NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM AW ARDS FOR 2014-2016 CYCLE
Granting period 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2016
Researcher
Project Title
Institution
Amount
Year 1
Amount
Year 2
Total
Award
Pilot Project Grants
Prof. Mohan Babu
Mapping the Systems Properties of the
Mitochondrial Interactome in Parkinson’s Disease
University of Regina
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
Dr. Eric Dumont
Neurophysiological trace of L-DOPA-induced
dyskinesia in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
of 6-OHDA-lesioned rats
Queen’s University
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
Dr. Patrick Flood
A novel Anti-Inflammatory Therapeutic Approach
to Parkinson's disease
University of Alberta
$44,101
N/A
$44,101
Dr. Jessica Grahn
Individual differences in response to auditory cues
in Parkinson's disease
University of Western
Ontario
$44,987
N/A
$44,987
Dr. Suneil Kalia
Inhibition of BAG5 to mitigate alpha-synuclein
oligomerization and neurodegeneration in
Parkinson's Disease
University Health
Network
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
A novel fMRI approach to investigating the
pathophysiology of postural instability in
Parkinson's Disease
University of British
Columbia
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
Porridge for Parkinson’s
(Toronto) Pilot Project Grant
Dr. Mark Carpenter
Pilot Project Grants – Funded by Quebec Research Fund on Parkinson*
Dr. Frederic Calon
Can exercise and omega-3 fatty acids synergize to
restore dopamine neurons in Parkinson’s disease?
Laval University
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
Dr. Francesca Cicchetti
Microvesicles: biomarkers and vehicles for the
propagation of alpha synuclein
Laval University
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
Dr. Julien Doyon
Effects of aerobic exercise training with or without
preferred rhythms on learning new motor skills in
patients with Parkinson's disease synucleinopathy
Montreal Geriatric
Institute – University of $44,725
Montreal
N/A
$44,725
Dr. Ron Postuma
Association of Cognitive dysfunction with
Orthostatic Hypotension in patients with
Parkinson’s disease.
The Research Institute
of the McGill University $40,620
Health Centre
N/A
$40,620
Pilot Project Grants – Funded by Quebec Research Fund on Parkinson and Parkinson Society British Columbia
Prof. Alex MacKay
Assessment of "normal appearing" white matter in
Parkinson's disease and its association with
cognitive dysfunction
University of British
Columbia
$45,000
N/A
$45,000
“She will drive the ___”: Predictive language
comprehension in persons with Parkinson disease
University of Western
Ontario
$40,915
N/A
$40,915
mGlu2 receptors and psychosis in Parkinson’s
disease
University of Montreal
$44,995
$44,989
$89,984
Targeting mitochondrial defects in an isogenic
human stem cell model of Parkinson's Disease
University of Guelph
$45,000
$45,000
$90,000
Structural basis of PINK1 kinase activation
McGill University
$45,000
$45,000
$90,000
Pilot Project Grant – Funded by Garden Centre Group Co-op
Dr. Ken McRae
New Investigator Awards
Dr. Phillippe Huot
Pedaling for Parkinson’s New
Investigator Award
Dr. Scott Ryan
Dr. Jean-Francois Trempe
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Fellow
Project Title
Institution
Amount
Year 1
Amount
Year 2
Total
Award
Basic Research Fellowships
Dr. Kwang-Soo Kim
Neurodegeneration, Parkinson's disease, LRRK2,
immune system.
University of Ottawa
$50,000
$50,000
$100,000
Dr. Mattia Volta
The role of LRRK2 in the development and
transmission of acute alpha-synuclein
neuropathology
University of British
Columbia
$50,000
$50,000
$100,000
Basic Research Fellowships - Funded in partnership by Quebec Parkinson Network, Quebec Research Fund on Parkinson’s and Parkinson
Society Canada
Mr. Alexandru Hanganu
Evolution of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Patients
with Parkinson's disease
Montreal Geriatric
Institute – University of
Montreal
$40,000
$40,000
$80,000
Mr. Omid Tavassoly
Molecular Mechanism of Alpha-Synuclein
Propagation in Parkinson's disease
McGill University
$40,000
$40,000
$80,000
Toronto Western
Hospital
$50,000
N/A
$50,000
$50,000
N/A
$50,000
Clinical Movement Disorder Fellowship (1 Year)
Pedaling for Parkinson’s
Clinical Movement Disorders
Fellowship
Improving Phase IIa clinical studies of new
treatments for Parkinson’s disease; using the
intravenous levodopa paradigm
Dr. Camila Henriques de Aquino
Dr. Daryl Wile
Student
Genetic and Neuroimaging Markers for Parkinson
Disease: Correlation with Clinical Phenotype and
Outcomes
Project Title
University of British
Columbia
Institution
Amount
Year 1
Amount
Year 2
Total
Award
Graduate Student Awards
Miss Leigh Christopher
Identifying the role of amyloid deposition in
cognitive decline in Parkinson’s disease
Centre of Addiction and
$15,000
Mental Health
$15,000
$30,000
Mr. Paul Cocker
Investigating the potential efficacy of Dopamine D4
receptors in alleviating compulsive gambling in
Parkinson's Disease.
University of British
Columbia
$15,000
$15,000
$30,000
Miss Nalia Kuhlmann
Morphological and electrophysiological
investigation of the role of LRRK2 in activitydependent striatal synaptic plasticity.
University of British
Columbia
$15,000
$15,000
$30,000
Graduate Student Awards – Funded by Quebec Parkinson Network
Mr. Nadhir Litim
Effects of gonadal medications for neuroprotection
of the brain in an animal model of Parkinson’s
Disease
Le Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire de
Québec
$15,000
$15,000
$30,000
Miss Jessica Trung
Effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the
cognitive profile of Parkinson's patients with mild
cognitive impairment
Montreal Geriatric
Institute – University of $15,000
Montreal
$15,000
$30,000
University of British
Columbia
$15,000
$30,000
Graduate Student Award – Funded by Garden Centre Group Co-op
Mr. Matthew Sacheli
Investigating the therapeutic mechanisms of
exercise interventions for the treatment of
Parkinson’s disease
$15,000
* Quebec Research Fund on Parkinson is funded notably, by the Saucier–van Berkom Parkinson Quebec Research Fund and Parkinson
Society Saskatchewan.
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