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Educational Grant Recipients
About Educational Grants
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Research Grant Recipients
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2004-2007 Educational Grant Recipients
CICF leaders establish the pool for education grants annually, near the fiscal year-end for the organization when research grant allocations are also established. Education grant fund requests are reviewed semi-annually, in April and October of the ensuing year.
2004 Education Grant Recipients
$5,000 Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses, Dynamics of Critical Care Conference 2004 Banff, Alberta
$5,000 The Acute Critical Events Simulations (ACES) Course Ottawa, Ontario
$5,000 Videotape Recording of Regional Rounds Hamilton, Ontario
$1,200 Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT) Educational Forum Toronto, Ontario
$1,000 QI Workshop Calgary, Alberta
2005 Education Grant Recipients
$5,000 Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists 2005 Educational Forum Edmonton, Alberta
$5,000 Calgary Chapter of Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses 2005 Chapter Conference Calgary, Alberta
$5,000 Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses, Dynamics of Critical Care Conference 2005 Ottawa, Ontario
$5,000 Calgary Health Region Patient safety training sessions in Adult Critical Care Sites Calgary, Alberta
$5,000 Victoria General Hospital Improving quality of care of critically ill patients in resuscitation situations and their families in Critical Care Areas Winnipeg, Manitoba
$5,000 Sunnybrook & Women’s College HSC- Craig Dale RN CNCC Develop and disseminate an educational poster and pamphlet for patients, Families and clinicians in Canadian intensive care units in an effort to increase knowledge about research. Toronto, Ontario
$5,000 University of Alberta Hospital National Acute Critical Events Simulations (ACES) Course Edmonton, Alberta
$2,700 Second National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health Winnipeg, Manitoba
$2,400 2005 Canadian Critical Care Conference, Whistler, British Columbia
$2,000 Hamilton Chapter of the CICF sponsored attendance of nursing staff to participate in 2004 Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses Dynamics Conference Banff, Alberta
$700 Foothills Medical Centre ICU “Trauma Up-Date” Conference - sponsored by the Calgary Chapter of the CICF Calgary, Alberta
2006 Education Grant Recipients
$5,000 Chris W. Hayes, MD, MSc, FRCPC St. Michaels Hospital A Multi-Site, Multidisciplinary Critical Care Quality Collaboration Toronto, Ontario
$5,000 Patricia Hynes, RN, MA, CNCC Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses, Dynamics of Critical Care Conference 2006, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
$4,000 Alison Fox-Robichaud, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCPC McMaster University and all Hamilton Hospitals Educational Opportunities through videotaped records of Critical Care Rounds, Hamilton, Ontario
$3,000 Kathy LeBlanc, RN, Nurse Manager Calgary Health Region Intensive Care All Calgary Hospitals Strengthen the Critical Care Leadership Team Calgary, Alberta Sponsored by CICF Calgary Chapter
$3,000 Third National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health,Winnipeg, Manitoba
$2,500 Toni Rogers, RN Hamilton General ICU Caring in the Critical Care Environment Hamilton, Ontario Sponsored by CICF Hamilton Chapter
$2,500 Pamela Watt, RN and Cecilia Hyslop, RN Critical Caring: Speaking out for Sick Children Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
$1,000 A.S.Kirby, MD, MSc, FRCPC and Rosmin Esmail Calgary Health Region, Department of Critical Care Principals of Quality Improvement and Patient Care Calgary, Alberta
$750 Ev Glasser, RN Foothills Medical Centre ICU Nursing Educational Committee Conditions Affecting the Spinal Cord Calgary, Alberta Sponsored by CICF Calgary Chapter
2007 Education Grant Recipients
