Funding
2018 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Funding Competition
Douglas Hamilton with co-applicants: Les Kalman, Mark Darling, Amin Rizkalla
'Optimization Novel Biomaterials‐Based Strategies to Stimulate Periodontal Tissue Regeneration'
$703,800 for 5 years
These funds will aid researchers in continuing their work in exploring emerging questions in human health.
“The new grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research reflect the quality and the importance of the research that is being undertaken within our School,” said David Litchfield, Vice Dean of Research and Innovation at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. “In addition to enabling new discoveries, this funding will promote advanced training for our next generation of scientists and health care professionals.” Read More
2018 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) awarded a Schulich Medicine & Dentistry research group with a Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) operating grant for their project entitled, ‘Novel technologies for engineering closure of non-healing skin wounds’. This multi-disciplinary collaborative research team consists of biologists, engineers, imaging specialists, a veterinarian, clinicians, and industrial collaborator. Western News Article
Primary Investigators include Dr. Douglas Hamilton (Dentistry/Anatomy & Cell Biology) and Dr. Amin Rizkalla (Dentistry/Chemical & Biochemical Engineering), along with David Bagley. Bagley is the CEO of Advanced BioMatrix, Inc. in San Diego, where they manufacture & distribute collagen and other quality 3D matrix products, specializing in three dimensional (3D) applications for tissue culture, cell assay, and cell proliferation. Co-investigators include Drs. Maria Drangova, Luc Dubois, Alexander El Warrak, Andrew Leask, and Geoffrey Pickering. This Schulich Medicine & Dentistry collaborative group received one of only two grants awarded to Western in this cycle (full funding results).
Dr. Hamilton explains, ‘In normal individuals, most skin wounds close within a few days. However, in patients with diabetes or vascular problems, skin wounds can stay open leading to development of a "chronic" or non-healing wound. We are anticipating this project will lead to the development of new materials that could be used to make chronic skin wounds close.”
This NSERC partnered grant (with CIHR) will provide equal funding totaling $697,970 for a three-year term.
The CHRP Initiative funding supports innovative, interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects, requiring participation from the natural sciences or engineering community together with the health sciences community. This funding requires the translation of the research results to knowledge/technology users and related stakeholders outside the academic or training environment. As such, the proposed research projects must have a strong focus on knowledge translation and lead to health and economic benefits for Canadians, more effective health services and products, and/or a strengthened health care system.
2017 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant
Dr. Amin Rizkalla was awarded $120,000 (5 Years) for his project entitled 'Hybrid Biomaterials for Orthopedic and Craniofacial Applications'
2017 Collaborative Research Seed Grant (CRSG)
Dr. Amin Rizkalla with Co-Investigators Dr. Henry Lapointe (Schulich Dentistry) and Dr. Yara Hosein (Engineering).
‘Optimization of 3D-Printed Porous Titanium Constructs for Craniofacial Reconstuction’
Collaborative Research Seed Grants (CRSG) provide recipients with seed funding for the formation and development of new interdisciplinary collaborative research teams. The intent is to promote new collaborations that build on different scientific and scholarly backgrounds, to facilitate breakthroughs in solving research questions in a collaborative manner, and to position the School's researchers to successfully respond to targeted requests for proposals from Tri-Council or other funding agencies. Read more on Schulich News
2016 Ontario Center of Excellence Innovation and Productivity Award
‘Advanced 3D Metal Additive Manufacturing for Dental Metal Substructures’
$20,000
These funds are leveraged against contributions from Rotsaert Dental Laboratory Services Inc. in the amounts of $5,000 cash and $25,470 in-kind. In addition, Dr. Rizkalla’s application has been approved for $25,000 from NSERC-Engage, conditional on activation of the OCE award.
2016 International Team for Implantology (ITI) Foundation Award
Dr. Amin Rizkalla and Dr. Douglas Hamilton (Oral Biology-Dentistry) were awarded funds from the ITI Foundation of US $110K for their work entitled, “Mechanisms for reduced fibrosis and enhanced healing around implants”.
2016 Collaborative Research Seed Grant
Sunil Parapuram, PhD (Dept of Ophthalmology) with Co-Investigators: Dr. William Hodge (Dept of Ophthalmology), Timothy Newson, PhD (Faculty of Engineering), Amin Rizkalla, PhD (Oral Biology, Schulich Dentistry and Dept of Medical Biophysics). 'Tissue engineering a resilient bio-artificial cornea for human transplantation'
Collaborative Research Seed Grants (CRSG) will provide recipients with approximately $250,000 in seed funding for the formation and development of new interdisciplinary collaborative research teams. The intent is to promote new collaborations that build on different scientific and scholarly backgrounds, to facilitate breakthroughs in solving research questions in a collaborative manner, and to position the School's researchers to successfully respond to targeted requests for proposals from Tri-Council or other funding agencies.
