Funded Projects

Please note, as of September 2022, the DFRRF has suspended the Intramural and Leverage project grant competitions.

CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2022 Summer StudentshipJessica Trevors (student), Dr. Kim Brewer (Supervisor)
Evaluating immunotherapy responses in orthotopic ovarian cancer  
$ 5,000
2022 Summer StudentshipErin Gaudette (student), Dr. Matthias Schmidt (Supervisor)
Development of a Multi-Parametric Model to Distinguish between Pseudoprogression and Progression of Glioblastoma Multiforme 
$ 3,000 US
Matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant
($ 3,000 US)
2022 Summer StudentshipDarcie Wilson (student), Dr. Robert J. Abraham (Supervisor)
Radiographic patterns and implications on the prognosis of ATV-related trauma in the adult population 
$ 5,000
2022 Summer StudentshipKathleen MacMillan (student), Dr. Daria Manos (Supervisor)
Recognizing, Preventing and Treating Radiologist Elbow 
$ 5,000
2022 LeverageNo funding awarded.Max. $10,000
2021 Intramural No applications were received for this round.Max. $10,000
2021 Summer Studentship Toulany B (student), Abraham R (supervisor).
A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Simple Internal Jugular Tunneled Central Venous Catheter Exchange to SVCFibrin Sheath/Stenosis Angioplasty in Conjunction with Central Venous Catheter Exchange in Chronic Dialysis Patients
$2,500
Matching
Dalhousie Dept. of Diagnostic Radiology
($2,500)
2021 Summer StudentshipGaudette E (student), Schmidt M (supervisor).
Characterizing the relationship between glioma neovascularityand extracellular vesiclerelease with dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI and liquid biopsy
$3,000US
Matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant
($3,000US)
2021 Summer StudentshipHodgson D (student), Abraham R (supervisor)
A Retrospective Cohort Study Comparing Simple Internal Jugular Tunneled Central Venous Catheter Exchange to SVCFibrin Sheath/Stenosis Angioplasty in Conjunction with Central Venous Catheter Exchange in Chronic Dialysis Patients
$3,000US
Matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant
($3,000US)
2021 Leverage No applications were received for this round. Max. $10,000
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2020 Intramural No applications were received for this round.Max. $10,000
2020 Summer StudentshipPak V (student), Quraan M (supervisor)
Translating biomarkers for traumatic stress disorders in Canada’s Military
$3,000
Matching IWK Summer Studentship ($5,000)
2020 Summer StudentshipWong A (student), Volders D (supervisor)
Development and validation of a deep machine learning tool for automated hematoma volume segmentation using 3D convolutional neural networks
$3,000US
Matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant
($3,000US)
2020 Leverage No applications were received for this round. Max. $10,000
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2019 IntramuralCosta A, Guida A, Abdolell M
Deep Learning Algorithm to Differentiate and Subtype Benign and Malignant Renal Tumours
$10,000.00
2019 Summer StudentshipNurmsoo S (student), Huynh T (supervisor), Beyea S, Guida A
Development and validation of a deep machine learning tool for automated hematoma volume segmentation using 3D convolutional neural networks
$3,000US
Matching RSNA Medical Student Research Grant
($3,000US)
2019 Summer Studentship Sobey-Skelton C (student), Brewer K (supervisor)
Evaluation of magnetotactic bacteria as a novel MRI contrast agent for immune cell tracking
$2,500
Matching NSERC ($4,500)
2019 Summer Studentship Wang Z (student), Costa A (supervisor)
Development of a deep learning algorithm to differentiate benign from malignant renal masses
$2,500
Matching NS Co-Operative Education Incentive ($4,500)
2019 Summer Studentship Cullen L (student), Clarke S (supervisor)
Curation of a prostate MRI database for computer aided detection of prostate cancer using deep learning
$2,500
Matching Canada Summer Jobs ($3,095)
2019 LeverageClarke S, Rioux J, Guida A
Diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma using free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI and recurrent convolutional neural networks: a pilot study
$10,000
Matching NSHA Research Fund ($24,706)
2019 LeverageMata-Mbemba D, Dumbarton T, Beattie T, Alwazeer A, Abdolell M, Wood E
