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December 23 2002

  • Quirion named one of 250 most-cited neuroscientists

    According to ISIHighlyCited.com, Dr. Remi Quirion, CIHR's Scientific Director for the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction, has been listed as one of the most highly cited international researchers in the field of neuroscience for the years 1981-1999.

December 20 2002

  • Of genetic mice and men

    As we venture further into controversial embryonic research, we need public debate on ethics and aims

December 16 2002

  • UBC researchers discover protein

    Dr. Natalie Strynadka, an associate professor of biochemistry at the University of British Columbia, has discovered a protein that helps Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), one of the worst superbugs resist antibiotics. It is a finding that could help scientists develop a drug to combat the protein. The Victoria Times-Colonist, November 19, 2002

  • Rhodes Scholar visits CIHR

    On December 10, Dr. An Wen Chan, a visiting Rhodes scholar from Oxford University, lectured CIHR staff about bias in evaluating the selective reporting of outcomes in clinical trials. [ photo ]

  • Memory Precision Varies Between Adults and Youth

    According to a study conducted at Toronto's Rotman Research Institute by the CIHR-funded Dr. Brian Levine, older adults produced more general factual information than younger adults in autobiographical recall.

  • Kelton receives accolade from Madame Clarkson

    On November 22, Dr. David Kelton was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities. Dr. Kelton's research, which has been continuously funded by CIHR, has helped determine which women need blood transfusions when giving birth, and also help those who have experienced difficult caesarian sections. The Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 2002.

  • Fischer named IVO winner

    Dr. Benedikt Fischer, a CIHR-funded researcher, has been awarded the IVO-AWARD --an international award for young researchers in the field of addiction to alcohol, drugs, smoking or other forms of addiction.

  • Cairncross receives Chair

    Dr. J. Gregory Cairncross, a CIHR-funded researcher, has received a $3 million Chair in Brain Tumor Research in Southern Alberta from the Alberta Cancer Foundation.

  • Agreement offers promise for cardiac patients

    Dr. Adolfo de Bold, a CIHR-funded researcher, has signed a license agreement with SYN-X Pharma to develop and commercialize two patents that will provide new valuable diagnostic tools for patients with heart disease.

  • Gene identification could fight rare diseases

    Drs. David Rosenblum and Thomas Hudson, CIHR-funded researchers from the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), along University of Calgary investigators have discovered genes that underlie two diseases which might cause everything from brain damage to mental retardation in infancy.

December 4 2002

December 2 2002

November 28 2002

November 13 2002

  • CIHR to Host - Privacy in Health Research: Sharing Perspectives and Paving the Way Forward.

November 12 2002

  • Gerry Byrne, Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) announced today on behalf of Industry Minister Allan Rock an investment of $130.1 million to support the creation of 123 new Canada Research Chairs at 37 universities across Canada.

    [ Recipient List | Media Release | Backgrounder | Statistics ]

November 8 2002

  • Reading Gives Amyot Lecture

    Dr. Jeff Reading, Scientific Director for Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, will host Health Canada's 4th Annual "Amyot Lecture." The lecture series is named in honour of Dr. J.A. Amyot, who was associated with the development of the typhoid and smallpox vaccines, the filtration and chlorination of water, as well as the pasteurization of milk. This year, Dr. Reading will focus the Amyot Lecture on CIHR's eight ground-breaking Aboriginal Capacity and Deveopmental Research Environments (ACADRE) centres.

  • New Boost for Aboriginal Research

November 6 2002

  • Hayden on Discovery

    On November 7, Discovery Health Channel will profile CIHR-funded Dr. Michael Hayden and his groundbreaking work in Huntington's Disease.

October 25 2002

  • The Senate committee today announced their final report entitled, The Health of Canadians, the Federal Role. The committee report, commonly referred to as the 'Kirby report', makes recommendations for new sources of financing to ensure the fiscal sustainability of Canada's publicly funded health care system. CIHR welcomes the report and its recommendations.

October 21 2002

  • Submission to Canada's Innovation Strategy

    CIHR has submitted seven recommendations to the Government of Canada. These recommendations, which vary from increased funding to training to the creation of Centres for Health Innovation, are all intended to ensure that health and health research are keystones in the Innovation Strategy.

