Eight ICES projects awarded COVID-19 research funding from CIHR

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