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Supporting the next generation of researchers

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Seven doctoral students at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) have been awarded prestigious doctoral scholarships from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, worth $120,000 each. This program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding researchers, innovators, knowledge workers and creative thinkers. 

The awardees at OHRI, who are also graduate students at the University of Ottawa, are conducting research that could transform our understanding of health and disease and lead to new treatments and health innovations. Their research projects are focused on conditions such as cancer, stroke, pulmonary embolism, spinal muscular atrophy and preterm birth.  

Award recipients and their projects

  • Mairéad Green (supervised by Dr. Bernard Thébaud)
    • Project title: Extracellular vesicles: new biomarkers and therapeutic potential for neonatal lung injury
  • Dalia Ibrahim (supervised by Drs. Barbara Vanderhyden and Michele Ardolino)
    • Project title: Harnessing IL-33 and Checkpoint Blockade to Boost Adaptive Immunity in Ovarian Cancer
  • Hassan Khan (supervised by Drs. Yan Xu and Marc Carrier)
    • Project title: Role of Clonal Hematopoiesis in Ischemic Stroke following Pulmonary Embolism in Racialized Populations
  • Timothy Lee (supervised by Dr. Carolina Ilkow)
    • Project title: Accessible and affordable: Investigation of novel 'self-amplifying' mRNA delivery as cost-effective vaccine platforms for addressing future Canadian pandemic preparedness and health emergencies.
  • Khushi Rathod (supervised by Drs. John Bell and Carolina Ilkow)
    • Project title: Oncolytic Virus-Delivered miRNA: Targeting of Mutant KRAS in Cancer Therapy
  • Dylan Thomas (supervised by Dr. Carolina Ilkow)    
    • Project title: Strategies for inhibiting protein kinase R and antiviral effectors to increase the spread and persistence of self-amplifying RNA-based cancer vaccines using small molecules, short-hairpin RNA and viral microRNA.
  • Rebecca Yaworski (supervised by Dr. Rashmi Kothary)
    • Project title: Development of Combinatorial Therapy for the Treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Learn more about training at OHRI and meet some of our trainees. 
 

The Ottawa Hospital is a leading academic health, research and learning hospital proudly affiliated with the University of Ottawa and supported by The Ottawa Hospital Foundation.