Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Early Career Researchers (ECR) in Human Development, Child and Youth Health operating grants!
IHDCYH would like to congratulate the 10 recipients of the 2025 Early Career Researchers in Human Development, Child and Youth Health grants. The goal of this funding opportunity is to build research capacity, generate new knowledge, and support knowledge mobilization in human development, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career researchers.
General Pool
- Jean-Philippe Brosseau, Université de Sherbrooke – Validation of NF Gene Therapy in cutaneous neurofibroma pre-clinical mouse models
- Derek K Chu, McMaster University – TITAN Community: Thresholds In food allergy evaluaTion And predictioN, a Prospective, Multicentre, Observational, National Registry
- Sandeep Gupta, University of Alberta – Modeling autism-linked sensory dysfunction using patient stem cell-derived sensory neurons and organoids
- Wei-Hsiang Huang, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre – Mechanistic investigation of how cortical clonal mutation drives brain-wide developmental defects
- Saptharishi Lalgudi Ganesan, London Health Sciences Centre Res. Inc. (Ont.). – Bedside Optical Neuroimaging for Discovery of Markers of Covert Consciousness in Critically Ill Children
- Simon Matoori, Université de Montréal – Minimally invasive ammonia sensor for real-time monitoring of acute hyperammonemia in neonates with urea cycle disorders
- Leah M Mayo, Marc D Ferger and Ryann C Tansey, University of Calgary – A multidimensional approach to establishing a neurobiological marker of vulnerability to stress in adolescence
- Cal Robinson and Rulan S Parekh, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) – REduced-dose Steroid PrOtocol for childhood Nephrotic SyndromE (RESPONSE): a Multicentre Bayesian Adaptive Randomized Controlled Trial
Human Development, Child and Youth Health for Equity-Denied Groups
- Britney L Benoit, Haileigh E Robb, Emma Seager and Nathan C Nickel, St. Francis Xavier University (Nova Scotia) – Evaluating the Implementation and Impact of the Community Baby-Friendly Initiative Collaborative in Nova Scotia (CBFI-C NS)
Indigenous Human Development, Child and Youth Health
- Patricia A Johnston and Judy A Clark, University of Calgary – Strengthening Inuit Child and Youth Health and Development in Nunavut Through Improved Health Literacy: Development of Perinatal Fact Sheets and Infographics concerning Medication Safety
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