Fall 2022 (Volume 32, Number 3)
2022 CIORA Grant Award Recipients
By Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC
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The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) is pleased to announce that its granting division, the Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology cAre (CIORA), will be funding 4 two-year grants and 1 one-year grant for a total of $485,626 CDN to projects that will enhance access and innovation for rheumatology care. Additionally, the CRA will set aside $60,000 to fund the CRA (CIORA) Arthritis Society Clinician Investigator Award in 2023 (more details to follow).
Over the last 15 years, CIORA has funded 114 projects and provided almost $8.5M CDN in research funding since 2006.
CIORA’s grant program supports sustainable projects related to:
- Academic clinical research initiatives related to all rheumatic diseases
- Clinical research initiatives for community rheumatologists related to all rheumatic diseases
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title |
Award |
 Vinet, E.
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Personalized therapy in lupus pregnancies. |
$114,000 |
 Boire, G.
 Beausejour, M.
 Feldman, D.
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Assessing the timeliness of referrals in rheumatology for chronic inflammatory arthritis from a centralized referral system. |
$111,074 |
 Abikhzer, G.
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Digital FDG PET/CT versus temporal artery biopsy and ultrasound for first-line diagnostic imaging of giant cell arteritis. |
$109,326 |
 Barber, C.
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Development and pilot of a
shared-care model for rheumatoid arthritis leveraging an “on-demand” follow-up strategy. |
$109,796 |
 Gottheil, S.
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Reducing urgent care wait times in community rheumatology:
A quality improvement project. |
$41,430 |
A listing of all current and previous recipients is available at rheum.ca/ciora.
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CIORA is issuing another call for grants in 2023!
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- CIORA Online Grant Application System opens January 23, 2023.
- Letter of Intent must be submitted by February 20, 2023.
- CIORA Online Grant Application submission deadline is March 31, 2023.
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