Vaillancourt Group
April 2026
LIFETIME FUNDING
-Total peer-reviewed funding received……………………………………… $41,586,111.04
As Principal Investigator (external)………….………………….......... $8,540,837.72
As Principal Investigator (internal)…………………………………… $3,662,568.52
-Total non-peer-reviewed funding received……………………………… $86,800.00
As Principal Investigator………………………………………………. $46,800.00
| Support Period | Title | Organization | Role | Total Amount |
| 2026-2027 | Innovative Use of Large Language Model Assistance to Accurately Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rapidly Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators
| TOHAMO-Innovation | PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $132,574.00 |
| 2025-2026 | Prognostic Accuracy of the Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index and the Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index Quick in Patients with a Confirmed Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
| Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians – CanVECTOR
| PI: Kevin Durr, PGY5 Supervisor: C. Vaillancourt
| $5,000.00 |
| 2024-2025 | Monitoring Impaired Driving in Canada | Transport Canada Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program
| PI: Jeff Brubacher Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $1,385,130.00 |
| 2024-2026 | Improving Resuscitation Care and Survival with Preserved Neurological Outcomes for In-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims | TOHAMO Quality and Patient Safety | PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $19,450.00 |
| 2024-2025 | Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
| Co-PI: C. Vaillancourt | $302,214.00 |
| 2024-2029 | Artificial Intelligence Supported In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prediction, Prevention, and Management | CIHR | PI: Christopher Sun Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $1,450,725.00 |
| 2024-2026 | Multi-Centre Implementation of an Educational Program to Improve the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Ambulance Telecommunicators and Survival Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims
| CIHR | PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $141,526.00 |
| 2024-2025 | Multi-Centre Implementation of an Educational Program to Improve the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Ambulance Telecommunicators and Survival Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims
| TOHAMO Innovation | PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $98,200.00 |
| 2024-2025 | CAN-BLEED Score for Risk Stratification of Traumatic Hemorrhage: Validation and Assessment of Potential Impact | TOHAMO Innovation | PI: Alexandre Tran Co-PI: Christian Vaillancourt
| $99,300.00 |
| 2024-2025 | Paramedic ST elevation myocardial infarction bypass in Eastern Ontario: A sex lens evaluation | Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
| PI: Ayesha Zia Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $5,000.00 |
| 2023 | Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
| Co-PI: C. Vaillancourt | $158,260.00 |
| 2023-2024 | Innovative Use of Machine-Learning Algorithm Assistance to Rapidly Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
| Program: CIHR Planning and Dissemination Funding from: Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research FRN 190955
| PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $19,200.00 |
| 2023-2025 | Monitoring drug impaired driving in Canada through toxicological analyses of injured drivers
| Public Safety Canada Grant and Contribution Programs
| PI: Jeff Brubacher Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $1,539,000.00 |
| 2023 | Impact of COVID19 Protected Code Blue Protocol on In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care and CPR Quality. – Summer Student Award for Erica Shligold
| The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada
| PI: C. Vaillancourt | $5,500.00 |
| 2023 | Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) | Canada Summer Jobs 2023 | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $4,768.00 |
| 2022-2023 | Evaluation of Massive Transfusion Protocol Activation Efficiency and Wastage of Blood Products in Patients with Traumatic Hemorrhage. | PSI Foundation | PI: Tyler Lamb Co-Investigator/ Supervisor C. Vaillancourt
| $29,500.00 |
| 2022-2025 | Innovative Use of Machine-Learning Algorithm Assistance to Rapidly Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers & Telecommunicators
| TOHAMO Innovation | PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $99,400.00 |
| 2022-2025 | REmote cardiac MOnitoring of at-risk SYNCope patients after Emergency Department discharge – A Randomized Controlled Trial: REMOSYNCED | TOHAMO Innovation | PI: Venkatesh Thiruganasam-bandamoorthy Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $98,900.00 |
| 2022-2024 | Improving Resuscitation Care and Survival with Preserved Neurological Outcomes for In-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims | TOHAMO Quality and Patient Safety | PI: Christian Vaillancourt | $19,849.00 |
| 2022-2025 | AED on the Fly: A Medical Drone Implementation Project | Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) | PI: Sheldon Cheskes Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| 1$$$95,982.00 |
| Jan.-Dec. 2022 | The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Quality of Care Following Major Traumatic Injury: Evaluating Implicit Bias with Contemporary Electronic Medical Records | AMS Small Grant in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Application | PI: Alexandre Tran Co-PI: Tyler Lamb Co-PI: C. Vaillancourt
| $ 19,195.00 |
| 2021-22 | Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
| Co-PI: C. Vaillancourt | $252,776.00 |
| 2021 (half) | Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) | Zoll Medical Inc. via Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
| Co-PI: C. Vaillancourt | $51,934.00 |
| 2021-2023 | Monitoring Impaired Driving in Canada | Transport Canada's Enhanced Road Safety Transfer Payment Program
