Researcher

Name of Project

Institution

Amount Year 1

Amount Year 2

Total Award

Pilot Project Grants

Dr. Francesca Cicchetti

Dr. Frederic Calon

Effects of genetically-induced conversion of brain n-6 PUFA into n-3 PUFA in a murine model of Parkinson’s disease

Laval University

$45,000

N/A

$45,000

Dr. David S. Park

VHL as a target of DJ-1 in a model of Parkinson’s disease

Ottawa Health Research Institute

$45,000

N/A

$45,000

Dr. Alexander Rauscher

Dr. Martin J. McKeown

A new magnetic resonance imaging method (SWI) for assessing iron deposition in Parkinson disease

University of British Columbia

$44,450

N/A

$44,450

Dr. Guy A. Rouleau

Dr. Nicolas Dupre

Direct sequencing of candidate genes in late-onset Parkinson’s disease cases.

University of Montreal – CHUM Research Centre

$45,000

N/A

$45,000

New Investigator Awards

Dr. G. Angus McQuibban

Understanding the action of the mitochondrial rhomboid protease in Parkinson’s Disease

University of Toronto

$45,000

$45,000

$90,000

Fellow

Field of Training

Institution

Amount Year 1

Amount Year 2

Total Award

Basic Research Fellowships

Dr. Antoine Duquette

Characterization of a novel interaction between parkin and puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase in Parkinson’s disease

Montreal Neurological Institute

$50,000

$50,000

$100,000

Dr. Thomas Jubault

Evolution of cognitive impairments in Parkinson’s Disease

Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal

$40,000

$50,000

$90,000

Dr. Dianbo Qu

Neurobiochemistry and Neuropathology

Ottawa Health Research Institute

$37,500

$50,000

$87,500

Dr. Hamid Qureshi

Parkinson’s Disease

Lady Davis Institute – Jewish General Hospital

$40,000

$40,000

$80,000

Dr. Julianna Tomlinson

Characterizing Parkinson’s-linked SNCA gene expression by GATA transcription factors

Ottawa Health Research Institute

$40,000

$40,000

$80,000

Dr. Naomi Visanji

The role of the interaction between feritin and alpha synuclein (a-syn) in Parkinson’s disease

University of Toronto

$50,000

$50,000

$100,000

Clinical Movement Disorders Fellowship (one year fellowship)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada CMD Fellowship

Dr. Amitabh Gupta

Clinical Movement Disorders Training

Morton & Gloria Shulman Movement Disorder Clinic -Toronto Western Hospital

$50,000

n/a

$50,000

Student

Field of Training

Institution

Amount Year 1

Amount Year 2

Total Award

Graduate Student Awards

Ms. Ventzislava Hristova

How Parkin mutations result in Autosomal Recessive Juvenile Parkinson’s Disease

University of Western Ontario

$15,000

$15,000

$30,000

Mr. Khanh Nguyen

The role of Pitx-3 in the survival of midbrain dopamine neurons that are afflicted in Parkinson Disease

Montreal Neurological Institute

$15,000

$15,000

$30,000

Mr. Pierre Robinson

Neurological Sciences

Montreal Neurological Institute

$15,000

$15,000

$30,000

TOTAL

$576,950

$370,000

$946,950