GRANTS RECIPIENTS
2024
Alexandra Millman
Title: Sexual wellbeing, body image, postoperative pain, and quality of life after transition-related orchiectomy
Sarah Neu
Title: Assessing anxiety, depression, and urinary symptoms in patients treated with intravesical onabotulinumtoxinA injections for refractory overactive bladder, using ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
2023
Monica Farcas
Title: Flow-through uroflow for the assessment and management of lower urinary tract symptoms
Connor Forbes
Title: Glucocorticoid-induced pathways in Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
Daniel Keefe
Title: Education and awareness of testicular torsion in Canadian pediatric patients and guardians and the the impact on outcomes
Miles Mannas
Title: Glucocorticoid-induced pathways in Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
2022
Christopher Wallis
Title: The association between patient and physician characteristics and ADT intensification in patients with de novo metastatic prostate cancer
Melissa Huynh
Title: The effect of pharmacological inhibition of endogenous hydrogen sulfide production on the progression of high-grade bladder cancer
Soojin Kim
Title: Machine Learning-Enabled Ultrasound for Assessing Single Kidney Function in Pediatrics
2021
Jeffrey Campbell
Location: Western University
Title: The evolving role of botulinum neurotoxin as a treatment for erectile
dysfunction
Christopher Doiron
Location: Queen’s University
Title: A randomized pilot study of a novel group-based pelvic floor
physiotherapy intervention versus individualized pelvic floor physiotherapy in female interstitial
cystitis/bladder pain
syndrome patient
Andrea Kokorovic
Location: University of Montreal
Title: Evaluation and Improvement of Sexual Function Outcomes in Canadian
Women with Bladder Cancer
Adam Kinnaird
Location: University of Alberta
Title: Assessing 18F-PSMA-1007 positron emission tomography and magnetic
resonance imaging in the primary staging of prostate cancer
2020
Bimal Bhindi
Location: University of Calgary
Title: Development of a risk-adapted approach to prostate cancer screening
David Ian Harriman
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Comprehensive Circular RNA Expression Profiling in Blood and Urine of
Kidney Transplant Recipients
Yonah Krakowsky
Location: University of Toronto / University of British Columbia
Title: Fiducial Contraction Characterizes Relative Contribution of the Pars
Fixa and Pars Pendulans in Anastomotic Urethral Stricture Formation After Phalloplasty
Henry Tran (renewal)
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Comprehensive Circular RNA Expression Profiling in Blood and Urine of
Kidney Transplant Recipients
2019
Jennifer Bjazevic
Location: Western University
Title: The Effect of a Bacterial Urinary Infection Isolate and Antibiotics on
Calcium Urolithiasis: The Potential Role of Zinc and Reactive Oxygen Species as Immune Modulators
Ryan Flannigan
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: The Effect of a Bacterial Urinary Infection Isolate and Antibiotics on
Calcium Urolithiasis: The Potential Role of Zinc and Reactive Oxygen Species as Immune Modulators
Nathan Perlis
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Creating patient-centred radiology reports (PACERRs) to empower
patients undergoing prostate MRI
Henry Tran
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Development of a Novel Device for Treatment of Urinary Incontinence
2018
Alex Kavanagh
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy For Prevention and Treatment of
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Ryan Flannigan
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Investigating Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome Using Precision
Transcriptomics & Proteomics
Nathan Perlis
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Creating patient-centred radiology reports (PACERRs) to empower
patients undergoing prostate MRI
Peter Zhan Tao Wang
Location: Western University
Title: Portable Endoscopic Simulator: Impact on Urological Education
Patrick Richard
Location: Universitaire de Sherbrooke
Title: Surveillance of Complex Renal Cysts – The SoCRAtiC trial: A Pilot
Study
2017
Alex Kavanagh
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy For Prevention and Treatment of
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection
Nathan Perlis
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Creating patient-centered radiology reports to empower patients
undergoing prostate MRI
Luke Lavallee
Location: University of Ottawa
Title: A comprehensive research program to improve outcomes and decision
making for patients with complex localized renal tumors
Philippe Violette
Location: McMaster University
Title: Peri-Operative Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Venous
ThromboEmbolism (POPP-VTE) a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
2024
Jose De Jesus Cendejas-Gomez
Location: Western University, London, Ontario
Martin Igbokwe
Location: Western University, London, Ontario
2023
Caio Suartz
Location: L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec – Faculty of Medicine at Laval University
Mario Basulto-Martínez