October 18 2002

October 17 2002

  • Bernstein talks about CIHR in Hospital News

    In the October 2002 issue of Hospital News, Dr. Alan Bernstein talks about CIHR and how we can partner with hospitals on the frontline of health research in order to effect positive change in Canada's health care system.

October 16 2002

  • New Hope In Fight Against Macular Degeneration

    Dr. Sanjay Sharma, a CIHR- researcher, will determine the cost benefits of high dose of vitamin supplements in the fight against age-related macular degeneration (disease that robs people of central vision). Dr. Sharma's work is being highlighted on the American Academy of Ophthalmology's website. Search for: keywords: "vitamin supplementation" / presenter: "sharma")

October 15 2002

October 10 2002

  • Hébert speaks at summit

    On October 4, Dr. Réjean Hébert, Scientific Director for CIHR's Institute of Aging, was a keynote speaker at the University of Calgary's Summit on the Future of Gerentological Education and Research in Alberta which brought together 125 policy makers, educators, researchers, employers, students and seniors.

October 9 2002

  • Dosch discovers protein related to immune disease

    Dr. Hans-Michael Dosch, a CIHR-funded researcher, has discovered a protein that is associated with Sjögren syndrome - a rare autoimmune disease that affects the tear and saliva glands. Dr. Dosch plans to study 100 Sjögren patients in preparation for possible trials of a vaccine.

October 7 2002

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October 1 2002

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September 26 2002

  • Comparing Drugs Leads to New Discovery

    Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, a CIHR-funded scientist from Toronto's Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, has discovered that people who take Vioxx, a pain medication, are twice as likely to be admitted to the hospital with ulcer problems than those who use Celebrex to relieve pain. Globe and Mail, September 20, 2002

  • CIHR mourns the loss of a health research leader

    On behalf of the entire Canadian health research community, Dr. Alan Bernstein extends his condolences to the family of Dr. Sandy Kirkley, an orthopedic surgeon and a member of CIHR's clinical trials committee, who died tragically in a plane crash on September 9. National Post, September 10, 2002

  • CIHR helps wrap up Researchers series

    On September 16, the Ottawa Citizen profiled CIHR and its new vision for health research in one of the final articles of "The Researchers" series. In this article, Dr. Alan Bernstein refers to the "tremendous new energy" in Canada for health research. Ottawa Citizen, September 16, 2002

September 20 2002

  • Exciting Funding Opportunities with Burroughs Wellcome Fund

    In early-July, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) announced up to $750,000 for individual awards in three program areas: clinical scientist awards in translational research, career awards in biomedical sciences and investigators in pathogenesis of infectious disease. The application deadlines are different for these awards and are set for September, October and November respectively.

September 13 2002

  • Brien promotes FAS webcast

    Queen's Universitiy's Dr. James F. Brien, who is leading a CIHR New Emerging Team grant program about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), will webcast the results a roundtable discussion held on International FAS Awareness Day.

September 12 2002

September 10 2002

September 5 2002

  • Some pre-terms suffer from low IQ

    Dr. Joyce Magill-Evans, a CIHR-funded researcher from the University of Alberta, has discovered that children who are born prematurely, but are otherwise healthy, tend to have lower IQs and less-developed language skills by the time they reach age of 10. National Post, September 4, 2002.

  • OCD linked to gene

    Dr. James Kennedy, a CIHR-funded geneticist from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, has found that the 1D-beta gene is linked to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- and could become a genetic target for drug therapy. National Post, September 4, 2002

August 28 2002

  • Building on the Past to Find out about the Future

    Dr. Clyde Hertzman, an Institute Advisory Board Member for CIHR's Institute of Population and Public Health and colleagues, recently reported in the British Medical Journal that birth weight and social class at birth have a strong influence on cognitive function in children. Their work uses data from the 1958 British Cohort Study.

August 27 2002

  • Can glucose affect the brain?

    In an article, which ran in Behavioural Neuroscience, CIHR-funded Dr. Claude Messier, from the University of Ottawa, has demonstrated that regulation of glucose levels has a direct effect on cognitive abilities among young people.

