Seven Faculty Members Receive AFP Innovation Fund Grants
The AHSC AFP Innovation Fund competition is a collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). It provides short-term (one or two-year) seed funding to support innovative projects that will transform health-care delivery in Ontario.
According to the AHSC AFP Innovation Fund Framework and Guidelines, projects are particularly innovative if they:
- Have a definite potential to impact health care delivery
- Are implementable and contains realistic goals
- Have clear, measurable metrics for success
- Offer opportunities to translate new knowledge into medical practice
- Are transferable to other institutions, or regions, or the province.
Our Department is very proud to announce that seven of our faculty members were awarded this grant for their research projects in April. These seven grants were split between three hospital sites (listed alphabetically):
Mount Sinai Hospital
| Dr. Genevieve Bouchard-Fortier Project Name: Comprehensive Perioperative Care Program in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Oncology Surgery Co-Investigators: Drs Stephane Laframboise, Stuart McCluskey, Marcus Bernardini, Gregg Nelson and Murray Krahn Funding Award: $185,000 | |
| Dr. Ellen Greenblatt Project Name: Building Healthy Babies: Development of a preconception program to decrease the incidence of major congenital abnormalities in Ontario newborns Co-Investigators: Drs Amanda Selk and Claire Jones Collaborators: Drs Jonathan Snelgrove, Maiam Roifman, Joel Ray, Eyal Cohen and Natalie Morson Funding Award: $78,000 | |
| Dr. Nan Okun Project Name: Prediction and Prevention of Early PET in Ontario Co-Investigators: Drs Nimrah Abbasi, Tim Van Mieghem, Barry Hoffman, Kellie Murphy, Anne Biringer and Jodi Shapiro Funding Award: $180,000 |
St. Michael's Hospital
| Dr. Howard Berger Project Name: A Novel Care Pathway in Women with "low-risk" Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Collaborators: Members of the Diabetes, Obesity & Hypertension in Pregnancy Research Network (DOH-NET) |
| Dr. Filomena Meffe Project Name: Resident Perceptions of Midwifery in Obstetrical Care: Just in Time Interprofessional Education Funding Amount: $27,255 |
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
| Dr. Patricia Lee Project Name: Laser vaginal treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause Co-Investigators: Drs Rose Kung, Lesley Carr, Sender Herschorn, Michael Shier, Janet Bodley, Louise Gagnon and Alex Kiss Funding Amount: Fund of the Alternative Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centres of Ontario - $99,750 | |
| Dr. Ori Nevo Project Name: Inpatient vs Outpatient Management of Women with Short Cervix: An RCT Co-Investigators: Drs Ronzoni, Barrett and Mei-Dan Funding Amount: $75,000 |
Congratulations to all!
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