$5,000 Dr. Michael Miletin William Osler Health Centre Etobicoke General Hospital WOHC ICU Day: Decision Making at the End of Life Toronto, Ontario
$5,000 Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists CSRT Educational Forum and Trade Show 2007 Rendezvous Montreal, Quebec
$5,000 Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses Fields of Change in Critical Care Dynamics 2007 Regina, Saskatchewan
$1,500 Jason Trottier RN, BN Victoria General Hospital Skill Acquisition Day in Resuscitation Winnipeg, Manitoba
$3,000 Canadian Institute of Health Research, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, 2007 Leadership in Science Forum Toronto, Ontario
$1,000 Hamilton Chapter Educational Grants to Kim Thompson and Cindy Kielt - Nursing Program
$500 Calgary Chapter Educational Grant Robyn Murphy - Physiotherapy Program
1998-2007 Research Grant Recipients
1998 Research Grant Recipients
| Recipient | Province | Amount | Topic Of Research |
| Margaret Herridge | ON | $20,000 | Survivors of ARDS |
| Christopher Doig | AB | $20,000 | Glutamine Supplementation |
1999 Research Grant Recipients
| Daren Heyland | ON | $20,000 | Families of ICU Patients |
| Christopher Doig | AB | $20,000 | Nutrition |
| Brent Winston | AB | $20,000 | Septic Shock |
| Andrew Cooper | ON | $20,000 | Sleep Deprivation |
2000-2001 Research Grant Recipients
| John Granton | ON | $10,000 | Fluid Resuscitation |
| Marisa Tucci, Christer Sinderby | PQ | $20,000 | Mechanical Ventilation in Pediatrics |
| Alison Fox-Robichaud | ON | $20,000 | Fluid Resuscitation |
| Brent Winston | AB | $20,000 | Immunology of ARDS |
| Larry Takeuchi | ON | $10,000 | Muscle Functioning & Weaning |
| Brent Winston | AB | $20,000 | Immunology |
| Christopher Doig | AB | $20,000 | Nutrition |
| Jane de Lemos | BC | $20,000 | Catheter Related Sepsis |
| Baruch Toledano | PQ | $20,000 | Immunology of Bypass |
| D.J. Kutsogiannis | AB | $25,000 | Mechanical Ventilation |
2002 Research Grant Recipients
| Kamyar Kahnamoui | ON | $20,000 | Protein C acvivation re: sepsis |
| Daren Heyland | ON | $20,000 | Insulin Resistance |
| Brent Winston | AB | $25,500 | Inflamation |
| William Henderson | BC | $20,000 | Glucose Algorithm Regulation |
| Karen Burns | ON | $12,500 | Non-invasive Ventilation |
| Pat O'Flaherty | ON | $7,800 | Infant Massage |
| Lauralyn McIntyre | ON | $20,000 | Resuscitation Strategies |
2003 Research Grant Recipients
| Alison Fox-Robichaud | ON | $24,000 | Molecular Mechanisms of hepatic Leukocyte Recruitment in Early Sepsis |
| Minto K Jain | ON | $24,000 | Randomized trial of educational interventions |
| Kevin B. Laupland | AB | $20,000 | Severe Renal Failure |
| Claudio Martin | ON | $ 8,000 | Predictors of readmission to ICU |
| Brent Winston | AB | $24,000 | Proteome Assessment of BALF in ARDS Progression |
2004 Research Grant Recipients
| Dr. Anand Kumar | MB | $20,000 | Continuous vs intermittent dosing of B-lactam antibiotics in critically ill ICU patients with severe sepsis |
| Dr. Douglas Fraser | ON | $20,000 | Cerebral edema in diabetic ketoacidosis |
| Dr. Yoanna Skrobik | PQ | $20,000 | Prevention of delirium in a critical care population |
| Dr. Brent Winston | AB | $20,000 | A proteome assessment of BALF in ARDS progression |
| Dr. Brent Winston | AB | $20,000 | Effects of adenoviral-mediated IGF-1 Transduction on pulmonary fibroproliferation |
2005 Research Grant Recipients
| Dr. Karen Choong | ON | $20,000 | Vasopressin in Pediatric Shock (VIP) Study |
| Craig Dale, RN CNCC(C) | ON | $5,734 | IMPACT Pilot Study: Implementation of a Research Awareness Program in the Critical Care Unit |
| Dr. Delbert R. Dorscheid | BC | $20,000 | Erythropoeitin and acute cardiac dysfunction |
| Dr. Douglas Fraser | ON | $20,000 | Expression and Activation of the Sodium/Hydrogen Exchanger - 1 (NHE1) Causes Cerebral Edema in Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA-CE) |
| Dr. Damon C. Scales | ON | $20,000 | Patient Evaluations Ranking Methods for Inclusion in trials (PERMIT) |