August 26 2002

  • Profiling Proteomics

    A number of CIHR-funded researchers, recently published in prestige scientific journals such as Science and Nature Reviews, clearly demonstrate Canada's breadth of talent in the field of proteomics.

August 23 2002

  • Brain, heal thyself

    CIHR-funded researcher Dr. Richard Dyck, from Faculties of Medicine and Social Sciences at the University of Calgary, is trying to find new ways to heal traumatic brain injury in adults through cell regeneration, by first learning how the process works in young animals.

  • September 2002 RFA Pre-Announcements

    CIHR Institutes and their partners are pleased to announce September 2002 strategic funding opportunities

August 21 2002

  • Taking the punch out of inflammatory bowel disease

    CIHR-funded Dr. Wallace MacNaughton, from the University of Calgary, is using innovative research methods with compounds such as nitric oxide (NO) to conquer inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), like Crohn's and Colitis.

August 14 2002

August 13 2002

August 7 2002

  • Hébert talks about aging and healthcare

    In an Op-ed piece submitted to Le Devoir and The Globe and Mail, Dr. Réjean Hébert, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Aging, suggests that if the Canadian healthcare system implemented current scientific findings, things would improve for Canada's elderly population. He added that research in the field of aging must be a top priority because it will help policymakers predict the needs of aging Canadians.

August 1 2002

  • CIHR Greets Dewandre with a 'scientific' luncheon

    On August 1, CIHR President, Dr. Alan Bernstein, and Dr. Miriam Stewart, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health, hosted a luncheon on the occasion of an international visit from Dr. Nicole Dewandre, Head of Unit, Women and Science of the European Commission.

July 31 2002

  • Acne medication attacks cancer tumours

    CIHR-funded researcher Gurmit Singh has found that a common acne medication can reduce certain kinds of cancer tumours by 70 per cent in animal tests-a discovery that may one day lead to a safe and inexpensive cancer treatment that could spare the lives of thousands of Canadians who die each year after their breast or prostate cancer spreads to the bones. - Calgary Herald - July 6, 2002

  • Canadian scientists awarded $5.6 million to study breast cancer

    Through the CBCRI-a unique partnership of groups from the public, private and non-profit sectors-CIHR is helping to fund the largest Canadian research competition on record to specifically target the lifestyle and environmental factors that cause breast cancer, and how women can be proactive to decrease their risk of the disease.

  • Eleven CIHR researchers to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

    Scientific Director Philip Branton and CIHR researchers Christopher Bleackley, Carol Cass, Mitchell Halperin, John Kelton, Edith McGeer, Patrick McGeer, Richard Rachubinski, Peter St. George-Hyslop, Michael Tyers and Cecil Yip are among the distinguished individuals to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada-an accolade to which scholars and scientists aspire.

  • Canadian researchers do more with less

    A new study reveals that Canadian research is having a growing impact on the world's scientific advances even as Canadian publications account for a declining proportion of the globe's scientific literature. - Globe and Mail, July 2, 2002

  • Sweet smells ease pain for women

    CIHR-funded researcher Serge Marchand and his research group discover that sweet smells significantly lessen a woman's pain, while foul smells slightly worsen it. Aromas good or bad had no effect on men.

  • Can circumcision prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS?

    A $6-million Canadian-American research project funded by CIHR and the NIH is attempting to determine whether circumcision can stem the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. - National Post, July 2, 2002

  • XIV International AIDS Conference aims to put knowledge into action

    CIHR researchers are among the many Canadian participants at the XIV International AIDS Conference who will work together to review the knowledge gained through science and experience, and use this knowledge to commit to action. The conference takes place in Barcelona, Spain from July 7-12, 2002.

July 26 2002

July 11 2002

July 10 2002

July 5 2002

July 4 2002

  • New member appointed to Governing Council

    The Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Health announces the appointment of Dr. Michel Bureau - head of the FRSQ - to CIHR's Governing Council. [ Biography ]

  • Kids traumatized after surgery

    A national study led by CIHR-funded researcher Janet Rennick finds that young children who undergo invasive hospital procedures can be traumatized for months after they return home.

