CanVECTOR has awarded six trainees with Research Start-up Awards in the Fall 2020 Research Start-up Awards competition. Competition winners were awarded up to $2,500 for VTE-related research projects for a total of $13,450 in competition funding.
The Research Start-up Awards competition is a network funding competition, typically held twice annually, intended to help trainees achieve their research objectives through project start-up funds for a research project or pilot work to strengthen their research.
The following trainees /projects were awarded for this competition:
- Ms. Shaima Kaka, University of Ottawa
- The Utility of D-Dimer in Excluding a Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in the Anticoagulated Population.
- Ms. Ashley Clarke, University of Calgary
- Thrombelastography-Defined Severity and Duration of Hypercoagulability in Intermediate-High and High Risk Patients with Local Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Activation.
- Dr. Marie-Pier Desjardins, Université Laval
- CVL-Related Thrombosis in Neonates: a Multicentric Observational Study.
- Ms. Mei Wang, McMaster University
- Is There a Significant Interaction between Direct Oral Anticoagulant (DOACs) and Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in Elderly Patients? A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.
- Dr. Heather McPhaden, McGill University
- Incidence of Thrombotic Complications Post-Hospital Discharge in Patients with COVID-19: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
- Dr. Joanne Britto, McMaster University
- The McMaster Postgraduate PeriOPerative Anticoagulation Education Initiative (MacPOP Study).
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 – Manager of the Training, Mentoring, & Early Career Development Platform, by email: Jessie.Micholuk@ladydavis.ca.