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2022 - 2025 $210,000 Quality of Life Investigating Pathways to Promote Life Participation in Kidney Failure Lay Abstract My research studies how to help people with kidney failure participate in life activities that are important to them. People with kidney failure are living longer than ever...

Day by day, step by step Laying in a hospital bed for three weeks does a lot to a person. Especially to a man who doesn’t believe he belongs there. I had lost a lot of weight. I was exercising regularly and eating well. I didn’t smoke or drink. I had made travel promises to my wife and kids. Getting...

2023 - 2025 $120,000 Acute Kidney Injury Targeting CHOP expression to prevent ischemic AKI Lay Abstract The overall objective of this research proposal is to determine how the response of kidney cells to problems with protein production and folding can cause these cells to die and how we can stop...

The realization of everything that was going on hit me hard. How are we going to do this? For Jennifer, caregiving has required patience and a lot of resilience. When she first met her husband  he had just received a kidney transplant from his older brother. The surgery was a success. He was doing...

2024 - 2026 $120,000 Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes Understanding the role of inhibin beta C in diabetic kidney disease Lay Abstract Is a protein called inhibin beta C important to kidney scarring in diabetic kidney disease? Diabetic kidney disease is a common problem and is the most common cause...

2022 - 2024 $100,000 Diabetes, Kidney Biology, Renal Failure Investigating ATP citrate lyase (ACLY) in chronic kidney disease Lay Abstract Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common in North America. It increases the risk of kidney failure as well as heart disease, important causes of death and reduced...

Upon reaching the hospital and undergoing tests, the gravity of kidney disease set in. As a young child, I often experienced terrible bouts of joint pain, which would lay me up for days at a time. I was also diagnosed with a blood disorder that causes bruising. But I embraced an active lifestyle,...

March is Kidney Health Month – a time to shine a spotlight on kidney health as a vital health issue and raise funds to support Canadians affected by kidney disease. “Four million Canadians - that’s one in 10 – live with kidney disease. Despite being vital organs, kidneys are all too often overlooked...

2024 - 2026 $62,000 Organ Donation Advancing Infant Organ Donation in Canada: A Multi-Methods Study Supervisor(s):  Kimberley Widger Lay Abstract Background: Infants who die do not donate their organs very often. Many infants need small organ transplants, which could be donated by other infants....