Catalyst grants awarded at the LMP Faculty Development Day
The LMP Faculty Development Day was launched in 2023. Part of the day includes a collaborative session where faculty can discuss ideas and challenges across education, research, wellness and more. They then have the opportunity to apply for LMP Catalyst Funds to get their project off the ground.
See below for a list of funding awarded as part of this initiative.
Catalyst Grants 2023
Creating an e-learning module for pathology
Collaborators: Carmen Avila-Casado (Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network), Rumina Musani (Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network), Sara Hafezi-Bakhtiari (Lakeridge Health Network), Larissa Liontos (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Carlo Hojilla (Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health), Anita Nagy (Hospital for Sick Children)
Funded amount: $25k
Wellness Café Lunch & Learn for faculty
Collaborators: Golnaz Karoubi (Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network), Maria Pasic (St. Joseph's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto), Adele Changoor (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System)
Funded amount: $10k
LabMed workshop
Collaborators: Larissa Liontos (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Carlo Hojilla (Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health), Susan Poutanen (University Health Network/Sinai Health Department of Microbiology), George Yousef (Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network)
Now running at the LMP Summit.
Funded amount: $12k
Using novel disruptive technology in Parkinson’s disease
Collaborators: Naomi Visanji (Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network) and Trevor McKee (Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network)
Funded amount: $15k
Molecular diagnostic approach to extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) of gastrointestinal (GI) tract
Collaborators: Sasan Zandi (St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto), Shawn Winer (St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto), Bo-yee Ngan (Hospital for Sick Children), Daniel Winer (Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network)
Funded amount: $15k
Catalyst Grants 2024
Investigating the neurodevelopmental contributions to adult onset neurodegenerative disease
Collaborators: Janice Robertson (Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease) and Scott Yuzwa (University of Toronto)
Funded amount: $25k
Artificial Intelligence in Digital Pathology
Collaborators: Lingxin Zhang (Mount Sinai Hospital), Fang-I Lu (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Susan Done (University Health Network), Ioannis Prassas (University Health Network), April Khademi (Affiliate Scientist, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael’s Hospital/Toronto Metropolitan University)
Now running as the AI in Digital Pathology Community of Interest.
Funded amount: $8k
Catalyst Grants 2025
Accurate quantification of HLA target could help improve the positive predictive value of DSA presence
Collaborators: Jeffrey Kiernan (University Health Network), Jinguo Wang (University Health Network), Anita Nagy (Hospital for Sick Children), Roger Hsu (University Health Network), Dr. Michael Seidman (University Health Network), Michael Garton (Institute of Biomedical Engineering)
Funded amount: $12k
Understanding the path to commercialization
Collaborators: Susan Done (University Health Network), Carlo Hojilla (Sinai Health), Michelle Bendeck (University of Toronto), Janice Robertson (Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease), Adele Changoor (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health), Michael Laflamme (University Health Network), Edyta Marcon (Translational Research Program – TRP)
Now running as From Discovery to Impact.
Funded amount: $15k
"Last mile" gap in computational pathology implementation
Collaborators: Phedias Diamandis (University Health Network), Susan Done (University Health Network), Sharon Nofech-Mozes (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Fang-I Lu (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Kiran Jakate (Unity Health Toronto), Adrienn Bourkas (Neuropathology Resident) and Shane Eaton (Neuropathology Resident)
Funded amount: $15k
Why are distinct regions of skin and oral epithelia resistant or sensitive to oncogenic mutations?
Collaborators: Rod Bremner (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health) and Marco Magalhaes (Faculty of Dentistry)
Funded amount: $19k
Implement a patient blood management pathway in the post-discharge setting for patients who are hospitalized for traumatic injury
Collaborators: Sumedha Arya (Unity Health Toronto), Heather VanderMeulen (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Yulia Lin (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre), Barbara Haas (Department of Surgery), Andrew Beckett (Department of Surgery), Verity Tulloch (Unity Health Toronto), Jeannie Callum (Queen's University), Rita Selby (Sunnybrook Health Science Centre) and Katerina Pavenski (Unity Health Toronto)
Funded amount: $18k