. A. (CoPI) & Vallis, M. M. (CoPI)

  9/1/11 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Improved Methodological Approaches to Need-based Resource Allocation

  Asada, Y. Y. (PI)

  Institute of Health Services and Policy Research

  10/1/08 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

• Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD)

  Bourbeau, J. J. (PI), Tan, W. (CoPI), Aaron, S. D. (CoPI), Atherton, J. K. (CoPI), Baglole, C. (CoPI), Benedetti, A. A. (CoPI), Chapman, K. R. K. R. (CoPI), Cowie, R. L. (CoPI), Coxson, H. O. H. O. (CoPI), Daskalopoulou, S. S. (CoPI), Després, J. (CoPI), Fitzgerald, J. M. (CoPI), Gershon, A. S. A. S. (CoPI), Goldstein, R. (CoPI), Hernández, P. (CoPI), Lacasse, Y. (CoPI), Lavoie, K. K. (CoPI), Maltais, F. F. (CoPI), Marciniuk, D. D. (CoPI), Miedinger, D. (CoPI), O'donnell, D. E. M. (CoPI), Rabasa-lhoret, R. R. (CoPI) & Sin, D. D. (CoPI)

  Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

  4/1/09 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Anatomical, functional connectivity and gray matter development as risk factors for bipolar disorders - longitudinal MRI study in offspring of bipolar parents

  Alda, M. (PI), Haj́ek, T. (CoPI), Duffy, A. C. A. C. (CoPI), Macqueen, G. (CoPI) & Rolheiser, T. M. (CoPI)

  Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

  10/1/10 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• The BK: KIDNI Trial (BK: Kinase Inhibition to Decrease Nephropathy Intervention Trial)

  Tibbles, L. A. L. (PI), Acott, P. D. (CoPI), Cantarovich, M. M. (CoPI), Cockfield, S. M. (CoPI), House, A. A. (CoPI), Humar, A. (CoPI), Hébert, M. (CoPI), Keown, P. A. P. A. (CoPI), Nickerson, P. W. P. W. (CoPI), Ravani, P. (CoPI) & Rush, D. N. (CoPI)

  Institute of Infection and Immunity

  10/1/09 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Cannabis and traffic collisions: A case crossover study of patients presenting to tertiary care centres in Toronto and Halifax

  Asbridge, M. M. (PI)

  Institute of Population and Public Health

  10/1/08 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Intergenerational impacts of Indian Residential Schools: Results from the 2007/08 First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey

  Anisman, H. (PI), Bombay, A. (CoPI), Maggi, S. S. (CoPI) & Matheson, K. (CoPI)

  Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health

  10/1/11 → 9/30/13

  Health, Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Establishment of the Hepatopancreaticobiliary Community of Surgical Oncologists: Clinical, Evaluative, and Prospective Trials Team (HPB CONCEPT Team)

  Karanicolas, P. J. P. J. (PI), Guyatt, G. H. G. H. (CoPI), Barkun, J. S. T. (CoPI), Dixon, E. (CoPI), Porter, G. A. (CoPI) & Wei, A. C. (CoPI)

  10/1/12 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Phenotypic and molecular heterogeneity of bipolar disorder

  Alda, M. (PI), Macqueen, G. (CoPI), Rouleau, G. A. G. A. (CoPI), Turecki, G. X. G. X. (CoPI) & Young, L. T. L. (CoPI)

  Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

  10/1/03 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

• Adversity and Resilience among early teens: What predicts positive outcomes in later adolescence?

  Ungar, M. M. (PI), Pantelis Andreou, P. (CoPI), Carrey, N. (CoPI), Donnon, T. L. (CoPI), Leblanc, J. C. J. C. (CoPI) & Thiessen, V. (CoPI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  10/1/08 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Commercialization of a Radiopaque Spherical Embolic Agent.

  Boyd, D. D. (PI), Abraham, R. J. (CoPI) & Kehoe, S. (CoPI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  10/1/12 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Vitamin D status in Canadian pregnant women and their newborn infants: what levels protect against adverse pregnancy outcomes?