Long-term neurocognitive outcome of children who received MRI imaging under general anesthesia: a pilot study
$10,000
Matching IWK Diagnostic Imaging Dept. RF ($5,000) and IWK Anesthesia Dept. RF ($10,000)
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2018 IntramuralCosta A, Clarke S (CoPIs); Peltekian K, McLeod M, Abdolell M, Rioux J, Bowen C, Stueck A (coinvestigators)
3T multi-parametric liver health MRI in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
$10,000
Matching NSHA Research Fund ($25,000)
2018 IntramuralHuynh T (PI)
Development and validation of a deep machine learning tool for automated hematoma volume segmentation using 3D convolutional neural networks
$10,000
2018 IntramuralQuraan M, Ikeda K (CoPIs); Abdolell M, Beyea S
Magnetoencephalography biomarkers of epilepsy and their relationship to seizure onset zone
$10,000
2018 IntramuralClarke S (PI); Bowen C, McAllindon D
Assessment of hepatic metabolism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with Phosphorus-31 spectroscopy
$10,000
2018 Summer StudentshipSobey-Skelton C (student), Brewer K (supervisor)
Using MRI to track antigen transport in immunotherapy
$1,500
Matching NSERC ($4,500)
2018 Summer Studentship Kelly B (student), Brewer K (supervisor)
Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Monitor Immune Cell Recruitment in Response to IDO Inhibitor Treatment in the 4T1 Tumour Model
$1,000.00
Matching IWK Summer Studentship ($5,000)
2018 Leverage No applications were received for this round. Max. $10,000
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2017 IntramuralBardouille T, Beyea S, Quraan M
Assessing the quality of pre-surgical mapping scan in magnetoencephalography (MEG)
$9,775
2017 IntramuralCrocker C, Manos D, Borgaonkar J
Examining the rates of marijuana (cannibis) use and potential impact of cannibis smoking on pulmonary disease in patients requesting computed tomography
$9,598
2017 Summer StudentshipClarke S, Gerson R
Quantification of hepatic, splenic, and pancreatic fat fraction and R2* by 3T MR – a cross-sectional study
$4,000.00
Matching RSNA Medical Student Grant ($3,000US)
2017 Summer StudentshipBeyea S, Mason A, Hall K
Examining intra-subject correlations of image quality metrics as a function of prospective data compressio
n
$2,500.00
Matching NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award
($4,500.00)
2017 Summer Studentship Brewer K, Lazarev J
Optimization of PET/MRI Artifact Correction   
$2,500.00
Matching NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award ($4,500.00)
2017 Summer Studentship Brewer K, Gonzalez V
Using molecular imaging to evaluate a vaccine immunotherapy in an ovarian cancer
$2,500.00
Matching IWK Summer Studentship research program grant ($2,500.00)
2017 LeverageRioux J, Clarke S, Costa A, Williams G
Evaluation of emerging methods for quantitative MR imaging of chronic pancreatitis
$9,700.00
Matching NSHA Research Fund ($25,000.00)
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2016 IntramuralClarke S, Patterson S
Identification of prostate cancer for MR images using machine learning 
$8,610
2016 Intramural Shankar J, Sorhaindo V, Urquhart R, Phillips S, Gubitz G, Green L, Campbell S, Simpkin W
Implementation of “rapid” endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) – prospective evaluation
$10,000.00
Matching NSHA TRIC grant ($60,000.00)
2016Mawko G, Sattarivand M, Shouldice E
Matlab source code software tool to convert GE PET sinogram raw data format into Interfile
$5,000
2016Clarke S, Lakner P
Development of machine learning algorithms to analyze multi contrast MRI: applications to prostate cancer, cholesteatoma and chronic liver disease
$5,000
2016King JP, Mitchell M, Boyd G, Wong I, Abdolell M
Detection of cartilage delamination using quantitative T1rho MRI
$10,000.00
Matching NSHA Research Foundation ($4,725.00)
2016Shankar J, Chan W, Green L, Maxner C, Mishra A, Purdy A
Tranverse venous sinus stenosis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension – a pilot study
$10,000.00
Matching NSHA RF ($15,000.00) and
NSH Research Foundation ($14,895.00)
2016Mawko G, Syme A
Development of a radiation dosimetry framework for a radioembolic therapy for liver cancer
$10,000.00
Matching Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute ($10,000.00)