Location: Western University, London, Ontario
2022
Moustafa Abdelbary
Eduardo Gonzalez Cuenca
2021
Imad Matta
Location: Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal,
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
Rami Fadi Raad
Location: University of Montreal
2020
Fernanda Christina Gabrigna Berto
Location: University of Western Ontario
Amr Salah Amin Hodhod
Location: University of Calgary
2019
Ronald Kool
Location: McGill University
2018
Albrahim Mohmaoud Ibrahim
Location: McGill University
2015
Fan Li
Yasser Naureldin
2024
Premal Patel
Title: Randomized controlled trial evaluating
the efficacy of platelet-rich plasma for erectile dysfunction
2023
Monica Farcas
Title: Penile Photoacoustic Ultrasound for the Evaluation pf Peyronie’s Disease ad Prediction of Treatment Outcomes
2022
Hadi Mohammadi
Title: Soft Robotics, nanotech and the next technological leap of treating erectile dysfunction
2021
Luke Witherspoon
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Peyronie’s disease affects between 11-15% of men worldwide, with the potential severe negative effects on sexual function and mental health
2020
Jeffrey Campbell
Location: Western University
Title: Pilot study: Mindfulness-based Group Therapy as a Multi-Disciplinary approach to treat Erectile Dysfunction
2019
Ryan Flannigan
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Single Cell Evaluation of Myofibroblast Transformation & Activation in Peyronie’s Disease
2018
Jeffrey Campbell
Location: Western University
Title: A Rat model to Study the Effects of Intracavernosal Injection on Erectile Dysfunction
2024
Peter Black
Title: Tumor microenvironment
transcriptional heterogeneity in neoadjuvant therapy response prediction in MIBC
Vincent Fradet
Title: Boosting the response to BCG immunotherapy: Harnessing the gut microbiota for bladder cancer treatment
Charles Graham
Title: Systemic immune reprogramming and response to BCG therapy in patients with bladder cancer
Amina Zoubeidi
Title: Epigenetic regulation of neuroendocrine di erentiation in urothelial bladder cancers
2023
Stephane Bolduc
Title: Bisphenol-inducted stromal compartment modifications in bladder cancer using a 3D tissue-engineered model
Charles Graham
Title: Immune reprogramming and response to BCG therapy in patients with bladder cancer
Indra Gupta
Title: The role of osr1 in Bladder Cancer
Wassim Kassouf
Title: Investigate the role of natural killer cells on the outcome of radiation therapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer
Madhuri Koti
Title: An integrated immune monitoring approach for sex associated B cell exhaustion in BCG unresponsive NMIBC
Dirk Lange
Title: The Urinary Microbiota as a Modulator of BCG-Induced Immunotherapy
2022
Luke Lavallee
Title: Decision aid for patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer
Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu
Title: Development of an Infigratinib-eluting Device for Localized Treatment of NMIBC
Peter Black
Title: Circulating immune cells of patients with BCG-unresponsive NMIBC treated with atezolizumab
Paul Toren
Title: Circulating basophils and the tumor immune microenvironment of NMIBC
Girish Kulkarni
Title: Early warning system for NMIBC recurrence and progression
2021
Denis Dupre
Location: Dalhousie University
Title: Analysis of the synergistic properties of compounds from Cannabis with chemotherapeutic drugs in bladder cancer models
Wassim Kassouf
Location: McGill University Health Center
Research name: The role of STING agonist to overcome resistance of the combination therapy of radiation plus anti-PDL1 in muscle invasive bladder cancer
Girish Kulkarni
Location: UHN Princess Margaret Cancer Center
Title: Bone Health in Radical Cystectomy Patients
Madhuri Koti
Location: Queen’s University
Title: Investigating sex differences in tumor associated B cells to improve response to BCG immunotherapy in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
Mads Daugaard
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: VAR2-armed CAR T cells for treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer
2020
Robert Siemens
Location: Queen’s University
Title: Creating a Bioinformatics Pipeline for Imaging Mass Cytometry: Dissecting the Mode of Action of BCG Response
Stéphane Bolduc
Location: Université Laval
Title: Role of bisphenol compounds in the progression of bladder cancer
2019
Peter Black
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: The role of SLFN11 in the modulation of cisplatin resistance in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Dirk Lange
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: The Role of the Urinary Microbiome in Determining Response to Intravesical BCG in Patients with High Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
2018
Wassim Kassouf
Location: McGill University
Title: Impact of molecular subtypes in MIBC on response to combination therapy of radiation and PD-L1 blockade
Yves Fradet
Location: Université Laval
Title: Targeting PD-1 and TIGIT pathways for the immunotherapy of bladder cancer
2017
Peter Black
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Phenotypical analysis of the immune system in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer?
