November
Social Mixer for Canadians and colleagues attending the 2023 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Conference – November 1, 2023; Washington, D.C.
CIHR-IG and SickKids hosted a Social Mixer event for Canadian genetics experts attending the ASHG conference in Washington, D.C.
The social gathering event was organized for Canadians and colleagues attending the ASHG conference to welcome our Canadian community of genetics experts to discuss all things genetics, reconnect with colleagues and build new and collaborative relationships.
October
IRDiRC Canadian Satellite Meeting: National Coordination for Rare Diseases – October 4, 2023; Montréal, Canada
The event brought together key collaborators, funders, decision makers, patient representatives, and international groups to have an open dialogue regarding current and future areas of focus within the rare disease space. The goal of the event was to achieve better alignment of, and continued communication between, various efforts that pertain to rare diseases in Canada.
New Principal Investigators ("New PI") Meeting – October 11-13, 2023; Halifax, Nova Scotia
CIHR Institute of Genetics (CIHR-IG) and CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD) co-hosted the 19th New Principal Investigators Meeting (October 11 – 13, 2023 in Halifax, NS). The in-person mentorship and networking event was designed to strengthen the professional development of early career researchers (ECRs) working within the mandates of the CIHR-IG and CIHR-INMD.
Fifth seven researchers from across the country attended the meeting and gained more insights into CIHR's organizational structure and activities, patient partnership, knowledge mobilization, successful research program management, career planning within the context of their whole lives, indigenous health research, grant writing, and participated in a mock peer review exercise.
August
- Notice of upcoming funding opportunity: Health Research Training Platform (2024/25)
- Team Grant: Improving Diagnosis for Rare Disease Patients
- Team Grant: Improving Health and Administrative Data and Monitoring for Rare Diseases
July
- Operating Grant: Bringing Rare Disease Gene Therapies to Clinical Trial Readiness
- Team Grant: Lung Health
- Project Grant: Fall 2023 Priority Announcement Institute of Genetics
- Doctoral Research Award: Fall 2023 Priority Announcement – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
June
May
April
January
Online Patient Engagement Workshop – January 30, 2023
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Genetics (CIHR-IG) held a workshop to hear from patients and caregivers with lived experience of genetic conditions to inform IG's plans to establish a structure to engage a greater diversity of patients and caregivers on a more regular basis. CIHR-IG is working to build approaches, systems and structures that support meaningful engagement with a diversity of patients and caregivers.
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