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2015Beyea S, Bardouille T, Bowen C, Hashmi J, Omisade A
Creating a new algorithm for data-driven processing of resting-state fMRI networks
$5,000.00
2015Costa A, Clarke S, Peltekian K, Abdolell M, Bowen C
Noninvasive differentiation of non-alcoholic fatty liver from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis  with Gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI: a prospective pilot study
$9,978.00
2015Duffy S, Clarke S, Crocker C, Arnason T, Hoogerboord M
A feasibility study distinguishing benign from malignant polyps using high resolution diffusion weighted 3T MRI
$10,000.00
2015Rioux  J
Validation of a quantitative 3T MRI method for diagnosis of neurological disease
$7,925.00
2015Shankar J, Darvesh S, Green R, Slipp P, Erdogan M
Computed tomography perfusion in determination of brainstem death in patients with severe head injury at the time of their first diagnostic imaging – a pilot study
$10,000.00
Matching
$15,000.00 – NSHA Research Foundation
$4,327.00 – NSHA Research Foundation
2015Suhail A, Manos D, Bas B, Crocker C
Referral patterns and route-to-diagnosis of lung cancer in Nova Scotia
$7,398.30
2015Tonkopi E, Manos D, Duffy S
Organ dose measurements and determination of effective dose for clinical CT protocols using an anthropomorphic phantom
$6,730.80  
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2014Abdolell M, Iles S, Caines J, Lightfoot C, Rivers-Bowerman M, Barnes P, Payne J, Tsuruda K
Toward Personalized Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: Breast Density, Pathology and Clinical Risk Factors
$9,771.66
2014Beyea S, Bardouille T, McNeely D, Stevens T, Murthy M
Improving Patient Compliance to Non-invasive Language Mapping using Engaging Videos
$9,798.90
2014Burrell S, Walker D
Accuracy of Bone Scan vs. PET Scan for Detection of Osseous Metastases: Clinical Experience at QEII
$2,500
2014Shankar J, Hodgson L
Diffusion and Perfusion Weighted Imaging in Characterization of Brain Tumors
$5,000
2014Schmidt M, Khan U
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Investigation of Epilepsy: A Survey of Current Practice at Referral Centres Across Canada
$2,500
2014Shankar J, Pickett G
CT Perfusion Imaging to Predict Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Pilot Study
$10,000
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2013Shankar J, Bata I
CT Perfusion in Prognostication of Patients in Coma Following Cardiac Arrest: A Pilot Study
$10,000
2013Tonkopi E, Abdolell M
Assessment of Patient Radiation Dose from CT Examinations in Nova Scotia
$10,000
2013Manos D, Walker M
Are CT Requisitions Dangerously Misleading?
$1,666.60
2013Shankar J, Bata A
Does Diffusion Restriction Precede the Development of Enhancing Tumour in a Subset of Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme?
$5,000
2013Manos D, Johnston M, Xu Z
Early Detection of Lung Cancer – A Pan-Canadian Study
$10,000.00
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2012Shankar J
CT Perfusion in the Characterization and prognostication of Cerebral Glioma
$8,250.00
2012Yen P, Bailly G, Abdolell M, Pringle C
Pilot Study: Assessment of Dual Energy KUB Radiographic Examination for the Detection of Renal Calculus
$5,777.95
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2011Borgaonkar J, Manos D, Miller R
Implementation of a Patient Questionnaire to Optimize Recommendations for the Followup of CT Detected Pulmonary Nodules using the Fleischner Society’s Guidelines
$2,622.00
2011Burrell S, MacDonald D, Abdolell M
Quantitative Parameters for a Model of Whole Body Metabolic Tumour Burden in Patients with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma using PET/CT: Phase 2
$5,000.00
2011Ross A, Mulroy L, Rajaraman M, Abdolell M
Assessment of Halifax Produced FDG in the Evaluation of Focal Lung Pathology and Impact on Patient Management
$3,400
2011Bowen C, Patterson S
Fast, Artifact-free Whole-brain fMRI Using Balanced Steady State Free Precession Acquisitions
$10,000
CompetitionAwarded toFunding
2010Ross A, Rajaraman S, Taylor M, Rajaraman M, Abdolell M
PET-CT Scan Use in Head and Neck cancer: The Halifax Experience
$2,500
2010Clarke J, Abdolell M
Development and Evaluation of an Online Modular Radiopharmacy Curriculum and Training Program
$7,000.00