  Dodds, L. A. (PI), Giguere, Y. (CoPI), Armson, B. A. B. A. (CoPI), Forest, J. (CoPI), Weiler, H. A. H. (CoPI) & Woolcott, C. G. (CoPI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  10/1/11 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Multi-site synthesis of community-based social support interventions involving Aboriginal families affected by allergies and asthma: A national research mobilization strategy

  Castleden, H. E. H. E. (PI), Masuda, J. R. J. R. (CoPI) & Stewart, M. J. M. (CoPI)

  10/1/12 → 9/30/13

  Project: Research project

• Intergenerational impacts of Indian Residential Schools: Results from the 2007/08 First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey

  Anisman, H. (PI), Bombay, A. (CoPI), Maggi, S. S. (CoPI) & Matheson, K. (CoPI)

  Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health

  10/1/11 → 9/30/13

  Health, Medicine

  Project: Research project

• The BK: KIDNI Trial (BK: Kinase Inhibition to Decrease Nephropathy Intervention Trial)

  Tibbles, L. A. L. (PI), Acott, P. D. (CoPI), Cantarovich, M. M. (CoPI), Cockfield, S. M. (CoPI), House, A. A. (CoPI), Humar, A. (CoPI), Hébert, M. (CoPI), Keown, P. A. P. A. (CoPI), Nickerson, P. W. P. W. (CoPI), Ravani, P. (CoPI) & Rush, D. N. (CoPI)

  Institute of Infection and Immunity

  10/1/09 → 9/30/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• The Human Egg Trade

  Baylis, F. F. (PI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• The Human Egg Trade

  Baylis, F. F. (PI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• Youth & HIV/Hepatitis C Prevention in Nova Scotia.

  Gahagan, J. C. J. (PI) & Karabanow, J. M. (CoPI)

  Institute of Gender and Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• Preventive factors in neurodegenerative disease, acute brain injury, and neuropsychiatric disorders in adults over 65: Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Engagement in Leisure Activities. Do these two factors really matter?

  Ilie, G. (PI)

  Institute of Aging

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Memory Loss and Aging-What comes First?

  Mcinnis, C. A. (PI), Eskes, G. A. G. A. (CoPI), Gubitz, G. J. (CoPI) & Kirkland, S. (CoPI)

  Institute of Aging

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• GET-FACTS: Genetics, Environment and Therapies: Food Allergy Clinical Tolerance Studies

  Clarke, A. E. A. (PI), Marshall, J. S. (CoPI), Mazer, B. D. B. D. (CoPI), Asai, Y. Y. (CoPI), Ben-shoshan, M. M. (CoPI), Elliott, S. J. S. J. (CoPI), Gordon, J. R. J. R. (CoPI), Piccirillo, C. A. (CoPI) & Sandford, A. J. A. J. (CoPI)

  Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Advocacy and Outreach in Global Health Initiatives: Making Connections between Communities and Experts

  Bhandal, T. (PI) & O'hearn, S. (CoPI)

  Institute of Population and Public Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• Exiting Street Life: Exploring Youth Trajectories out of Homelessness

  Karabanow, J. M. (PI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• Liberation therapy aftercare, body modification, reproductive and other health services: can your healthcare provider refuse to treat you because it bothers his (or her) conscience?

  Shaw, J. (PI)

  Institute of Population and Public Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• Preventive factors in neurodegenerative disease, acute brain injury, and neuropsychiatric disorders in adults over 65: Cognitive Reserve and Cognitive Engagement in Leisure Activities. Do these two factors really matter?

  Ilie, G. (PI)

  Institute of Aging

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Down syndrome research and its future agenda for Canada

  Krahn, T. M. (PI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Project: Research project

• 'Bad' Girls: Mad or Sad?

  Stewart, S. H. (PI)

  Institute of Gender and Health

  9/4/12 → 9/3/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• The role of mindfulness in the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain in children and adolescents.

