Announcing the 2023 HAHSO Innovation Grant Winners
We are excited to announce 18 recipients for the 2023 Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization (HAHSO) Innovation Grants. This year’s selected projects exceed $2.8 million in granted funds.
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Physician Association |
| Bram Rochwerg | The Corticosteroid Early and Extended (CORT-E2) Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial | Medicine |
| Richard Whitlock Emily Belley-Côté |
Direct Oral Anticoagulation versus Warfarin after Cardiac Surgery (DANCE) Vanguard trial | Surgery |
| Samira Samiee-Zafarghandy | Model Informed Precision Dosing of Oral Ibuprofen for Treatment of Persistent Patent Ductus Arteriosus: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial | Pediatrics |
| William McIntyre
Jeff Healey |
A randomized controlled trial of anterior-posterior versus anterior-lateral shock vectors for electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (SHOCK-VECTOR) | Medicine |
| Ciaran Scallan Terence Ho |
Sputum Cytometry Guided Management of Chronic Cough in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (SpECC-ILD) – A randomized Controlled Trial | Medicine |
| Constantine Samaan | A Vanguard Trial of Metformin to Treat Obesity in Children Living with Type 1 Diabetes | Pediatrics |
| Michael Ke Wang
David Conen |
Enhancing the detection of perioperative atrial fibrillation after noncardiac surgery with continuous electrocardiographic monitoring | Medicine |
| Gihan Perera | The utilization of mHealth technology to improve the treatment & recovery of adult post-concussion syndrome patients: A randomized controlled trial | Medicine |
| Harsha Shanthanna Daniel Cordovani |
Application of photo-biomodulation as part of multimodal analgesia to improve pain relief and wound healing for patients having elective C-section: a randomized controlled trial | Anesthesia |
| Rohan D’Souza
Jon Barrett |
Launching the Canadian Obstetric Survey System – A Pilot Study | OB/GYN |
| Neeraj Narula | Defining Remission with the Modified Multiplier of the Simple Endoscopic Score (MM-SES-CD) in Crohn’s Disease | Medicine |
| Robin Lennox
Claire Bodkin |
The IRIS Program: A Novel pathway to optimize treatment of injection-related infections for people who inject drugs in Hamilton, Ontario | Family Medicine |
| Yaron Shargall
Manali Mukherjee |
Lung Cancer Detection and Surveillance: Towards new innovative frontiers in detecting new or recurrent lung cancer using Volatile Organic Compounds, Circulating tumor DNA, and cell-free DNA in blood and airways secretions | Surgery |
| Henry Siu | Provincial PoET Program Spread & Scale: Centering Long-term Care Residents in Decision-making about their Care | Family Medicine |
| David Conen PJ Devereaux |
Colchicine for the prevention of myocardial injury after thoracic surgery | Medicine |
| Jon Barrett
Giulia Muraca |
Long-term maternal and neonatal outcomes following forceps, vacuum, and caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour | OB/GYN |
| Thomas Wood | Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Emerging Novel Treatments for Infection prophylaxis in Total Joint Replacement: A Pilot Study (PREVENT-iT) | Surgery |
| Amit Mukerji | Non-Invasive Respiratory Support in Preterm Infants: A Multi-Centre Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial | Pediatrics |
Congratulations again to all recipients. If you are interested in learning more about the HAHSO Innovation Grant Competition, please contact Erika Unelli at unellie@mcmaster.ca.
HAHSO is a part of the Innovation Fund, which is a joint initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) resulting from the Academic Health Science Centre Alternative Funding Plan. The Innovation Fund has funded over 1,500 projects and has made funding available to the more than 5,000 academic physicians working in 17 of Ontario’s Academic Health Science Centres – including those at McMaster University.
This year marks 15 years of funding through HAHSO. In the coming months, we will be celebrating the successes of past HAHSO Innovation grant recipients – profiling what a select few have been able to accomplish with thanks to this important funding.
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