New Funding Opportunity from CIHR
CIHR’s Health Effects of Vaping Catalyst Grant funding opportunity will support projects relevant to the following research areas:
- Youth vaping of nicotine, cannabinoid extracts, THC, and other compounds
- Short and/or long-term health effects of vaping (including lung injury in youth and/or adults)
- Behaviours and associated health and social impacts of vaping product use (youth and/or adults)
- Mental health, addiction and dependence in the context of vaping (youth and/or adults)
- Vaping policy issues related to youth and/or adults
- Vaping and oral health (youth and/or adults)
- Other areas related to the health consequences of vaping in youth and/or adults
Sex and/or gender issues are an important component of this research initiative. Studies using preclinical models, mechanistic, human and/or population-based approaches are eligible for this funding opportunity. Research projects exploring the use of vaping as a smoking cessation tool or as a harm reduction strategy, however, are not eligible.
Registration deadline is March 25, 2020. For more information, click here.
New Scientific Director for CIHR’s Institute of Cancer Research
Dr. Fei-Fei Liu was named Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) effective September 1, 2022. Dr. Liu has worked for more than three decades as a Clinician Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, where she is also the Chief of the Radiation... Read More »
Dr. Fei-Fei Liu was named Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) effective September 1, 2022. Dr. Liu has worked for more than three decades as a Clinician Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, where she is also the Chief of the Radiation... Read More »
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