{"id":34583,"date":"2026-07-16T12:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=34583"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:56:49","slug":"announcing-the-results-of-the-2026-cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-competition-7-new-projects-funded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/announcing-the-results-of-the-2026-cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-competition-7-new-projects-funded\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the results of the 2026 CDTRP Research Innovation Grant Competition \u2013 7 new projects funded!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Announcing the results of the 2026 CDTRP Research Innovation Grant Competition \u2013 7 new projects funded!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The CDTRP is happy to share the results of the 2026 CDTRP Research Innovation Grant Competition<\/a> and welcome 7 new projects<\/strong> into\u00a0our\u00a0national research structure. Since 2013, the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) has supported research and innovation that addresses barriers within the fields of donation and transplantation, with the ultimate goal of advancing long-term health outcomes and quality of life for Canadian transplant patients. CDTRP is very proud to add 7 new projects from devoted and visionary investigators.<\/p>\n

This competition was made possible through the generous financial support, dedication and commitment from our national and regional partners, which include:<\/p>\n

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  1. Astellas Pharma Canada<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Organ Donation and Transplant Research Foundation of British Columbia<\/a>: The Venture Grants<\/li>\n
  3. Kidney Foundation of Canada<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. London Health Sciences Centre<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We would also like to thank and acknowledge everyone who contributed to the competition and peer review process, including Peer Review Committee Chair Dr. Marie-Chantal Fortin<\/strong>, our scientific reviewers and our patient, family and donor reviewers for participating in the review process and for upholding an excellent level of professionalism and quality.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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    The 7\u00a0new projects<\/strong> that will receive funding and will be added to the CDTRP are:<\/p>\n<\/div>

    <\/i><\/i><\/span>CDTRP Research Innovation Grant sponsored by Astellas Pharma Canada <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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    Sarah Grasedieck & Paul Keown<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:\u00a0Towards integration of sex and sex hormones into transplantation precision medicine<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main affiliation: University of British Columbia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/i><\/span>Organ Donation and Transplant Research Foundation of BC\/CDTRP Venture Grants <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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    Alice Virani\u00a0and\u00a0Jordan Hermiston<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:\u00a0The Experiences of Deceased Organ Donor Families and Transplant Recipients of Organ Donation Organization-Supported Direct Contact<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main affiliation: University of British Columbia<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Michael Bleszynski\u00a0and\u00a0Nicola Colucci<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:\u00a0Eliminating\u00a0Static Cold Ischemia in Pancreas Preservation: A Pilot Study of Continuous Hypothermic Perfusion from Donor Procurement to Islet Isolation<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main affiliation: University of British Columbia<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/i><\/span>CDTRP KFOC Research Innovation Grant\u202f <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
    \n

    Paraish\u00a0Misra<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:\u00a0Personalized immunomodulation after kidney transplant using donor-derived thymic epithelial cells<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main Affiliation: McGill University<\/p>\n

    Karen Sherwood and Tom\u00a0Blydt-Hansen<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:\u00a0Precision Immune Genomics in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: A Novel Application of Nanopore Adaptive Sampling for integrated genomic Risk Stratification<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main affiliation:\u00a0University of British Columbia<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/i><\/span>CDTRP LHSC Research Innovation Grant <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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    Kyla Naylor<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Optimizing\u00a0Patient-Centred Post-Transplant Kidney Care: Evaluating Access, Travel Burden, and Forecasting Future Follow-up Care Needs\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main affiliation:\u00a0London Health Sciences Centre Research<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/i><\/span>CDTRP UdeM Research Innovation Grant <\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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    Julian\u00a0Hercun<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Title:\u00a0Evaluation of the gut\u2013liver axis in post-transplant recurrence of primary sclerosing cholangitis<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Main affiliation:\u00a0Centre hospitalier de l’Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Congratulations to all of the research teams!<\/strong> We will be featuring each of these projects in our newsletter over the next few weeks, and we look forward to hearing from the teams on upcoming CDTRP events as the projects get underway.<\/h5>\n<\/div>
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    Planning for the 2027 CDTRP Research Innovation Grant competition is underway, and we invite you to start shaping your most compelling concepts and collaborations for the upcoming round.<\/h6>\n<\/div>
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    View past CDTRP Innovation Grants recipients here.<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":34586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34583","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\/34583"}],"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=34583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34601,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34583\/revisions\/34601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}