Funding Opportunities
Schulich-UWindsor Opportunities for Research Excellence Program (SWORP)
Deadline: The 2018 application deadline is Friday, February 9, 2018 at 4pm.
Purpose: The aim of the Schulich – UWindsor Opportunities for Research Excellence Program (SWORP) is to enrich undergraduate medical education by enabling students from the Windsor program of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (“Schulich-Windsor students”) to conduct research under the supervision of a University of Windsor faculty member.
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Note: SWORP funding is provided by Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and the University of Windsor. All Supervisors should inform the necessary individuals at both institutions that they have students submitting applications including:
- Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation
- Dean, Faculty of Science
Summer Research Training Program (SRTP)
Deadline: The 2018 application deadline is January 29, 2018.
Eligibility: SRTP is open to students enrolled in the first year of the MD program at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry. This includes students at both the London and Windsor sites
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Tips for Submitting Applications:
- Check what ethics procedures/forms need to be submitted with your application
- Ensure you use the correct ethics forms, for secondary data analysis, less paper work is needed
- After connecting with a potential Supervisor, set up a face-to-face meeting to discuss the details that need to be included in the application
Current-Future Projects
Students who are interested in working on research projects, please send your resume and indicate the project(s) that you are interested in to Karen Metcalfe.
| Project Supervisor | Project Title | Description |
| Dr. Hamm | Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What is the ideal carboplatin dose? | Current clinical trial may have too high a dose of carboplatin. Review of the literature to determine best next dose in developing next phase clinical trial |
| Dr. Kulkarni | Assessment of Cardiotoxicity and Outcomes of HER2-targeted therapy in HER2+ breast cancer patients treated in the province of Ontario and at WRCP |
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Previously Funded Projects
| Year | Student | Supervisor | Research Focus |
| 2015 | Paul Dolinar | Dr. Hirmiz | Retrospective Chart Review of patients diagnosed with Rectal cancer and were treated at the Windsor Regional Cancer canter between 2002 and 2010; examining treatments and outcomes |
| 2015 | Chris Hillman | Dr. Hamm | Patients Emergency Room Attendance. Motivations for Assessment. |
| 2015 | Ramen Nissan | Dr. Hamm | Development of MDS teaching module |
| 2015 | Paul Webb | Dr. Jarrar | ALL |
| 2014 | Sabrina Botsford | Dr. Porter | Relevance of the Tuberin-Cyclin B1 interaction in regulation cell size |
| 2014 | Christopher Langley | Dr. Hamm | ER visits Hematology |
| 2014 | Abdullah Nassar | Dr. Kulkarni | ER visits Breast Cancer |
| 2013 | Brad Waterman | Dr. Kulkarni | Head and Neck |
| 2013 | Michael Blaszak | Dr. Ghafoor | Pancreatic ca – collaboration with Ottawa |
| 2013 | Dina Sayegh | Dr. Hamm | CML |
| 2013 | Sapna Saggar | Dr. Hamm | Lymphoma |
| 2012 | Annurag Balla | Dr.’s Hirmiz and Tarek | Colorectal cancer databases |
| 2012 | Krystal Chan | Dr. Hamm | Follicular lymphoma |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Allen | Dr. Yousuf | A demographic study on prostate cancer presenting to the Windsor Regional Cancer Program from 1990-2012 |
| 2012 | Pamathy Vivek | Dr. Hamm | Breast cancer |
| 2012 | Anurag Bhalla | Dr. Kulkarni | Lung cancer chart review |
| 2012 | Samantha Mathews | Dr. Hamm | Prostate cancer database |
| 2012 | Abhishek Jarwala | Dr. Kanjeekal | MDS chart review |
| 2011 | Guillaume & Vanssa Poliquin | Dr. Hamm | Development of Breast Cancer Data base 2000 – 2010 |
| 2009 | Wesley Lai | Dr. Hamm | Neupogen vs Neulasta dataset |
| 2009 | Doreen Ezeife | Dr. Hamm | Neupogen vs Neulasta |