Girish Kulkarni
Location: University of Toronto
Title: The RESECT Trial: A Vanguard Randomized Trial to Compare Re-Resection of High Grade T1 Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma to No Re-Resection for Improving Progression Free Survival
2018
Lysanne Campeau
Location: McGill University
Title: Modulation of degenerative and apoptotic processes of the proNGF/p75 NTR interaction in DVD
2017
Robert Hamilton
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Maximizing statin efficacy in prostate cancer by interrogating and attacking feedback mechanisms
Accordion Content
2017
Paul Toren
Location: Université Laval
Title: Development of plasma exosomes as circulating biomarkers in prostate cancer patients
Pier-Luc Clermont
Location: Université Laval
Title: A bioluminescence microscopy method to detect circulating adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine prostate cancer cells and their responses to systemic therapies
Jan Rudzinski
Location: University of Alberta
Title: Prevention of Platelet Prostate Cancer Stem Cell Interactions: A Potential Novel Anti-Metastatic Mechanism
Deepak Dinakaran
Location: University of Alberta
Title: Novel MRI and CT enhancing theranostic nanoparticles for imaging and treatment of prostate tumors
2016
Muhammad Abdul Lateef
Location: University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)
Title: Use of inflammatory and apoptotic markers as surrogates of treatment response of micro-dissected prostate cancer tissues within a custom ex vivo microfluidic platform
Zachary Klaassen
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Comorbidities and Pharmacotherapy Associated with Mental Illness and Suicide in Patients with Prostate Cancer
Deepak Dinakaran
Location: University of Alberta
Title: To preserve or improve tumor cytotoxicity while decreasing the amount of radiation needed to treat otherwise inaccessible deep-seated tumors
Shawn Dason
Location: McMaster University
Title: Characterization of atherosclerotic disease in ADT-treated mouse model”
2015
Nikunj Gevariya
Location: Université Laval
Title: Effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid dietary supplementation on prostate cancer in relation to the fatty acid content of diet
Yuding Wang
Location: McMaster University
Title: Delineation of the biomarker value of aldehyde dehydrogenase 3A1 (ALDH3A1) in prostate cancer progression
Samir Bidnur
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Multi-target injectable paste as a novel treatment for localized prostate cancer – Preclinical modeling and optimization
Tilman Todenhöfer
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Evaluation of different test platforms for analysis of androgen receptor splice variants in the peripheral blood of patients with castration resistant prostate cancer
2014
Tal Ben-Zvi
Location: Université Laval
Title: Omega 3 fatty acids and prostate cancer: Where to measure? Quantification in RBC, plasma and prostate tissue
Nader Al Nakouzi
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Developing a new and promising orally bioavailable inhibitor Hsp27
Muhammad Abdul Lateef
Location: University of Montreal
Title: A new strategy for personalized medicine: A microfluidic platform designed to test prostate cancer responses to targeted therapies
Khurram Siddiqui
Location: University of Western Ontario
Title: Achieving the oligometastatic state in end-stage prostate cancer by pharmacologic and genetic manipulation of Invadopodia formed by tumor cells
2020
Samer Shamout
Location: University of Calgary
Title: Predictive Factors For Persistent Overactive Bladder Symptoms And Refractory BladderNeck Contracture Following Transurethral Resection Of The Prostate: A Population-Based Cohort Study
2019
Michelle Bergeron
Location: Laval University
Title: Validation of a French-Canadian adaptation of the Neurogenic Bladder Symptom
2018
Hilary L. Brotherhood
Location: Southern Alberta Institute of Urology
Title: Investigate TURP readmission rates in the Calgary Zone
2017
Patrick McGarry
Location: Western University
Title: How do people living with a spinal cord injury select a bladder management method?
