Collaborative Research Seed Grant Competition
The UTDRO Collaborative Research Seed Grant was established to encourage collaborative research and innovation in radiation medicine. This competition supports meritorious projects, which have the potential to significantly impact the science of radiation medicine and improve patient outcome.
This grant is awarded to UTDRO faculty members at the five affiliated cancer centres:
- Odette Cancer Centre (OCC)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM)
- Stronach Regional Cancer Centre
- Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre (Trillium Health Partners)
- Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre
One competition is held every year and two seed-grants of $50,000 are awarded in each competition. Applications from all areas and disciplines of radiation medicine are encouraged. The grants may be used to support the direct costs of research, including supplies, salaries (but not UTDRO faculty salaries) and equipment associatedwith the proposed work.
For details on funding, criteria and the application process please download the Terms of Reference.
To apply, download the Application Form.
Funded Projects
The following projects have been successfully funded by the UTDRO Seed Grant.
| YEAR | AWARDED TO | PROJECT TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - Fall | Chia-Lin (Eric) Tseng (PI) Melanie Davidson (OCC) Adam Gladwish (RVH) Joelle Helou (Princess Margaret) Stanley Liu (OCC) Andrew Loblaw (OCC) Danny Vesprini (OCC) Jasper Yuen (CVH) |
Post-Prostatectomy Linac-Based Ultrahypofractionated Radiotherapy for Patients with Localized Prostate Cancer. A Treatment Feasibility and Outcomes Multicenter Study (PLUTO-MPC). |
| 2020 - Fall | Srinivas Raman (PI) Anthony Brade (CVH) Patrick Cheung (OCC) Tatiana Conrad (Southlake) Jennifer Croke (Princess Margaret) Andrew Hope (Princess Margaret) Geoffrey Liu (Princess Margaret) Alexander Louie (OCC) Philip Wong (Princess Margaret) Frederick Yoon (RVH) Robert Wu (Toronto General) |
Integrated Use of Wearable Diagnostics in Lung Cancer |
| 2020 - Spring | Eric Leung (OCC) Toni Barnes (OCC) Patrick Cheung (OCC) Melanie Davidson (OCC) Elysia Donovan (OCC) Anthony Fyles (UHN) Adam Gladwish (RVH) Kathy Han (UHN) Andrew Loblaw (OCC) Julia Skilarenko (RVH) Amandeep Taggar (OCC) Jasper Yuen (CVH) |
SPARTACUS II – A Randomized Phase II Feasibility Trial on Hypofractionated Radiation versus Conventional Fractionation in Endometrial Cancers |
| 2019 | Jessica Conway (Simcoe Muskoka) Jennifer Croke (PM) Adam Gladwish (RVH) Eric Leung (OCC) Alexander Louie (OCC) Sarah Rauth (CVH) |
Patient-Reported Financial Toxicity in Cervical Cancer Survivors Treated with Definitive Chemo-Radiation |
| 2019 | Tatiana Conrad (Southlake) Luluel Khan (CVH) David Shultz (UHN) Derek Tsang (UHN) Tiffany Tam (RVH) |
Development of a Decision Aid for Patients with Extensive Brain Metastases – A Collaborative Study |
| 2018 | Beibei Zhang (Southlake) Charles Cho (Southlake) Timothy Craig (PM) Danny Vesprini (OCC) Melanie Davidson (OCC) |
Reducing Acute Rectal Toxicity for Hypofractionated Prostate Radiotherapy – An Multi-institution Investigation of Reduced PTV Margin |
| 2018 | Jennifer Croke (PM) Meredith Giuliani (PM) Janet Papadakos (UHN) Sarah Rauth (Trillium) Julia Skliarenko (Royal Victoria) Tina Papadakos (PM) |
Development and implementation of a brachytherapy discharge education program to build healthcare provider patient teaching competency toward improving patient engagement and quality of care |
| 2017 | Joelle Helou (PM) Christiaan Stevens (Royal Victoria) Charles Catton (PM) Antonio Finelli (PM) Laura Dawson (PM) Abhijat Kitchlu (Toronto General Hospital) |
Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Renal Tumors |
| 2015 | Marco Carlone (PM) Nicole Harnett (PM) |
SIMAC Software Assessment |
| 2015 | Jennifer Croke (PM) Lisa Barbera (OCC) Eric Leung (OCC) Matthew Follwell (OCC) Doris Howell (OCC) Helen MacKay (OCC) |
Feasibility and Acceptability of Measuring Cervical Cancer Specific Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice |
| 2014 | Marianne Koritzinsky (PM) Shun Wong (OCC) Juhu Kamra (Simcoe Muskoka) |
Metformin with neoadjuvant chemoradiation to improve pathologic responses in rectal cancer: a phase I-II trial. |
| 2014 | Brad Wouters (PM) Ian Poon (OCC) Jason Wong (Stronach) |
FAZA PET |
| 2014 | Kathy Han (PM) Scott Bratman (PM) Eric Leung (OCC) |
Circulating HPV DNA in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation |
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2013 |
Caroline Chung (PM) |
The Toronto Brief Neurocognitive Battery (BNB) Development of a novel brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with brain metastases |
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2013 |
Tom Purdie (PM) |
Prospective Collection of Tolerance Outcomes in Women receiving Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: A Multi-Institutional Initiative |