{"id":32903,"date":"2025-08-18T23:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=32903"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:19:37","slug":"cdtrp-udem-research-innovation-grant-dr-marie-chantal-fortin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/cdtrp-udem-research-innovation-grant-dr-marie-chantal-fortin\/","title":{"rendered":"CDTRP UdeM Research Innovation Grant: Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"Marie-Chantal Fortin\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-32910\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271600%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201600%20900%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271600%27%20height%3D%27900%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Marie-Chantal-Fortin.png 1600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><strong>CDTRP 2025 Research Innovation Grant Competition Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CDTRP is thrilled to announce the results of the <a class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/announcing-the-results-of-the-2025-cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-competition-11-new-projects-funded\/\">CDTRP 2025 Research Innovation Grant Competition<\/a>, made possible through our partnership with various esteemed organizations. We are proud to showcase all of the exciting projects that have been funded in this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to <strong>Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin<\/strong> and her team for being awarded the <strong>CDTRP UdeM Research Innovation Grant<\/strong>. We wish them all the best as they embark on their innovative project!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#333c4e;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><em>&#8220;I warmly congratulate Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin on winning the CDTRP Innovation Grant in the 2025 competition for her project entitled \u201cKidney Transplant Stakeholders&#8217; Perspectives on the Future of Xenotransplantation\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><em>This project is perfectly aligned with the mission of the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al Transplant Program to improve the care of transplant donors, families and patients through research and clinical innovation. We are proud to contribute to the CDTRP grant competitions and thus participate in transplantation and organ donation research in Canada.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ekat Kritikou, Vice-Dean, Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\"><strong>CDTRP UdeM Research Innovation Grant<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>: Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title: <\/strong>Kidney Transplant Stakeholders\u2019 Perspectives on the Future of Xenotransplantation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main affiliation: <\/strong>Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme: 3 \u2013 <\/strong>Engineer and Allocate Better Grafts<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Lay Abstract<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-2 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-2 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-2\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#333c4e;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">Xenotransplantation is an emerging technology for using organs from genetically-modified animals in human transplantation. In February 2025, American regulators approved the first clinical trials of pig kidney xenotransplantation. The use of xenotransplantation raises major ethical and social questions about, for example,\u00a0 how we treat animals as a society, how to fairly distribute the benefits of livesaving technologies, and even what it means to be human. Knowing how people think and feel about this new technology is vital for deciding whether and how it can be used in ethically and socially acceptable ways in Canada. Yet we have hardly any up-to-date information about Canadian perspectives on xenotransplantation.<\/p>\n<p>To fill this gap, our project will explore the perspectives of groups who have a direct stake in (\u201cstakeholders of\u201d) kidney transplantation in Canada. These include organ recipents and donors, transplant candidates, family caregivers, and transplant professionals. Such stakeholders\u2019 views are particularly valuable for understanding the potential impact of xenotransplantation on patient experiences, organ allocation, and other aspects of transplantation, as well as on broader society. They can also help us develop policies for using xenotransplantation in ways that will benefit patients and society and not be socially or ethically harmful. We will conduct individual and group interviews with professional and patient-related stakeholders of adult kidney transplantation. Based on our findings, we will make policy recommendations on future uses of xenotransplantation as well as plan a bigger public engagement research project.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/announcing-the-results-of-the-2025-cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-competition-11-new-projects-funded\/\"><strong>View the results of the 2025 CDTRP Research Innovation Grant Competition.<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/cdtrp-innovation-grant-winners\/\">View past CDTRP Innovation Grants recipients here.<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":32910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32912,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32903\/revisions\/32912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}