UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants
The Government of Canada’s national health research funding agency CIHR and the United Kingdom’s National Health Service announced six international UK-Canada diabetes research team grants. Congratulations to UBCO’s Dr Alison McManus and UBC LSI Director Dr Josef Penninger on their success:
Mobile health biometrics to enhance exercise and physical activity adherence in Type 2 Diabetes
Alison McManus (Canadian NPI: University of British Columbia)
Matthew Cocks (UK NPI: Liverpool John Moores University)
Bridging the gap to translation by understanding and preventing diabetes vascular complications using organoid culture
Josef Penninger (Canadian NPI: University of British Columbia)
David Andrew Long (UK NPI: University College London)
Visit “100 Years of Insulin: Featured Research” for more information about these projects: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52093.html