  • Heart gene holds promise for new treatments

    CIHR researcher Josef Penninger and his team discover that a recently identified gene protects against heart disease, creating a potential target for drug therapies as well as the possibility that doctors may one day be able to screen for some forms of cardiovascular disease before symptoms occur. The findings are published in Nature 417, 822 - 828 (2002) and the abstract can be viewed at http://www.nature.com/.

  • Brain tumour gene identified

    A CIHR-funded study led by Michael Taylor identifies a novel gene that when mutated results in medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumour found in children.

  • Study to focus on health of rural seniors

    Geriatrician Chris MacKnight is leading a national CIHR-funded study to see if Canada's rural seniors are fit or frail. His hypothesis is seniors who live in the country are frailer than their urban counterparts.

June 25 2002

  • Governing Council highlights from June 2002 meeting in Ottawa

    June 2002 Competition Results now available

    Governing Council met in Ottawa, June 19 - 20, to review the results of the March 2002 health research competition. Detailed results of the March 2002 health research competition are now available.

  • CIHR turns two and boasts a new organizational structure

    In its short, two-year history, CIHR has achieved a number of operational and organizational milestones. At an all-staff celebration of CIHR's second birthday, president Alan Bernstein praises CIHR's new organizational structure and looks to a bright future

June 24 2002

June 12 2002

  • Cast your Vote!

    CIHR president Alan Bernstein and CIHR researchers Ray Rajotte, James Shapiro, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Freda Millar and James Rutka are among the Globe and Mail's 50 nominees for Canada's top nation builder. Let the Globe know who you'd put at the top of the list! - The Globe and Mail, June 8, 2002

  • Canadian postdoc wins prize for excellence

    Canadian fellow Frederic Charron recently received the prestigious Beckman Fellowship at Stanford-an award intended to identify, support and help develop the next generation of outstanding scientists, who demonstrate the highest levels of excellence in their accomplishments, capacity for independent work, and ability to compete for the most prestigious academic and other positions.

June 7 2002

  • CIHR makes a splash at Healthfest 2002

    Thanks to the extraordinary help of eight volunteers, some dynamic experiments that involved everything from genetically-modified mice to population-based studies of home heart care, CIHR was a tremendous hit at this year's Healthfest exhibition at the Ontario Science Centre (OSC) on June 1. The exhibition, which offered free admission to the Canadian public at large, saw over 5,000 people pass through the OSC doors in only five hours. [ Photo ]

June 5 2002

June 3 2002

  • Bad news on medicine for kids not published

    CIHR researcher Terry Klassen find that only 60 per cent of randomized trials conducted with children over a recent three-year period were published in journals leaving doctors in the dark about what medical treatments really work.

May 30 2002

  • Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines: The Ethics of Derivation

    CIHR Governing Council member Dr. Françoise Baylis outlines the need to develop sound policies and procedures, in a timely and coordinated fashion, to ensure that the few human embryos available for embryonic stem cell research are used judiciously.

May 23 2002

  • Girls Learn Cruelty Early

    A new Canadian study under the direction of CIHR psychologist Marlene Moretti will seek to understand girls' aggression and violent behaviour

  • Reducing the Risk of Stroke

    In a study involving 9,000 patients at risk of stroke or cardiovascular disease, CIHR researcher Jackie Bosch found that there were 61% fewer fatal strokes in people who took the drug Ramipril - The Calgary Sun, May 11, 2002

  • Canadians rank among the world's best innovators

    CIHR researcher Fiona Brinkman is among three Canadians to make MIT's list of the world's top innovators for her work combating deadly microbial pathogens - National Post, May 15, 2002

May 17 2002

May 16 2002

  • Hush Little Baby

    Celeste Johnston-a CIHR researcher looking into ways of diminishing pain in preterm babies-finds that skin-to-skin contact between premature babies and their mothers, music, and sugar can all reduce the discomfort caused by painful procedures

  • Montreal Scientists Find Epilepsy Gene

    CIHR-funded scientist Guy Rouleau and a team of Montreal scientists discover the gene that causes juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME)- one of a category of common disorders that are called "classical" epilepsies

May 8 2002

  • Turning Intestinal Cells into Islet Cells

    Working with colleagues in Japan, CIHR scientist Norman Wong discovers that intestinal cells can be stimulated into producing insulin - a hormone that millions of diabetics are lacking

May 1 2002

  • Acne drug may help ALS sufferers

    Dr. Jean-Pierre Julien discovers that an antibiotic commonly prescribed for acne may slow the development of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. CIHR supports this research through the Neuromuscular Research Partnership.

