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Parkinson Canada announces over $1.3 million in research competition funding

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Parkinson Canada would like to congratulate applicants who have been awarded funding in 2022 and also acknowledge the hard work and dedication to Parkinson’s research of the many applicants whose applications were highly ranked but did not receive funding.

Please see below for the funding decisions for the 2022 research competition:

Amounts awarded over one year.

Dr. Thérèse Di Paolo
Université Laval
$75,000

Prof. Janelle Drouin-Ouellet
Université de Montréal
$54,000

Dr. Lorraine Kalia
University Health Network
$75,000

Dr. Suneil Kalia
University Health Network
$75,000

Dr. Nicole Leclerc
Université de Montréal
$50,000

Dr. Caroline Paquette
McGill University
$75,000

Dr. Tejas Sankar
University of Alberta
$64,440.75

Amounts awarded over two years.

Dr. Anoosha Attaran
University of Western Ontario
$80,000

Dr. Naaz Desai (Kapadia) 
University Health Network
$80,000

Dr. Amirhossein Ghaderi 
University of Calgary
$100,000

Dr. Sriparna Mukherjee 
Université de Montréal 
$100,000

Dr. Jace Jones-Tabah
Montreal Neurological Institute
$80,000

Amounts awarded over one year.

Dr. Stefan Lang
University Health Network
$75,000

Dr. Jane Liao
University Health Network
$75,000

Amount awarded over two years.

Dr. Priti Gros
University of Toronto
$150,000

Amounts awarded over two years.

Zaid Al-Azzawi
McGill University
$20,000

Ghislaine Deyab
Montreal Neurological Institute
$20,000

Haley  Geertsma
University of Ottawa
$20,000

Joyce (Sze Tung) Lam
University of British Columbia
$20,000

Kathryn Lambert
University of Alberta
$20,000

Zhe Liao
Simon Fraser University
$20,000

Kishorree Sangarapillai 
University of Waterloo
$20,000

Nicholas Silver
University of Toronto
$20,000

Dr. Yuri Ludwig Sosero
McGill University
$20,000

These funding decisions are for informational purposes only. Only a fully executed Letter of Agreement will constitute the official record. 

Learn more about our Parkinson’s research program and contact us if you have any questions.