| Dr. Jadranka A. Spahija | PQ | $20,000 | Closed-loop Triggering of Partial Ventilatory assist using diaphragm |
2006 Research Grant Recipients
Dr. Karen E.A. Burns
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton And Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
Research Subject
“Practice Pattern Variability in Weaning Critically Ill Adults from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: An International Survey”
National Grant Amount -$20,000 In the name of the Hamilton CICF Chapter
Dr. David Zygun
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary
Research Subject
“Proteomics of Severe Trauma Brain Injury: A Feasibility Study”
National Grant Amount - $20,000 In the name of Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada
Dr. Andrew Kirkpatrick
Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary
Research Subject
Management of Occult PneumoThorax Pilot”
National Grant Amount - $16,000 In memory of the late Dr. Derrick Thompson
Mount Sinai Medical Research Department Under the terms of an event held in Toronto, the Foundation set aside $17,000 for the benefit of the Mount Sinai Medical Research Department. Funds will support that area of the hospital according to Dr. Tom Stewart, Critical Care Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network (Toronto General, Toronto Western, and Princess Margaret).
2007 Research Grant Recipients
Dr. Maureen O. Meade
McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Boistatistics, Hamilton
Research Subject
“Higher versus lower positive end-expiratory pressure in patients with acute lung injury: an individual patient data meta-analysis.”
National Grant Amount - $14,000 awarded in the name of the Hamilton Chapter (CICF)
Dr. Claudia Chimisso dos Santos
St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto
Research Subject
“The effect of High Frequency Oscillation on biological markers of ‘Ventilator Induced Lung Injury (VILI).’”
National Grant Amount - $$13,000
Dr. Robert A. Fowler
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto
Research Subject
“The Economic Evaluation of the PROTECT (Prophylaxis for ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care) Trial.”
National Grant Amount - $$13,000
Dr. Sean M. Bagshaw
Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Research Subject
“A randomized controlled trial of intravenous sodium bicarbonate for renal protection during cardiopulmonary bypass.”
National Grant Amount - $20,000 awarded in the name of Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada
Dr. Christopher J. Doig
University of Calgary, Calgary
Research Subject
“Socioeconomic Status and Outcome from ICU.”
National Grant Amount - $20,000 awarded in the name of the Calgary Chapter (CICF)
Dr. Brent W. Winston
University of Calgary, Calgary
Research Subject
“Fibro proliferation in ARD.”
National Grant Amount - $20,000 awarded in the memory of Dr. Derrick Thompson, Calgary
2009 Research Grant Recipients
Dr. Sangeeta Mehta
Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Research Subject
"SLEAP-PS - Psychological Morbidity Associated with two Sedation Strategies in the Critically Ill"
Jansen Award Recipient
Dr. Daren K. Heyland
Kingston General Hospital, Kingston
Research Subject
"A Randomized Trial of Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in Under and Over Weight Critically Ill Patients"
Dr. Alexis Turgeon
Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus, Universite Laval, Quebec City
Research Subject
"Early Determination of Neurological Prognosis in ICU Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury"
Dr. Dean M. Bagshaw
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Research Subject
"A Prospective Multicenter Observational Study of Frailty in Critical Illness (ICU FRAILTY Study)"
Dr. David A. Zygun
University of Calgary, Calgary
Research Subject
"Modulation of Neuroinflammation and Extracellular Proteolysis in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Study"
