Research on chickens with epilepsy and bullying in long-term care homes are among the projects Saskatchewan health researchers will take on in the next two years. The Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) has granted $1.7 million to 17 research projects in the Saskatchewan.
A new grant will fund nine projects at the University of Saskatchewan and one at the University of Regina. Post-doctoral research fellowships will be granted to seven University of Saskatchewan researchers. University of Saskatchewan researcher Elizabeth Quinlan will use theatre to study workplace bullying in long-term care homes and will receive nearly $80,000 to do research at four care homes in the province.
Another project to be conducted at the University of Regina will study the use of creative and exercise to combat age-related muscle and bone loss in old people. Researcher Darren Candow will receive a $30,000 grant in addition to the nearly $80,000 she receives for the research. The seven post-doctoral research fellowships granted at the University of Saskatchewan provide two years of funding at $50,000 per year to each researcher.
The Canadian Light Source Synchrotron will also be used by Sean Dalrymple to work on a project studying a protein that could make chemotherapy treatments more effective for cancer patients. Chickens with epilepsy will be used by Inga Tiemann to understand how epilepsy affects learning ability as the brain matures. Her research could help treat epilepsy in children. But... with chickens?
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