| PI: Jeff Brubacher Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt | $1,991,770.00 |
| 2021-2022 | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest | Canada Summer Jobs 2021 | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $4,509.00 |
| 2021-2022 | Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Time to Intervention in Patients with Traumatic Hemorrhage | Resident Research Grant, Department of Surgery | PI: Tyler Lamb Co-Investigator/ Supervisor C. Vaillancourt
| $5,000.00 |
| 2021-2022 | Validation of the Canadian Prehospital Syncope Risk Score | CIHR | PI: Venkatesh Thiruganasam-bandamoorthy Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $397,800.00 |
| 2021-2022 | Impact of Delayed Intervention in Patients with Traumatic Hemorrhage: A Study of Clinical Outcomes, Hospital Costs, and Accuracy of Resident Predictions
| TOHAMO | PI: Tyler Lamb Co-Investigator/ Supervisor C. Vaillancourt | $8,000.00 |
| 2020-2023 | The Impact of Provincial Cannabis Policy on Impaired Driving | CIHR (Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation) | PI: Jeff Brubacher Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt | $509,781.00 |
| 2019-2022 | Monitoring and Preventing Drug-Impaired Driving in Canada. | Health Canada (Substance use and Addictions Program – SUAP)
| PI: Jeff Brubacher Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt | $1,361,356.00 |
| 2019-2020 | AED on The Fly: An AED drone delivery feasibility program | Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) | PI: Sheldon Cheskes Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $150,000.00 |
| 2019-2020 | Neighbours saving Neighbours: Planning a community volunteer resuscitation program for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada
| CIHR – Planning and Dissemination | PI: Steven Brooks Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt | $14,992.00 |
| 2019-2020 | Implementation of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score: Phase-1 | TOHAMO | PI: Venkatesh Thiruganasam-bandamoorthy Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $99,897.00 |
| 2018-2021 | Improving the Care and Survival for Prehospital SCD Victims via Transformative Changes to 9-1-1 Ambulance Communication-Assisted CPR Instructions and the Development of Innovative Technology: A CANet-CanROC-Industry Partnership
| Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $718,600.00
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| 2018-2020 | A Clinical Decision Score for Patients Requiring Major Interventions for Traumatic Hemorrhage: Prospective Validation, Refinement and Provider Perspectives
| TOHAMO | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $95,466.00 |
| 2017-2018 | Monitoring Impaired Driving in Canada (subsite) | Ontario Ministry of Transportation | PI: Jeff Brubacher Co-Investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $21,426.00 |
| 2017-2020 | Targeted Initiatives to Decrease the Burden of Sudden Cardiac Death in Canada – A CANet-CanROC Collaboration
| Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet)
| PI: Paul Dorian Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $1,246,942.47 |
| 2017-2022 | The Epinephrine Randomized Optimal Versus Current Dose (EpiROC) Canada Trial | CIHR | PI: Paul Dorian Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $2,509,200.00 |
| 2017-2018 | Resuscitation in Motion (RiM) 2018 - From Research to Real World Resuscitation - Dissemination and knowledge exchange for best practice | Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Circulatory and Respiratory Health
| PI: Laurie Morrison Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $15,000.00 |
| 2016-2017 | Analysis of Bystander CPR Quality During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Using Data Derived from Automated External Defibrillators | Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians | PI: Shannon Fernando, PGY3 Supervisor: C. Vaillancourt
| $5,000.00 |
| 2015-2016 | The Canadian Cardiac Arrest Witness Registry Think Tank: Working together to build an interactive citizen engagement opportunity. Planning and Dissemination Grant Program - Institute Community Support.
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Insitute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health | PI: K.N. Dainty Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $24,550.00 |
| 2015-2018 | A Pragmatic Strategy Empowering Paramedics to Assess Low-Risk Trauma Patients with the Canadian C-Spine Rule and Selectively Transport them Without Immobilization
| Ontario SPOR Support Unit (OSSU) IMPACT Award – Gov. of Ontario and CIHR
| PI: C. Vaillancourt | $1,456,990.00 |
| 2015 | Preparation grant for invited submission: A Pragmatic Strategy Empowering Paramedics to Assess Low-Risk Trauma Patients with the Canadian C-Spine Rule and Selectively Transport them Without Immobilization
| Ontario SPOR Support Unit (OSSU) IMPACT Award – Gov. of Ontario and CIHR | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $14,109.00 |
| 2015-2017 | Innovative Use of AEDs by Nurses and Respiratory Therapists During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
| TOHAMO | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $98,343.10 |
| 2015-2020 | CanROC - Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium: Toward a National Resuscitation Clinical Research Network | Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH)
| Co-PIs L. Morrison I.G. Stiell J. Christenson C. Vaillancourt
| $1,500,000.00 |
| 2015-2020 | CanROC - Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium: Toward a National Resuscitation Clinical Research Network | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
| Co-PIs I.G. Stiell J. Christenson L. Morrison C. Vaillancourt
| $1,500,000.00 |
| 2015-2020 | Canadian Arrhythmia Network (CANet) for syncope, atrial fibrillation, and sudden death | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| PIs: A. Tang B. Sheldon G.A. Wells Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $26,262,024.00 Not counted in total funding |
