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Hepatitis C

The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of hepatitis C and develop better treatments. This page includes selected news stories about our hepatitis C research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.

Research News

	The Ottawa Hospital awarded 13 grants worth $11.2 million from Canadian Institutes of Health Research July 26, 2019 - Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital have been awarded 13 grants worth a total of $11.2 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The new projects focus on areas such as cancer immunotherapy, hepatitis C infection, blood clots, ar
	Landmark trial could expand revolutionary treatments to all hepatitis C patients February 3, 2016 - New targeted treatments have revolutionized care for hepatitis C, offering cure rates of close to 100 percent for people infected with the most common strain of the virus. Dr. Curtis Cooper and his team have played a major role in the research th
	New treatments cure hepatitis C in patients co-infected with HIV July 29, 2015 - Around the world, between 4 and 5 million people are infected with both HIV and the hepatitis C virus. These patients have high rates of liver disease. Until now, effective treatment for co-infected patients has been difficult since the interferon-
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	How does the liver affect the immune system? $175,000 grant to help find answers June 10, 2015 - Dr. Angela Crawley has been awarded a $175,000 grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to study how cells in the liver can influence the immune response. This project focuses on a kind of cell called a macrophage, w

Researchers

Name	Scientific appointment	Diseases, conditions and populations of interest	Research and clinical approaches
Cooper, Curtis MD, FRCPC	Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Hepatitis C, HIV, Infectious disease, Influenza	Clinical research, Immunization
Crawley, Angela Ph.D.	Senior Scientist (Chronic Disease)	COVID-19, Hepatitis C, HIV	Basic research, Clinical research, Translational research
Presseau, Justin PhD	Senior Scientist (Clinical Epidemiology)	COVID-19, Diabetes, Hepatitis C, Retinal disease, Vision	Artificial intelligence and data science, Patient engagement, Psychometrics, Qualitative methods, Quality Improvement, Transfusions, Transplantation, Behaviour, Psychology, Health professional behaviour change, Knowledge translation and implementation research, Health promotion, Cluster randomized trials, Surveys

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