{"id":34699,"date":"2026-08-17T21:07:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=34699"},"modified":"2026-08-17T21:07:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:07:30","slug":"cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-sponsored-by-astellas-pharma-canada-dr-sarah-grasedieck-dr-paul-keown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-sponsored-by-astellas-pharma-canada-dr-sarah-grasedieck-dr-paul-keown\/","title":{"rendered":"CDTRP Research Innovation Grant sponsored by Astellas Pharma Canada: Dr. Sarah Grasedieck &#038; Dr. Paul Keown"},"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=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"2026 Innovation Grant_Astellas_ Winners\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners-1024x576.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-34700\" 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\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-Innovation-Grant_Astellas_-Winners.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 2026 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-2026-cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-competition-7-new-projects-funded\/\">CDTRP 2026 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. <\/strong>Sarah Grasedieck and Dr. Paul Keown and their team for being awarded the <strong>CDTRP Research Innovation Grant sponsored by Astellas Pharma Canada<\/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;At Astellas, we are proud to support innovative research that has the potential to transform the future of transplant care. Through our partnership with the CDTRP, we are honoured to help advance novel ideas that address critical challenges in donation and transplantation and improve outcomes for patients across Canada. Congratulations to this year&#8217;s recipients. We look forward to seeing the impact their research may have in furthering precision medicine and enhancing the lives of transplant recipients.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Graham Watson, Interim General Manager, Astellas Pharma Canada, Inc.<\/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 Research Innovation Grant<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>sponsored by Astellas Pharma Canada: Dr. Sarah Grasedieck &amp; Dr. Paul Keown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Title: <\/strong>Towards integration of sex and sex hormones into transplantation precision medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main affiliation: <\/strong>University of British Columbia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme: 5 \u2013 <\/strong>Restore Long-Term Health<\/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;\">This study looks at why men and women sometimes have different health outcomes after a kidney transplant. Although women generally live longer than men, particularly during puberty or menopause they face greater risks after transplant. Men may also experience hormone changes that affect recovery and have been shown to benefit from hormone therapy. Despite this, sexual health and hormones are rarely considered in transplant care, and patients of different ages, ancestries and genders are usually treated the same.<\/p>\n<p>Our team will use information from a large group of kidney transplant patients in British Columbia, along with stored blood samples. We will measure hormones in these samples and link them to each person\u2019s medical history. Thus, we hope to understand how hormone levels influence recovery, long\u2011term kidney health, and transplant success.<\/p>\n<p>This project supports the mission of the CDTRP by addressing a hidden barrier to long\u2011lasting transplant success: the lack of hormone\u2011 and life\u2011stage-specific information to guide care. If we can identify patients who are at higher risk because of their hormone patterns, transplant teams can monitor them more closely, and adjust treatments earlier. This work may also open the door to new treatments, including hormone\u2011based therapies, and focuses on providing information about sexual health and hormones to patients and doctors.<\/p>\n<p>By improving how we understand and manage life stage and hormone\u2011related risks, this project aims to help more Canadians enjoy long, healthy lives after transplant and move us closer to the goal of making transplantation a lasting and sustainable cure.<\/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-2026-cdtrp-research-innovation-grant-competition-7-new-projects-funded\/\"><strong>View the results of the 2026 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":34700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34699","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\/34699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=34699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34704,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34699\/revisions\/34704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}