  • Viagra may be used to treat rare disease

    CIHR researcher Evangelos Michelakis discovers that Viagra holds promise as a treatment for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension-a rare, debilitating disease with a very poor prognosis.

April 30 2002

  • Trigger for Genetic Mutation Pinpointed

    CIHR-funded scientist Dr. Christopher Pearson identifies the DNA flanking region as the trigger for genetic mutations underlying a family of neurological disorders.

  • Stem Cell Leaders

    Nature Immunology's special focus on hematopoietic stem cells cites classical papers in the field-many of which are by Canadian researchers.

  • CIHR researchers make R.O.B.'s Top Forty Under 40

    Mickie Bhatia, Michael Sherar, Molly Shoichet and Christopher Hogue are among the "best and brightest" innovators showcased in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business.

  • Innovative Teaching

    Jeffrey Nisker - a mentor in CIHR's Strategic Training Initiative in Research in Reproductive Health Sciences - receives the certificate of merit award from the Canadian Association for Medical Education.

  • III Celebrates

    The institute of Infection and Immunity is celebrating its grand opening on May 3rd with a symposium featuring top scientists talking about vaccines, viruses and more!

April 19, 2002

  • Congratulations to Professor Heather Munroe-Blum
    Dr. Alan Bernstein and staff at CIHR extend warmest congratulations to Professor Munroe-Blum on her appointment as Principal of McGill University. Professor Munroe-Blum has been and continues to be an ardent supporter of health research

April 17, 2002

April 16, 2002

April 15, 2002

  • Championing "The Role of Health Research in Contributing to Global Health and Economic Development in Africa"

April 9, 2002

April 8, 2002

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April 2, 2002

March 28, 2002

March 26, 2002

March 22, 2002

  • New AIDS Drug Test

    A team led by CIHR-funded researcher Julio Montaner has developed a test that may allow doctors to predict which HIV/AIDS patients are at risk of suffering debilitating side effects from drug cocktails and to isolate the drug responsible

March 19, 2002

  • Recognizing Excellence

    Dr. Alan Bernstein presents a plaque to the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal in recognition of their outstanding contributions to health research

  • Evaluation of CIHR Operating Grants Program

March 15, 2002

March 14, 2002

March 8, 2002

  • Congratulations Guy D'Aloisio!

    Guy D'Aloisio, former Director of Corporate Services Branch at CIHR, was the successful candidate for the new position of Vice-President, Services and Operations Portfolio. Guy D'Aloisio's appointment, which started on February 26, marks the second of four Vice-President Portfolio placements

March 7, 2002

March 6, 2002

March 5, 2002

  • Strategic Funding Opportunities

    CIHR Institutes and their partners are pleased to announce first strategic funding opportunities for 2002

March 4, 2002

  • CIHR Releases Stem Cell Research Guidelines

    Under CIHR's new guidelines, funding for research leading to human cloning will be prohibited, but other stem cell research will be eligible for funding giving hope to patients suffering from debilitating diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes

March 1, 2002

  • Mapping the Brain

    CIHR -funded neuroscientist Alan Evans is charting a "map" of the brain that is becoming the standard against which abnormalities such as Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia are diagnosed - St. John's Telegram, February 24, 2002

February 27, 2002

  • Ontario March of Dimes and CIHR join forces for Fellowship Award

    The Ontario March of Dimes and CIHR have jointly announced funding support for two postdoctoral fellowship awards in the area of physical disabilities research. Candidates must be Canadian citizens and the deadline for applications is April 1, 2002

  • Good News for the Faint of Heart

    CIHR -funded researchers Greg Ferrier and Susan Howlett discover a mechanism that may be responsible for weakened heart muscle contractions in heart failure patients

February 25, 2002

February 22, 2002

  • Update on Website Redesign

    We are very excited to announce that we are entering the design and build phase of the new CIHR website...

