MONTREAL, January 24, 2020 - The CanVECTOR Network has awarded one Fellowship award and two Studentship awards for three trainees pursuing research training in thromboembolism at a Canadian Centre for a total funding amount of $90,000.
The Research Training Awards are a bi-annual network award competition intended to provide financial support for highly qualified, promising trainees or fellows to allow them to pursue research training in thromboembolism (VTE) at a Canadian research training institution.
The following trainees /projects were awarded for the fall cycle competition:
Fellowship Awards
- Dr. Joseph Shaw (University of Ottawa) for the project titled: Global Assessment of Hemostatic TGA Indices Following the Use of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates for Major Bleeding or Urgent Surgery in Patients Treated with Factor Xa Inhibitors: GAUGE - A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.- $50,000.
Studentship Awards
- Ying (Crystal) Dai (McMaster University) for the project titled: An in vivo thrombin activity assay to determine the relationship between prothrombin levels and thrombosis. - $20,000.
- Neha Sharma (McMaster University) for the project titled: Exploring the effectiveness of Vasoflux, a non-anticoagulant heparin, as an inhibitor of neutrophil-derived procoagulant molecules. - $20,000.
For a complete list of winners, previous and current, please visit the Training, Mentoring, & Early Career Development Platform page.
For more information about the Research Start-up Awards, please contact Jessie Micholuk – Network Manager of the Training, Mentoring, & Early Career Development Platform, by email: Jessie.Micholuk@ladydavis.ca.