A total of 54 projects led by UBC researchers were awarded $47.0 million in combined funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant: Spring 2025 competition. Six of these projects are led by SBME Researchers.
On a national level, CIHR approved a total of 435 research grants, for a total investment of approximately $411 million. In addition, 46 priority announcement grants were funded for a total amount of $5.1 million and nine supplemental prizes were awarded for a total of $310,000.
SBME-Led Project Grants
Bamji, Shernaz (Cellular and Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering)
The role of the ZDHHC8 enzyme in neuronal connectivity, function and behavior
Grunau, Brian (Emergency Medicine)
Additional PIs: Dainty, Katie (University of Toronto); Kuo, Calvin (School of Biomedical Engineering); Sekhon, Mypinder (Medicine); Shadgan, Babak (Orthopaedics / School of Biomedical Engineering)
Real-World Validation of Machine Learning Algorithms for a Wearable Cardiac Arrest Detection System
Rahmim, Arman (School of Biomedical Engineering / Radiology / Physics & Astronomy)
Additional PI: Uribe, Carlos (Radiology)
Towards state-of-the-art long axial field-of-view (LAFOV) PET/CT imaging of cancer patients
Yachie, Nozomu (School of Biomedical Engineering)
The Mouse MicroRNA Atlas Project
Zandstra, Peter (School of Biomedical Engineering / Michael Smith Laboratories)
Engineered In Vitro Niches for Blood Development to Enable Advanced Cellular Therapies from Renewable Sources
*conditional award at time of announcement
SBME-Led Priority Announcements
Rossi, Fabio (School of Biological Engineering / Medical Genetics)
Investigating the role of muscle stromal cells in pancreatic cancer cachexia and associated myosteatosis
Priority Announcement: Cancer Survivorship
*conditional award at time of announcement