112 | Research and Innovation
LOCAL & REGIONAL FUNDING
Building capacity in stable isotope techniques to address childhood obesity in the English- speaking Caribbean Member States. GA-CDRC Collaborator : Simon Anderson (Regional Designated Team Member (DTM) / PI) Participating Member States : Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Development of Hypertension Registry in St Lucia GA-CDRC Investigators : Natasha Sobers (PI) External Investigators : Ministry of Health and Wellness, St Lucia Funding Obtained: BBD 31,951.26 from Pan American Health Organization Dates: April 21 to September 30, 2022 Jamaica Salt Consumption, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (Salt-KAP) Study GA-CDRC Investigator: Simon Anderson Other UWI Investigators : Trevor Ferguson, Marshall Tulloch-Reid, Nadia Bennett, Ishtar Govia, Suzanne Soares-Wynter, Novie Younger-Coleman, Joette McKenzie, Evelyn Walker, CAIHR External Investigators: Tamu Davidson, CARPHA; Karen Webster-Kerr, Andriene Grant, Kelly-Ann Gordon-Johnson, Sharmaine Edwards, Simone Spence, MoHW Jamaica Funding Obtained: JAD 13,491,225 from the National Health Fund (via MoHW Jamaica) Dates: August 2021 to February 2023 Psychological responses to the climate and COVID-19 crises in young people in four Caribbean Countries, and their agency to build the world they hope to see GA-CDRC Investigator: Simon Anderson Other UWI Investigators: Natalie Greaves, Mike Campbell, FMS, Cave Hill; Sandeep Maharaj (PI), Aldyth Buckland, Paula Henry, Emanuel Cummings, FMS, St Augustine Funding Obtained: USD 11,024.74 from St Augustine Research and Publication Fund Grants Dates: August to December 2021
Funding Obtained: 588,110 Euros from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Dates: January 2022 to December 2025
COVID-19 Impacts on Breast Cancer Screening and Care in the Caribbean and marginalized communities in Ontario GA-CDRC Investigators : Simon Anderson Other UWI Investigators : Stephanie Date, FMS, Cave Hill Campus; Sheray Chin, FMS, Mona Campus External Investigators: Juliet Daniel (McMaster), Arash Azin, Andrea Covelli, Aisha Lofters (U of Toronto) Funding Obtained: CAD 498,238 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, approximately CAD 51,480 to the GA-CDRC Dates: 2022 to 2024 CARICOM Small Arms Survey project on the costs of gun violence in the Caribbean GA-CDRC Investigators : Simon Anderson, Natasha Sobers External Investigators : Nicola Florquin, Anne-Severine Fabre, Small Arms Survey Funding Obtained: 59,603.53 Euros from Small Arms Survey/ Graduate Institute of International and Developmental Studies Dates: November 2021 to September 2022
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS ANNUAL REPORT TO COUNCIL 2021/2022
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