Celebrating Excellence at the Farncombe institute: Congratulations to our latest grant and award recipients!
Congratulations to our researchers on being awarded the following grants:
Weston Foundation, Proof of Principle 2024
Title: “Donor selection and identification of responders in IBD”
Principal Applicant: Michael Surette
Collaborators: Paul Moayyedi and Nikhil Pai
Title: “Deciphering the role of bacterial histamine and bioactive phospholipids in IBS: Precision medicine pilot study”
Principal Applicant: Premysl Bercik
Co-Applicants: Giada De Palma, Stephen Collins, Alberto Caminero, Gordon Guyatt
Title: “Investigating the role of the gut microbiome on blood-brain barrier as a predictor of first episode psychosis treatment outcomes”
Principal Applicant: Margaret Hahn and Giada De Palma
Co-Applicants: Bjorn Ebdrup, Lyna Kamintsky, Brian Della Valle, George Foussias, Gary Remington, Daniel Mueller, Cindy Calkin, Paula Alcaide Leon, Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Alon Freidman, Ariel Graff
Collaborator: Premysl Bercik
Title: “Guiding oral immunotherapy through microbial peanut metabolism: A Proof of Principle study”
Principal applicant: Alberto Caminero
Co-applicant: Rodrigo Jimenez-Saiz (Princess Hospital, Spain)
Collaborators: Susan Waserman (McMaster), Derek Chu (McMaster), Carmen Riggioni (UofT), Sarita Patil (Massachusetts General Hospital, US), Michael Kulis (University of North Carolina, US), Edwin Kim (University of North Carolina, US), Pablo Rodríguez del Río (Nino Jesus Hospital, Spain), Carlos Blanco (Princess Hospital, Spain), Pedro Ojeda (Ojeda Clinic, Spain)
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
Title: “Finding the anti-inflammatory and anti-scarring role of an amino acid metabolite”
Principal Applicant: Waliul Khan