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RARE.Qc Members Awarded CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grants

July 30, 2025  |  

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) recently announced the winners of the Spring 2025 Project Grant program. Of the 435 projects that received research funding, 12 include RARE.Qc members as principal investigators or associate investigators. The recipients and projects are presented below.

RARE.Qc member(s) Institution Project title Amount Length
Hugues Allard-Chamard;  Marie A. Brunet Université de Sherbrooke Osteoclast-Related Cells as Biomarkers for Bone Homeostasis in Osteoporosis 581 400$

 

5 years
Sasha Bernatsky RI-MUHC Dose of Induction Methylprednisolone in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (DIMeS-AAV) 86 875$ 18 months
Yan Burelle Ottawa University Peroxisomes: A neglected metabolic organelle with a crucial role in the regulation of muscle stem cell regenerative properties 753 526$ 5 years
Michel Cayouette IRCM Light as a Morphogen: Unraveling a Novel Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Retinal Function and Disease 1 357 876$ 5 years
Benoit Coulombe IRCM Neuroligin-1 and neuroligin-2 as blood biomarkers of prodromal Alzheimer’s disease 879 750$ 5 years
Nicolas Dupré CR-CHU Québec Étudier le rôle de la matrice extracellulaire dans la Sclérose Latérale Amyotrophique à l’aide de modèles in vitro 3D personnalisés produits par génie tissulaire 1 017 450$ 5 years
Wei-Hsiang Huang RI-MUHC Molecular pathogenesis of Smith-Magenis syndrome and developing therapy using hiPSC-derived neuronal models 1 025 100$

 

5 years
Sarah Lippé CHU Sainte-Justine Multifeature Brain Investigation of Genetic Liability for Neurodevelopmental and Psychiatric Disorders 772 650 $ 5 years
Sarah Lippé CHU Sainte-Justine Assessing the Impact of Probiotic Supplementation in Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: the PROBI-O-TISM Study 608 176$ 5 years
Gabrielle Pagé; Annie-Danielle Grenier; Catherine Côté; Anne-Marie Laberge CR-CHUM Vivre avec une maladie complexe, multisystémique et douloureuse : Cartographier le parcours de vie avec un trouble héréditaire du tissu conjonctif pour développer un parcours d’apprentissage patients 397 800$ 4 years
Kessen Patten; Guy A. Rouleau INRS

Neuro

The role of C9orf72 in cerebellar function and movement disorders 1 105 426$ 4 years
Nicolas Pilon UQAM-CERMO-FC Preclinical development and safety evaluation of NEU-001: a potential one-fits-all drug for multiple gastrointestinal conditions 1 101 600$ 3 years