Dr. Sanjiv Dhingra, Principal Investigator, Cardiac Regeneration and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, was recently awarded a 5-year, $749,700 grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The grant will support Dr. Dhingra’s research studying the mechanisms of transplanted stem cell rejection and determining strategies to increase post-transplantation survival in the heart. Support through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research is intended to l help Canadian researchers study the full spectrum of health issues affecting the lives of Canadians.
Dr. Dhingra is also an assistant professor in the Regenerative Medicine Program at the University of Manitoba as well as director of the Canada/Italy Tissue Engineering Laboratory (CITEL) at St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre. He recently received a Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.
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University of Manitoba news release
CIHR Announcement
CIHR Funding Dhingra (.docx)