London Health Sciences Research Institute (LHSCRI) has received over $3 million in new funding to support four research projects.
The grant from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) will go toward studies covering stroke, orthopaedics, kidney failure and improved distress management for children.
“I’m thrilled to see our scientists receive funding that could one day transform care not just for our patients but for those around the world,” said a statement from Dr. Chris McIntyre, Interim Vice President of Research and LHSCRI Scientific Director at LHSC.
Fund recipient Dr. Luciano Sposato, Scientist at LHSCRI and Head of the Stroke Program at LHSC. (Credit: London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute website)
“Our scientists at LHSCRI represent some of the brightest minds in health care.”
The largest sum of funding for a project is over $1.1 million and has been given to Dr. Pavel Roshanov for his research in dialysis. His project focuses on a new dialysis filter, called Elisio HX, that he hopes “could help extend the lives of patients on dialysis while many of them wait for an organ to become available for transplant,” said a statement from LHSCRI.
Other recipients of the grant include Dr. Luciano Alberto Sposato, Dr. Naveen Poonai and Dianne Margaret Bryant (PhD).
Dr Luciano Sposato, who was granted nearly $1 million, will be exploring “a new treatment approach to prevent recurrent strokes,” said LHSCRI in the statement.
“The EAST-STROKE study is looking to see if rhythm control, a technique which is normally used to help restore a normal heartbeat in people with irregular heartbeats, can also be used for stroke patients. The hope is that this new treatment combined with the standard of care can prevent further strokes and other heart issues.”
More information about the researchers and their projects can be found here.
