KRESCENT Awardees

Supervisor(s):  Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras
Institution: Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Proteomic mapping of the kidney's blood filtration barrier.

Institution: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa
Year: 2019-2022
Study title:  Characterizing Renal Outcomes in Overt and Subclinical Aldosterone Excess​

Institution: University of Calgary
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Supporting Engagement in Chronic Kidney Disease Care and Research

Supervisor(s): Dr. Ana Konvalinka
Institution: University Health Network
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Sex and Human Kidney Metabolism: New Insights into Diabetic Kidney Disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn
Institution: University of Calgary
Year:  2019-2022
Study title: A Pilot randomized control trial of the PEP Program for Adults on Chronic Dialysis with Fatigue

Supervisor(s): Dr. Lisa Robinson
Institution: Hospital for Sick Children
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Pro-resolving mediators and Slit2-Robo pathway in acute kidney injury

Institution: McMaster University
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Assessing the Omnigenic Contribution to Chronic Kidney Disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn
Institution: University of Calgary
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Improving the perioperative care of patients with end-stage renal disease

Institution: The Hospital for Sick Children
Year: 2019-2022
Study title: Studying why abnormal fats in blood vessel leads to blood clots in the kidneys of children with a rare genetic disease (DGKE deficiency)

Institution: McMaster University
Year: 2018-2020
Study title: Dialysis Symptom Control-Restless Legs Syndrome (DISCO-RLS) trial​
Topic(s): Dyalisis

Institution: Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
​Year: 2018-2021
Study title: The role of matricellular proteins in kidney repair and development
Topic(s): Kidney biology

Institution: University of Toronto
Year: 2018-2021
Study title: Characterizing the potential of stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells as a treatment for diabetic nephropathy​
Topic(s): Diabetes

Institution: Queen's University
Year: 2018-2020
Study title: Determining the influence of processes, structure and inter-professional relational networks within organ donation programs in Ontario​
Topic(s): Organ donation

Institution: Queen's University
Year: 2018-2021
Study title: Primary care physician involvement and quality of care for patients on dialysis
Topic(s): Chronic kidney disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Megan Levings
Institution: BC Children’s Hospital / University of British Columbia
Year: 2017-2020
Topic(s): Transplantation

Supervisor(s): Dr. York Pei, Dr. James W. Scholey
Institution: University Health Network
Year: 2017-2020
Topic(s): Genetics

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew D. Paterson, Dr. York Pei
Institution: University Health Network
Year: 2017-2019

Supervisor(s): Dr. Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Institution: Boston Children’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School
Year: 2017-2020
Topic(s): Kidney disease

Supervisor(s): Dr. Amit Garg, Dr. York Pei
Institution: University of Western Ontario
Year: 2017-2018
Topic(s): Renal failure

Institution : The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Year : 2017-2020

Institution: University Health Network, University of Toronto
Year: 2016-2019

Supervisor(s): Dr. Martin Pollak
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Year: 2016-2019

Institution: University of Toronto
Year: 2016-2019

Institution: University of Alberta
Year: 2016-2019

Institution: McMaster University
Year: 2016-2019

Supervisor(s): Dr. Adrian Salic
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Year: 2016-2019
Project Title: Understanding chronic kidney diseases caused by defective retrograde trafficking in the primary cilia, and devising strategies to correct it

Supervisor(s): Dr. Johanne Tremblay
Institution: Centre de Recherche du CHUM
Year: 2015-2018

Institution: CHU de Québec Research Center, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital
Year: 2015-2018

Supervisor(s): Dr. Wendy Loken-Thornton, Dr. Jean Shapiro
Institution: Simon Fraser University
Year: 2015-2018

Supervisor(s): Dr. Maxime Bouchard
Institution: Goodman Cancer Research Center - McGill University
Year: 2015-2018

Institution: McGill University
Year: 2015-2018

Supervisor(s): Dr. Andrew Advani, Dr. Kim Connelly
Institution: Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute - St. Michael Hospital
Year: 2015-2018

Institution: University of Alberta
Year: 2015-2018

Supervisor(s): Dr. Greg Knoll, Dr. Dean Fergusson
Institution: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Year: 2014-2016

Institution: University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM)
Year: 2014-2015

Institution: McMaster University
Year: 2014-2017

Supervisor(s): Dr. Sarbjit Vanita Jassal, Dr. Helene J. Polatajko
Institution: University of Toronto
Year: 2014-2015

Supervisor(s): Dr. Chaim Bell, Dr. Glenn Chertow
Institution: University of Toronto
Year: 2014-2017

Supervisor(s): Dr. George Yousef
Institution: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital
Year: 2014-2017

Institution: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Year: 2014-2017

Supervisor(s): Dr. Greg Knoll, Dr. Carl van Walraven
Institution: University of Ottawa
Year: 2013-2015

Supervisor(s): Dr. Sharon Straus, Dr. Brenda Hemmelgarn
Institution: St. Michael's Hospital
Year: 2013-2015

Supervisor(s): Dr. Michel Leroux
Institution: Simon Fraser University
Year: 2013-2016

Institution: St. Michael's Hospital
Year: 2013-2016

Institution: University of Manitoba
Year: 2013-2016

Supervisor(s): Dr. Peter Nickerson
Institution: University of Manitoba
Year: 2012-2014

Supervisor(s): Dr. Amit Garg
Institution: Lawson Health Research Institute
Year: 2012-2015

Institution: Université de Moncton
Year: 2012-2015

Institution: Laval University
Year: 2012-2015

Institution: University of Calgary
Year: 2012-2015

Institution: University of Manitoba
Year: 2011-2014

Supervisor(s): Dr. Anita E. Molzahn
Institution: University of Alberta
Year: 2011-2015

Institution: CRCHUM - Hôpital Notre-Dame
Year: 2011-2014

Supervisor(s): Dr. John T. W. Yeow
Institution: University of Waterloo
Year: 2011-2013

Institution: University of Calgary
Year: 2011-2014

Supervisor(s): Dr. Wendy J. Loken-Thornton, Dr. Jean R. Shapiro
Institution: Simon Fraser University
Year: 2011-2014

Institution: University of Western Ontario
Year: 2011-2014

Institution: University of Western Ontario
Year: 2011-2014

Supervisor(s): Dr. Charlyn Black, Dr. John S. Gill
Institution: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010-2013

Supervisor(s): Dr. Nabeel Bardeesy
Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Centre, Harvard Medical School
Year: 2010-2013

Institution: University of Alberta
Year: 2010-2013

Supervisor(s): Dr. Richard P. Lifton
Institution: Yale School of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Year: 2010-2013

Supervisor(s): Dr. Martin Pollak
Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Year: 2010-2013

Institution: University of Toronto
Year: 2010-2013

Institution: University of Prince Edward Island
Year: 2010-2013

Institution: Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre
Year : 2010-2013