Daily Archives: February 8, 2022

CCS-CIHR Action Grant – “The Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention Acceleration and iMprovement Platform (CRC-CHAMP) Study”

Dr. Darren Brenner, Dr. Bob Hilsden and study team, also received funding through the CCS–CIHR Action Grant competition for their grant entitled “The Colorectal Cancer Chemoprevention Acceleration and iMprovement Platform (CRC-CHAMP) Study”. The overall goal of this pilot project is to develop a platform for both large-scale chemoprevention trials and real- world chemoprevention studies for…

CCS-CIHR Action Grant – “Making Healthy Changes Easy: AI-Enabled Dialogue-Driven App for Personalized Cancer Prevention – RiskDialogue”

Dr. Lin Yang and Dr. Christine Friedenreich have received funding through the CCS–CIHR Action Grants for their grant proposal entitled “Making Healthy Changes Easy: AI-Enabled Dialogue-Driven App for Personalized Cancer Prevention – RiskDialogue”. This two-year project, funded with $200,000, aims to develop a digital framework to support cancer risk reduction behaviour change. At this proof-of-concept…

Special Issue of IJERPH

Dr. Karen Kopciuk and Dr. Lin Yang will be guest editors of a special issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). The issue is titled “Cancer Prevention Research: Ideas and Opportunities Across the Life Course”. New research papers, review articles, brief reports and conference papers are welcome. Manuscripts with a…

Farewell Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge!

After two years in the department, Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge will be leaving us to start a new job with the Canadian Institute for Health Research’s Knowledge Mobilization Strategies team. Charlotte has made many valuable contributions to both Dr. Christine Friedenreich and Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia’s research programs over the past two years and she will be missed!…