  Petter, M. M. (PI), Chambers, C. (CoI) & Mcgrath, P. J. P. (CoI)

  Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Modeling and mapping microbial diversity and function with marker genes, genomes and metagenomes

  Beiko, R. (PI), Bielawski, J. P. (CoPI), Doolittle, W. (CoPI), Ereshefsky, M. (CoPI) & Zhaxybayeva, O. A. (CoPI)

  Institute of Genetics

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Evaluation of the early effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery combined with perioperative caloric restriction on hepatic fat in obese patients with type 2 diabetes as compared to caloric restriction alone

  Mcinnes, N. (PI), Anvari, M. M. (CoPI), Gerstein, H. C. H. C. (CoPI), Hong, D. (CoPI), Noseworthy, M. D. (CoPI), Paré, G. G. (CoPI), Rashid, S. (CoPI), Tiboni, M. E. (CoPI) & Yusuf, S. S. (CoPI)

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Social Worker Perspectives on Psychopharmacological Treatment on Youth in Care

  Bell, S. D. (PI) & Whelan, E. C. E. C. (CoI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• The role of sleep physiology in determining children's cognitive functioning following experimental sleep restriction and extension paradigms

  Speth, T. A. (PI) & Corkum, P. V. (CoI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Testing “It’s the song, not the singer(s)”: microbiomes to Gaia.

  Larsson, L. L. (PI), Bochaton-piallat, M. M. (PI), Pepper, M. M. (CoPI), Camenzind, E. E. (CoPI), Doolittle, W. (PI), Meynell, L. M. (CoPI) & Bielawski, J. P. (CoPI)

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  10/1/02 → 8/31/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Distance-based delivery of cognitive-behavioural therapy for high anxiety sensitivity: A randomized controlled trial

  Olthuis, J. V. J. V. (PI)

  Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Sleep and circadian disruptions in early Alzheimer's Disease

  Sterniczuk, R. (PI)

  Institute of Aging

  9/1/11 → 8/31/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Regulatory effects of extracellular substrate stiffness with mechanical oscillatory stretch on contractile phenotype and function of airway smooth muscle cells

  Wise, R. (PI)

  Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Creating Reconciliatory Space: Two Case Studies in Collaboration Between Mi'kmaw Artists and Canadian Orchestras

  Gächter, T. T. (PI) & Marmen, B. N. B. N. (PI)

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  3/1/03 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Understanding the population, health system resource and access effects of colorectal cancer screening in Nova Scotia using simulation modelling

  Campbell, L. A. (PI), Grunfeld, E. (CoI) & George C. Kephart, G. (CoI)

  Institute of Health Services and Policy Research

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Characterization of homo and heterodimeric chemokine CXCR4 and CCR5 receptors association with molecular chaperones and scaffold

  Wertman, J. (PI)

  Institute of Infection and Immunity

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Analysis of the Quality of Care and Resource Utilization of Pancreatic Cancer Patients in Nova Scotia

  Hurton, S. M. S. (PI)

  Institute of Cancer Research

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Fluorinated PET Radioligands for Detection of Alzheimer's Disease

  Jollymore, C. T. (PI) & Darvesh, S. S. (CoI)

  Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• The role of mindfulness in the fear-avoidance model of chronic pain in children and adolescents.

  Petter, M. M. (PI)

  Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

• Semantic memory structure in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Rancourt, K. (PI) & Johnson, S. A. (CoI)

  Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

  9/1/12 → 8/31/13

  Medicine

  Project: Research project

• Creating Ethical Space for Mi’kmaq Led Genetic, Epigenetic, and Other Biological Research in Nova Scotia

  Holman, A. E. (PI), Bombay, A. (PI), Herder, M. M. (CoPI), Martin, D. H. (CoPI), Weaver, I. (CoPI), Anisman, H. (CoPI), Matheson, K. (CoPI), Mc Quaid, R. (CoPI), Elliott-groves, E. (CoPI) & Tsosie, K. (CoPI)

  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Health, Medicine

  Project: Research project