1.5M for Dr. Freda Miller’s stem cell research for brain injury
A SickKids research project on the potential of stem cells to help paediatric brain injuries heal is one of five to benefit from a $7.5M (total) grant to Brain Canada announced on April 29.
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation-Brain Canada Multi-Investigator Research Initiative award supports Dr. Freda Miller’s project at SickKids and four other collaborative projects. The other projects chosen from among 165 applications are housed at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Institut de Récherches Cliniques de Montréal, McGill University, and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
