Researchers exploring muscle-building supplements for seniors, work environments in long-term care homes, links between epilepsy and learning ability and cancer chemotherapy are among those that have been awarded $1.7 million over the next two years by the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation.
The programs support individuals who are pursuing advanced research training with experienced mentors and new faculty who are setting up research programs in Saskatchewan.
- Darren Candow, an assistant professor in kinesiology and health studies at the University of Regina, will receive $80,000 in addition to $30,000 for equipment to investigate how effective creatine and exercise can be over the long term to counter muscle and bone loss associated with aging.
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Athletes often use creatine, a naturally occurring substance found in fish and red meat, as a diet supplement.
- Elizabeth Quinlan of the University of Saskatchewan will receive $80,000 to study the incidence of workplace bullying among continuing care assistants in Saskatchewan’s long-term care homes.
CCAs drawn from four rural and urban long-term care homes will explore the problem of bullying and possible solutions.
- Sean Dalrymple, who is based in the department of biochemistry at the U of S’s college of medicine, will use the Canadian Light Source synchrotron in Saskatoon to determine the shape of GUS, a protein that could make cancer chemotherapy treatments more effective.
- Inga Tiemann of the U of S will study how epilepsy affects learning ability as the brain matures, using epileptic chickens as a model.
SHRF is the provincial agency that funds and facilitates health research in Saskatchewan.