| 2015-2022 | Improving Care for Emergency Department and Pre-Hospital patients with Acute and Life-Threatening Conditions
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme | PI: I.G. Stiell Project expert C. Vaillancourt | $2,093,539.00 |
| 2015-2022 | Promoting Implementation of Evidence-Based Care
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme | PI: J. Grimshaw Project expert C. Vaillancourt | $2,128,007.00 |
| 2015-2017 | The utility of ECG characteristics as prognostic markers in pulseless electrical activity arrests: a retrospective observational cohort study – Resident project funds for Mike Ho
| Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians | PI: Mike Ho PGY3 Supervisors: C. Vaillancourt M. Gatien | $5,000.00 |
| 2014-2018 | Utilization of Quantitative ECG Measures During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
| U.S. National Institutes of Health (Ancillary RO1) | PI: J. Menegazzi Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $1,791,947.00 (amount in US$) |
| 2014-2015 | Innovative use of AEDs by nurses and respiratory therapists during in-hospital cardiac arrest. – Summer Student Award for Justin Godbout
| The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada
| PI: C. Vaillancourt | $5,000.00 |
| 2013-2014 | Innovative use of AEDs by nurses and respiratory therapists during in-hospital cardiac arrest. – Summer Student Award for Hannah Buhariwalla
| Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
| PI: C. Vaillancourt | $5,000.00 |
| 2013-2014 | Innovative use of AEDs by nurses and respiratory therapists during in-hospital cardiac arrest. – Summer Student Award for Hannah Buhariwalla
| (Government of) Canada Summer Jobs
| PI: C. Vaillancourt | $2,780.00 |
| 2012-2013 | A Prospective Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of a Provincial Trauma Bypass Protocol for Adult Major Trauma Patients in Eastern Ontario
| Northern Ontario Academic Health Science Centers Funding Plan | PI: C. Evans Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $92,000.00 |
| 2012-2015 | Improving the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Dispatchers | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $272,978.00 |
| 2011-2012 | Catalysis of new initiatives and collaborations to improve community bystander CPR rates
| Canadian Institutes of Health Research, KT Canada | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $30,000.00 |
| 2010-2014 | Evaluation of the Safety of C-Spine Clearance by Paramedics | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $424,138.00 |
| 2010-2015 | Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Renewal Initiative | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | PI: I. Stiell Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $1,000,000.00 |
| 2010-2015 | Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Renewal Initiative | Heart and Stroke Foundation of canada | PI: I. Stiell Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $1,500,000.00 |
| 2010-2015 | Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) Regional Clinical Center - Ottawa-OPALS-BC | U.S. National Institutes of Health (Funding renewed) | PI: I. Stiell Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $1,657,800.00 (amount in US$) |
| 2010-2011 | Improving the Safety of Patients who Present to The Emergency Department With Respiratory Distress: An Analysis of Adverse Events
| The Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation | PI: L. Calder Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $39,835.00 |
| 2008-2014 | Knowledge Translation Canada: A CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | PIs: S. Straus J. Grimshaw Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt
| $1,778,626.00 |
| 2008-2010 | A Survey of Factors Associated with the Successful Recognition of Agonal Breathing and Cardiac Arrest by 9-1-1 Call Takers | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
| PI: C. Vaillancourt | $49,000.00 |
| 2007-2010 | Effectiveness of Dispatch-Assisted CPR Instructions: An Evaluation of 9-1-1 Calls | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $378,517.00 |
| 2007-2010 | Effectiveness of Dispatch-Assisted CPR Instructions: An Evaluation of 9-1-1 Calls (Award declined in favor of CIHR funding) | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada | PI: C. Vaillancourt | ($340,565.00) Award declined |
| 2007-2009 | A Survey of Attitudes and Factors Associated with Successful CPR Knowledge Transfer in an Older Population Most Likely to Witness Cardiac Arrest | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, partnership with CIHR | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $98,269.00 |
| 2005-2007 | The Ontario Cardiac Arrest Registry: an integrated data system measuring and improving out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and other critically ill patient outcomes. | Canada Foundation for Innovation | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $196,000.00 |
| 2005-2009 | Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Epistry Study | Canadian Institutes of Health Science | PI: I. Stiell Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $999,999.00 |
| 2004-2009 | Proposal to Create a Canadian Collaborative Regional Clinical Center within the Resuscitation Research Consortium | U.S. National Institutes of Health | PI: I. Stiell Co-investigator C. Vaillancourt | $3,350,335.33 |
| 2003-2005 | The Prehospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics. | The Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $162,000.00 |
| 2003-2004 | The Prehospital Validation of the Canadian C-Spine Rule by Paramedics. | Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $58,207.62 |
| 2002-2003 | Understanding and improving low bystander CPR rates: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature. | Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $1,235.00 |
| 2000-2002 | Research Fellowship | Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Emergency Health Services Branch | PI: C. Vaillancourt | $60,000.00 |