Health And Wellness

Recipients of the CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant Competition

We are thrilled to congratulate Dr. Vivian Mushahwar, Dr. Chestor Ho, and Dr. Sangita Sharma on successful receiving the CHIR Spring Project Grant.

30 July 2025

We are thrilled to congratulate and announce the successful recipients of the CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grant Competition!

Dr. Vivian Mushahwar, professor, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Fully-Implantable Intraspinal Microstimulation System for Restoring Mobility after Spinal Cord Injury.
Dr. Chester Ho, professor, Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Advancing Learning in Neurorehabilitation (ALIGN): Co-design, implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred measurement framework within a provincial learning health system.
Dr. Sangita Sharma, associate clinical professor, Division of Cardiology
Understanding human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and screening (including self-sampling) beliefs in Indigenous communities in Nunavut: A community-based and led, culturally safe, on-the-land approach.