June 25, 2020 Congratulations to the following ICES scientists and research partners on their successful applications to CIHR’s COVID-19 May 2020 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity: Deferred care outcomes in Canadian children and youth: measuring and mitigating risk during COVID-19 ICES principal investigator: Astrid Guttmann Award: $258,686 Improving Canadian Outcomes Research On the Novel SARS-CoV-2 using Analytics: the CORONA Consortium ICES principal investigator: Douglas Lee Award: $409,179 The response of provincial health systems to COVID-19: service provision and costs across health sectors, First Nations and other populations ICES principal investigator: Murray Krahn Award: $393,753 PUPPY Study – Problems coordinating and accessing primary care for attached and unattached patients exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic year: a longitudinal mixed methods study with rapid reporting and planning for the road ahead Principal investigator: Emily Marshall; Responsible ICES scientist: Michael Green Award: $407,552 Improving outcomes in Individuals with COVID-19 with Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition: the COVID-RASI Trial Principal investigator: Peter Liu; Responsible ICES scientist: Louise Sun Award: $1,176,019 Evaluating the differential impact of what we have done, as we prioritize what to do next: a multi-provincial intervention modeling study using population-based data Principal investigator: Sharmistha Mishra; Responsible ICES scientist: Jeff Kwong Award: $1,293,631 Indigenous health counts in urban homelands: estimating COVID-19 incidence and mortality among Indigenous populations living in Ontario cities Principal investigator: Michael Rotondi; Responsible ICES scientists: Janet Smylie, Jennifer Walker Award: $395,460 Improving the care of older adults living with dementia across Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study to inform policy and practice ICES principal investigators: Susan Bronskill, Dallas Seitz Award: $602,522 The competition funded 139 projects for a total investment of $109,667,306. Susan Bronskill Michael Green Astrid Guttmann Murray Krahn Jeff Kwong Douglas Lee Dallas Seitz Janet Smylie Louise Sun Jennifer Walker