{"id":1001,"date":"2018-05-30T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T20:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccdcfound.wpengine.com\/whats-new\/open-awards-program-four-successful-applications-for-spring-2018-competition\/"},"modified":"2018-05-30T20:52:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T20:52:14","slug":"open-awards-program-four-successful-applications-for-spring-2018-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/whats-new\/open-awards-program-four-successful-applications-for-spring-2018-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Awards Program: Four Successful Applications for Spring 2018 Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation is pleased to announce that its Scientific Advisory Board has awarded grants or four new projects: three for &#8220;Blue Sky&#8221; research awards, and one travel award.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sarah Henderson and her team have been awarded funds to study how exposure to forest fire impacts outcomes during pregnancy and early life.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. William Hsiao and his team have been awarded funding to conduct a pilot study examining the replacement of one method of genomic sequencing of influenza samples with another, that ultimately may help inform whether seasonal influenza vaccines are being reformulated in a timely enough manner to be effective.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Inna Sekirov and her research team have been granted funds for a study to determine if a particular TB test is more effective than another currently in use, that may also be a better indicator of whether it is an active or latent infection.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michael Otterstatter has been awarded travel funds for a team member for Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute) International User Conference.<\/p>\n<p>For BCCDC Faculty interested in applying for funding, be sure to watch your email inboxes in late August for the announcement of the fall competition; the next round of applications will be reviewed in October 2018. To see some of our past research successes, click through to our main research page on our website, or you can review all posts in this blog for other successful OAP applications by clicking on the Open Awards Program category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foundation is pleased to announce that its Scientific Advisory Board has awarded grants or four new projects: three for &#8220;Blue Sky&#8221; research awards, and one travel award. Dr. Sarah Henderson and her team have been awarded funds to study how exposure to forest fire impacts outcomes during pregnancy and early life. 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