February 20, 2002

  • Understanding Muscular Dystrophy

    A CIHR-supported study led by Dr. Klaus Wrogemann identifies the gene responsible for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2H - a dystrophy so far seen only in Hutterites

February 19, 2002

  • Canada & Germany Collaborate on Human Genetics

    A new a five-year collaboration between CIHR's Institute of Genetics, the Canadian Genetic Diseases Network and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics is expected to accelerate the discovery of disease-causing genes to the benefit of citizens worldwide

  • Bisby appointed as first CIHR VP

    Dr. Mark Bisby, former Director of Programs Branch at CIHR, was the successful candidate for the position of Vice-President, Research Portfolio. Dr. Bisby's appointment, which started on February 4, marks the first of four Vice-President Portfolio placements

  • Spiral Waves Break Hearts

    CIHR -funded researcher Leon Glass advances our understanding of factors leading to fatal cardiac rhythms by examining why the electrical impulses that cause the heart's muscle fibers to contract are sometimes transformed into troublesome whirlpool-like spirals of electrical activity

February 15, 2002

  • In the Top 50!

    Alan Bernstein is one of 50 remarkable individuals selected by Maclean's magazine for their influence on events-and thought-within Canadian boundaries - Maclean's, February 18, 2002

  • Boning up!

    By studying mice, CIHR-funded researcher Christopher Kovacs shows that the transfer of calcium from mother to fetus to mineralize the skeleton may occur in a specialized area of the placenta, and not in the trophoblasts as previously thought

  • Breathing Easier

    Following his research into the merits of two proven asthma drugs, CIHR-funded researcher Paul O'Byrne believes asthmatics can greatly reduce their risk of a flare-up with Symbicort--a medication that combines the two drugs in a single inhaler - Hamilton Spectator, February 13, 2002

  • Antidepressant Use & Breast Cancer

    Dr. Colin Sharpe finds that women prescribed some of the tricyclic antidepressants to treat depression show an elevated risk of breast cancer 11- 15 years later. CIHR supports this research through the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative

February 14, 2002

February 13, 2002

  • Prescription Addiction Study

    CIHR funds the B.C. Women's Hospital to research how the health care system can more effectively respond to the problem of benzodiazepine dependence among Canadians - Vancouver Sun, February 1, 2002

  • Can Stem Cells Mend a Broken Heart?

    CIHR -supported researchers Richard Weisel and Ren-ke Li seek ethics approval to test a new technique involving the injection of stem cells to repair damaged heart - Globe and Mail, Saturday, February 9, 2002

February 12, 2002

  • AIDS Researcher Donates $1-Million Prize

  • Battling Bioterrorism - National Post, February 4 , 2002

February 11, 2002

February 8, 2002

February 7, 2002

  • Painkilling Discovery

February 6, 2002

  • Are Strep Throat and Kids' Psychiatric Disorders Linked?

    At the vanguard of a growing field of medicine called psychoneuroimmunology, CIHR researcher Margaret Richter explores the possible connection between strep throat and obsessive-compulsive disorders in children - Kingston-Whig Standard, January 15, 2002

  • Controlling the Growth of Facial Features

  • Canadians Recognized for First-rate Science

  • Diabetes Trial

February 5, 2002

February 1, 2002

January 31, 2002

  • Neonatal Mortality

  • Cancer Resistance

  • Body Building

January 29, 2002

January 28, 2002

  • Can Music Keep your Mind Young?

  • Dying with Dignity

  • Exercise is Key to Good Health

January 24, 2002

  • Results now online!
  • Rubinstein meets Bernstein

    Today, Ellis Rubinstein (pictured left), the Washington-based editor of Science magazine, met with Dr. Alan Bernstein (pictured right), CIHR's President, and gave a fascinating lecture to all CIHR staff about the groundbreaking future paths his publication will take on paper and on the web

  • Dodge honoured by GC members

    In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Governing Council (GC), former GC member Dr. David Dodge, now the Governor of the Bank of Canada, received a framed certificate from cihr's President, Dr. Alan Bernstein, as current GC members looked on la scène

January 23, 2002

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