2016
Henry Tran
Location: Columbia University Department of Urology
Title: Evaluation of Urodynamic Parameters on Outcomes following Surgical Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Adiel Mamut
Location: Vesia (Alberta Bladder Centre)
Title: Assessing the effectiveness and adverse effects of BoTN-A in progressively elderly patients with overactive bladder
2015
Mathew Andrews
Location: Vesia (Alberta Bladder Centre) & University of Calgary
Title: Measuring the impact of early bladder management on
chronic kidney disease patients with diabetic cystopathy
chronic kidney disease patients with diabetic cystopathy
Adiel Mamut
Location: Vesia (Alberta Bladder Centre)
Title: Assessing the effectiveness and adverse effects of BoTN-A in progressively elderly patients with overactive bladder
2014
Nicole Golda
Location: Queens University/Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Title: Creating a market driven approach to deliver value to interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome patients
Darren Desantis
Location: Vesia (Alberta Bladder Centre)
Title: The use of patient reported outcomes in a web based dashboard system to multidisciplinary management of urinary incontinence
2018
Louisa Ho
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: To validate a smartphone app-based acoustic uroflowmeter against a commercially available, standard Laborie uroflowmeter in a controlled clinical setting in an adult urology patient
population
population
Marie-Pier St. Laurent
Location: University of Laval
Title: Canadian Experience With Contiform Intravaginal Device For The Treatment Of Stress Incontinence: Effectiveness And Patient Acceptability
2017
Alaina Garbens
Location: Toronto
Title: The health care expenditures and practice patterns in the management of Urethral Stricture Disease in Ontario
Jennifer Ann Locke
Location: Vancouver
Title: Cortical Responses to Visual Triggers in Urgency Urinary Incontinence Demonstrated Through Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rano Matta
Location: Toronto
Title: Incident dementia in an elderly population with overactive bladder using anticholinergic medications
2016
Jennifer Bjazevic
Location: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Calgary
Title: Evaluating pain outcomes of caudal versus ilioinguinal nerve block in children undergoing unilateral groin surgery
Alice Yu
Location: McGill University Health Centre Research Institute
Title: To determine whether the tumor immune infiltrate, as recently evaluated with the Immunoscore methodology, could be a useful prognostic marker in patients who underwent cystectomy for invasive bladder cancer
Christopher Wallis
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Division of Urology
Title: Adjuvant versus salvage radiotherapy for patients with adverse prognostic features following radical prostatectomy: a decision analysis
Madhur Nayan
Location: University of Toronto, Department of Surgery
Title: To evaluate whether exposure to putative antineoplastic medications is associated with kidney cancer specific survival and overall survival in patients diagnosed with kidney cancer.
2016
Patrick Richard
Location: Le Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
Title: Identifying and overcoming barriers to widespread adoption of renal tumor biopsies in CanadaRaj Satkunasivam
Location: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto
Title: Improving individualized risk assessment of prostate cancer using machine learning and multi-parametric MRI imagingNaeem Bhojani
Location: Université de Montréal
Title: Mechanism of stone formation in idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formation
2015
Jason Izard
Location: Queen’s University
Title: Patient-centered reconstruction of Canadian Urological Association information material
Paul Toren
Location: University of British Colombia
Title: Association information materials
Michael Ordon
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Incidence, treatment and risk of adverse birth outcomes for kidney stones in pregnancy – a population-based study
2014
Duane Hickling
Location: University of Ottawa
Title: LL-37 urinary catheter coating for the prevention of infectious and non-infectious catheter-associated complications
Melissa Keays
Location: University of Ottawa
Title: Improving outcomes for children with hypospadias: focus on what matters to patient and families
Jason Lee
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Canadian urology trainee (CUT) laparoscopic skills assessment study – developing milestones for competency-based training
Paul Toren
Location: Université de Laval
Title: The impact of sex steroid precursors and selective CYP17A1 inhibition on mechanisms of prostate cancer resistance
2013
Lysanne Campeau
Location: McGill University
Title: The effect of cannabinoid receptor activation on the voiding dysfunction of a diet-induced murine model of metabolic syndrome
Geoffrey Gotto
Location: The University of Calgary
