CI3 investigators have been awarded CIHR funding in the past few months to pursue therapeutic and diagnostic methods against COVID-19.
- Project title: Drug repurposing for the rapid development and evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals
Principal investigators: Marceline Côté; Patrick M Giguere; Darwyn Kobasa
Competition (year/month): 202002
Amount: $415, 686
- Project title: Rapid Research Response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: Development of Targeted Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Comparative Pathogenicity Assessment
Principal investigator: Marc-André Langlois
Co-investigators: Illimar Altosaar; Curtis L Cooper; Yves Durocher; Erin E Mulvihill; Martin Pelchat; Jamshid Tanha; Anh T Tran; Wandong Zhang
Competition (year/month): 202002
Amount: $999,999
- Project title: Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Drug repurposing for the rapid development and evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 antivirals
Principal investigators: Marceline Côté; Patrick M Giguere; Darwyn Kobasa
Competition (year/month): 202004
Amount: $40,000
- Project title: Analysis of Antibody Neutralization Efficiency and Cellular Immunity in SARS-CoV-2-Positive Individuals Identified in At-Risk Individuals
Principal investigator: Marc-André Langlois
Co-investigators: Steffany A Bennett; Ronald A Booth; Curtis L Cooper; Angela M Crawley; Yves Durocher; Julian Little; Michaeline Mcguinty
Competition (year/month): 202005
Amount: $2,112,500
- Project ttitle: The COVID-19 Ontario Pregnancy Event (COPE) Network: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 in pregnancy on maternal, fetal and newborn health
Principal investigators: Darine El-Chaar; Marc-André Langlois
Co-investigators: Jocelynn L Cook; David Millar; Ann Sprague; Shannon A Bainbridge; Jon Barrett; Howard Berger; Jason C Brophy; D.William Cameron; Angela M Crawley; Barbra De Vrijer; Jessica G Dy; Dina El Demellawy; Deshayne B Fell; Laura M Gaudet; Andre Laroche; Sarah L Lawrence; Sarah D Mcdonald; Michaeline Mcguinty; Elad Mei-Dan; Katherine A Muldoon; Malia S Murphy; Stephanie Palerme; John W Snelgrove; Nisha Thampi; Susan Thorne; Mark C Walker
Competition (year/month): 202005
Amount: $795,559