Fall 2021 (Volume 31, Number 3)
2021 CIORA Grant
Award Recipients
By Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC
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The CRA is pleased to announce that its granting division
will be funding five two-year grants and one one-year
grant for a total of $631,151 CDN to projects that
will enhance access to and innovation in rheumatology care.
Funding is provided as part of the Canadian Initiative
for Outcomes in Rheumatology cAre (CIORA) 14th annual
grant competition. CIORA has funded 109 projects and provided
$8,009,854 CDN in research funding since 2006.
CIORA provides funding based on various pillars;
this year’s grants include projects that promote:
- Awareness/Advocacy/Education (2 awards)
- Multi-disciplinary Care Teams
- Health Economics/Sustainability of
Health Care/Quality Improvement
- Early Access for Rheumatic Disease Patients
- Community Rheumatology (new)
| Pillar |
Title |
Principal Investigator |
Award |
| Awareness/Advocacy/ Education
|
Supporting Equitable Outcomes in Diverse
Populations with Rheumatoid Arthritis Through
Appropriate Guideline Implementation, Practice
and Policy Approaches |
Barnabe, C. |
$99,796 |
| Awareness/Advocacy/ Education
|
Going Beyond Pain: Expansion of the JIA
Option Map to Support Young People and Their
Families to Manage Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
in Their Daily Lives |
Toupin-April, K.
Stringer, E |
$119,865 |
| Community Rheumatology
|
A Community-based Adaptation of the Small
Changes Behavioural Weight Loss Treatment
Approach for Psoriatic Arthritis Patients with
Comorbid Obesity |
Teo, M. |
$57,795 |
| Early Access for Rheumatic Disease Patients
|
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
on Access to Rheumatology Services and
Treatment – A Population-based Approach |
Widdifield, J. |
$115,000 |
| Health Economics/ Sustainability of Health Care/Quality Improvement
|
Biosimilars of Rituximab in ANCA-associated
Vasculitis compared to the Originator (BRAVO):
a CanVasc Multi-centre Study |
Mendel, A.
Barra, L.
Pagnoux, C.
|
$119,792 |
| Multi-Disciplinary Care Teams
|
Adapting and Evaluating an Evidence-based
Online Behavioural Intervention to Manage
Insomnia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
Da Costa, D. |
$118,903 |
Congratulations to the 2021 grant recipients! A listing of all current and previous recipients is available to view at
https://rheum.ca/research/2021-grant-awards/.
A special thanks to our sponsors for their continued support:
$125,000 to $150,000: GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Canada Inc.
$100,000 to $125,000: AbbVie Corporation
$75,000 to $100,000: Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis-Sandoz
$50,000 to $75,000: Gilead Sciences, Canada Inc.
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CIORA is issuing another call for grants in 2022!
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- CIORA Online Grant Application System opens January 24, 2022.
- Letter of Intent must be submitted by February 25, 2022.
- CIORA Online Grant Application submission deadline is April 8, 2022.
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Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Professor of Medicine, Division Head, Division of Rheumatology,
Department of Medicine, St. Joseph’s Health Care,
Western University, London, Ontario
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