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Two Ottawa researchers awarded global health grants from Grand Challenges Canada
June 21, 2011
Two postdoctoral fellows affiliated with OHRI and uOttawa were awarded prestigious Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health grants from Grand Challenges Canada, worth $100,000 each. The funding will allow
Dr. Ri-hua Xie
in Dr. Shi Wu Wen’s group to investigate whether mobile phone text messaging can improve maternal and infant health in rural China. It will also allow
Dr. Jean-Simon Diallo
in Dr. John Bell’s group to advance his work on “viral sensitizers” to enhance vaccine production and oncolytic viruses.