Three University of Waterloo researchers were among the 391 individual nominated PIs awarded funding through Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grants Program.
This is part of a $325-million total investment by the Government of Canada in support of 405 project grants and 2 bridge grants.
Waterloo recipients of funding through the 2022 Spring Project Grant competition are:
Richard Cook (Statistics and Actuarial Science): Methods for assessing real-world causal effects with electronic health records: Biologic therapies in autoimmune diseases $631,126
Laura Middleton (Kinesiology): The Lifestyle, Exercise and Diet (LEAD) trial: A virtual, lifestyle approach to improve cognitive function $566,100
Ewa Niechwiej-Szwedo (Kinesiology): Hidden binocularity and visuomotor function after congenital cataracts $447,526