Partnerships
During its major 2018-2022 fundraising campaign, the CHUS Foundation was able to count on the invaluable assistance of Desjardins, which donated $250,000 to fund the Desjardins Postdoctoral and Doctoral Research Fellowship program over a period of five years.
From left to right, Tamara Krpic (doctoral grant), Martin Ratté, director general of the Caisse du Nord de Sherbrooke, Alexandre Joushomme (postdoctoral fellowship) and Dr. André Carpentier, scientific director of the CHUS Research Center.
Over the past year, students distinguished themselves and were able to receive grants related to the following areas of research: cancer, diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular complications, medical imaging, inflammation-pain, mother-child, health (populations, organization, practices), health (populations, organization, practices), thus underlining the quality of their research project and their academic record.
Desjardins Postdoctoral and Doctoral Research Fellowships
Spring 2022
Pierre Jehannin — postdoctoral researcher
- Research director: Alain Frigon
- Health axis: populations, organization and practices
- Research Project Title : Modification of inter-limb reflexes after cervical spinal cord injury with epidural stimulation
Fall 2022
Julia Huck — postdoctoral researcher
- Research directors: Kevin Whittingstall and Maxime Descoteaux
- Medical Imaging Axis
- Research Project Title : Cerebrovascular imaging biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease
Tamara Krpic — doctoral student
- Research director: Nicolas Quaegebeur
- Medical Imaging Axis
- Research Project Title : Development of an ultrasound probe for high-resolution contrast imaging by compressed acquisition
Spring 2023
Alexandre Joushomme — postdoctoral researcher
- Research director: Richard Leduc
- Diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular complications axis
- Research Project Title : Preclinical development of a broad-spectrum antiviral treatment to counter human respiratory viruses at pandemic risk
Harsimran Sidhu — postdoctoral researcher
- Research director: Jean-Philippe Brosseau
- Cancer axis: biology, prognosis and diagnosis
- Research Project Title :The influence of tumor microenvironment`s DNA methylation status at modulating tumor progression
Congratulations to the recipients for their valuable contributions. Research is paving the way for the treatments of tomorrow and your dedication is invaluable!
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