Title: Assessing the impact of residency training on surgical outcomes following the introduction of a provincial synoptic operative reporting system for urologic oncology
Robert Hamilton
Location: University of Toronto
Title: Molecular characterization and behavior of tumors arising in patients taking 5-alpha reductase inhibitors
Andrew Feifer
Location: University of Toronto
Title:
2012
Eric Hyndman Location:
Title:
Girish Kulkarni
Location: University of Toronto
Title:
Nick Power
Location: University of Western Ontario
Title: Prognostic value of fractal geometry in the histopathology of renal cell carcinoma
Frank Papanikolaou
Location: University of Toronto
Title:
2011
Frédéric Pouliot
Title: Université de Laval
Sero Andonian
Location: McGill University
Title: Vitamin D and calcium supplementation in vitamin D inadequate patients with urolithiasis
Rodney Henry Breau
Location: University of Ottawa
Title: Use of MRI for prostate cancer stage assessment
Naji Touma
Location: McMaster University
Title:
Blayne Welk
Location: University of Western Ontario
Title: Urologic health outcomes among SCI patients
Jennie Mickelson
Location: University of British Columbia
Title: Development of e-learning communities for care and prevention in urology
2024
Garson Chan
Title: Knowledge expansion in urologic conditions: OAB, COUB, neurogenic bladder, and pain syndromes; techniques to optimize intravesical Botox administration
Jennifer Locke
Title: Pelvic floor urethral injury repair
Drew Phillips
Title: Surgical techniques necessary to perform a GreenLight laser photovaporization of prostate
2023
Zachary Klinghoffer
Title: Transperineal prostate biopsy mentorship
Sean Pierre
Title: Improvement in doing holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and ultrasound-guided
supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy
2023
Philippe Arjane
Title: Preceptorship at CHUM
Jack Barkin
Title: Training in HoLEP
Roger Buckley
Title: Pediatric surgical enhancement training
Mazen Jundi
Title: BK Medical transperineal biopsies – Master class – Urology
Tristan Juvet
Title: Improving technical skills for thulium fiber laser enucleation of the prostate
Justin Kwong
Title: Hands-on training session on ultrasound-guided transperineal prostate biopsy
Justin Lee
Title: Training in transperineal prostate biopsies
Marguerite Lemieux
Title: Perineal biopsies
Jennifer Locke
Title: Assessing the utility of a beta-3 agonist to improve physical activity in women with overactive bladder
Maryse Marceau
Title: ThuLEP training
Tara Moskalyk
Title: Formal relearning of open pubovaginal sling surgery
Imraan Nagdee
Title: Endourological Society educational courses: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy & mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Justin D. Oake
Title: Acquisition of new surgical skills: Loco-sedative anesthesia for urologic surgery
Michael Pianezza
Title: Sudbury Prostate Cancer Support Group
Marc Zanaty
Title: Hands-on skills training, transperineal prostate interventions: Systematic biopsy, rectal spacer, and TP fusion biopsy
2023
Johnathan Chan
Title: Outpatient Transperineal Prostate Biopsy Program (Systematic and MR/US fusion)
in Community Setting
Michael Chang
Title: Training for Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy in the Community
Michael Kogon
Title: Acquisition of New Surgical Skill: Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Nicolas Smadja-Lamere
Title: AUA Hands-on Courses: Prostate MR Imaging & Surgical Management
of Bening Prostatic Hypertrophy
Michel Lebel
Title: Peritoneal Dialysis University for Surgeons: Advanced Hands-on Training
Sarah Peltz
Title: Graduate Education in Narrative Medicine
Christopher Rediger
Title: Hands-on Skills Courses on Treatment of BPH and Urolithiasis
Marc Zanaty
Title: Interventional Ultrasonography: A New Urology Paradigm using Renal Ultrasound
to Guide Percutaneous Access and Biopsies
2024
Natalie Jacox
Title: Equity, diversity, inclusion, and wellness in urology: How do Canadian urology residency programs compare to each other and to other surgical programs?
Andre Khondker
Title: Geographic, socioeconomic, and racial disparities in surgery for pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction and their impact on care
2023
David-Dan Nguyen
Title: Tackling Disparities in Urology Resident
Recruitment in Canada: Characterizing,
evaluating, and innovating the CaRMS
urology match to promote equity,
diversity, inclusion, and accessibility
Jesse Ory
Title: Fertility preservation
access in Nova Scotia
amongst transgender
/nonbinary individuals
2024
Zachary Klinghoffer
Title: MRI PRO prostate MRI training program
Nathan Wong
Title: Advanced course on laparoscopic renal surgery, “ESU Course 06” and treatment of localized renal masses: Tips and tricks, “ESU Course 18”
2024
Adam Kinnaird
Title: PSMA-guided ablation of the prostate (P-GAP): Feasibility study of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Louis Lacombe
Title: Metabolomics and lipidomics of prostate cancer progression: Leveraging the PROCURE Biobank