On February 22, Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science, announced $19.8 million in funding that will support stronger collaborations among health care, engineering and natural sciences researchers. It is hoped that these partnerships will lead to new devices and technologies to improve treatments for transplants and illnesses such as skin cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
The funding is being provided through the Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Program, a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
The program gives researchers from the natural sciences, engineering and the health sciences sectors the opportunity to further their research together. In addition, the CHRP Program allows scientists to work with doctors and patients in the planning and design of research projects so that the outcomes of their studies have a meaningful impact on the lives of patients and their families.
Dr. Christopher Yip, Associate Vice-President, International Partnerships, University of Toronto
Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science
Dr. B Mario Pinto, President, NSERC
Dr. Craig A. Simmons, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto and CHRP grant recipient
Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Dr. Christopher Yip, Associate Vice-President, International Partnerships, University of Toronto; Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science; Dr. B Mario Pinto, President, NSERC; Dr. Craig A. Simmons, Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto and CHRP grant recipient
Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science on the VIP lab tour with University of Toronto Researchers
Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC; Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science on the VIP lab tour with University of Toronto Researchers
Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC; Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science on the lab tour with University of Toronto Researchers