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Seed Grant Program

The goal of the Seed Grant Program is to increase the number of successful multidisciplina;ry tobacco control research proposals submitted to Canadian funding agencies.

Below is a listing of the successful seed grant teams for 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008 and 2009.

2009 Seed Grant Teams

Title: Expanding the Impact of the Canada’s Youth Smoking Survey: Advancing the Science and Building Capacity through Writing

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Steve Manske	University of Waterloo	Lead Investigator
Alice Gaudine	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Investigator
Shirley Solberg	Memorial University	Investigator
Donna Murnaghan	University of Prince Edward Island	Investigator
Jennifer O'Loughlin	McGill University	Investigator
Louise Guyon	Institut national de sante publique du Quebec	Investigator
Scott Leatherdale	Cancer Care Ontario	Investigator
Cameron Wild	University of Alberta	Investigator
Marjorie MacDonald	University of Victoria	Investigator

Title: Exploring the shifting culture surrounding tobacco use on in-patient psychiatric units post-implementation of smoke-free hospital grounds policies: rural and remote perspectives

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Lyle Grant	University of Northern British Columbia	Lead Investigator
Annette Schultz	University of Manitoba	Investigator
Kerri McCaig	Northern Health	Investigator

2008 Seed Grant Teams

Title: Developing a Sustained Capacity to Conduct tobacco Cessation Treatment Outcome Research in the Capital Health District of Nova Scotia

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Sean Barrett	Dalhousie University	Lead Investigator
Shaun Black	Capital Health Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services	Investigator
Sherry Stewart	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Pamela Francis	Capital Health Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services	Investigator

Title: Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement in Anxiety Sensitivity and Distress/Discomfort Intolerance: Roles in Smoking Maintenance

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Sherry Stewart	Dalhousie University	Lead Investigator
Dannie Steeves	Capital Health Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services	Investigator
Michael Zvolensky	University of Vermont	Investigator
Brad Schmidt	Florida State University	Investigator
Christine Darredeau	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Sean Barrett	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Tony George	University of Toronto	Investigator
Shaun Black	Capital Health Addiction Prevention and Treatment Services	Investigator

2007-2008 Seed Grant Teams

Title: Understanding capacity in tobacco control among health profession programs in the Prairie Provinces

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Kathryn Hyndman	Brandon University	Lead Investigator
Steven Patterson	U of Alberta	Investigator
Margie Kvern	Winnipeg Regional Health Authority	Practitioner
Marino Francispillai	Alberta Cancer Board	Practitioner

Title: The economic impact of smoking restrictions in Saskatchewan

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Gary Tomkins	U of Regina	Lead Investigator
June Blau	Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Assoc	Practitioner
Jo-Anne Douglas	Tobacco Reduction Initiatives	Practitioner
Lynn Greaves	Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region	Practitioner

Title: An integrated model for anti-smoking activism (proposal was untitled)

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Rajesh Manchanda	U of Manitoba	Lead Investigator
Namita Bhatnagar	U of Manitoba	Investigator
Beverley Temple	U of Manitoba	Investigator
Timothy Dewhirst	U of Guelph	Investigator

Title: Exploring health care provider attitudes and behavioural changes resulting from smoke-free policies implemented in mental health/psychiatric settings

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Annette Schultz	U of Manitoba	Lead Investigator
Lyle Grant	UBC	Trainee, PhD Candidate
Bretta Maloff	Calgary Health Region	Practitioner
Nancy Snowball	Calgary Health Region	Practitioner
Pamela Magee	Calgary Health Region	Practitioner
Margaret Green	U of Manitoba	Trainee
Ann Casebeer	U of Calgary	Investigator

2006-2007 Seed Grant Teams

Title: The smoking hole: Exploring places and factors that facilitate youth access to tobacco

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Donna Murnaghan	UPEI	Lead Investigator
Candace Nykiforuk	U of Alberta	Investigator
Chris Lovato	UBC	Investigator
Heather Diamond	UPEI	Student
Helen Hsu	UBC	Student
Jennifer LaRosa	UPEI	Student
Melissa Perry	UPEI	Student

Title: Feasibility of YouTube as an Internet-based Tobacco Cessation Aid

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Peter Selby	U of T/ CAMH	Lead Investigator
Lisa Vettese	CAMH	Investigator
Megan Shram	U of T/ CAMH	Student
Sandra Small	Memorial University	Investigator/student
Chris Richardson	UBC	Post doctoral fellow
Steve Sussman	U of Southern California	Investigator

Title: Examining links between tobacco use and psychiatric symptoms

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Sean Barrett	Dalhousie	Lead Investigator
Heather Fulton	Dalhousie	Student
Sherry Stewart	Dalhousie	Investigator
Usoa Busto	CAMH	Investigator
Laurie Zawertailo	U of T/ CAMH	Investigator
Tony George	CAMH	Investigator

Title: Building the capacity of Aboriginal tobacco researchers.

Final Report

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Merryl Hammond	Consultancy for Alternative Education	Lead Investigator
Debbie Dedam-Montour	National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization	Investigator
Lucy Kuptana	Inuvialuit Regional Corporation	Investigator
Natlie Beauvais	National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization	Investigator
Rob Collins	Consultancy for Alternative Education	Investigator
Jerome Gordon	Gordon Consulting, Aklavik, NT	Investigator
Alfred Moses	Yellowknife	Investigator

Title: Understanding the role of tobacco NGO networks in knowledge exchange

Name	Organization	Position (Investigator, Trainee, Policy)
Anita Kothari	UWO	Lead Investigator
Charmaine McPherson	St. FX & PhD Candidate, McMaster	Student
Raphael Lencucha	UWO	Student
Kathy Ellis	UWO	Student

2005-2006 Seed Grant Teams

Canadian Health Professionals & Tobacco Control: Enhancing Their Role

Lead Investigator: Annette Schultz, University of Manitoba

Final Report

Team Members	Affiliation	Role
Joan Brewster	University of Toronto	Investigator
Charles Victor	University of Toronto	Trainee, PhD Candidate
Xiaoquing Yang	University of Toronto	Trainee, MHSc Candidate
Michele Tremblay	Institut national de santé publique du Québec	Médecin Conseil
Margaret Green	PsycHealth Centre, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg	Nurse Therapist
Sharon Compton	Dental Hygiene Program, University of Alberta	Investigator
Eric Sui	University of Toronto	Trainee
Kathryn Hyndman	University of Manitoba	Research Associate

Creating an Aboriginal Community of Practice for Tobacco Control

Lead Investigator: Lynne Baillie, BC Cancer Agency

Final report

Team Members	Affiliation	Role
Sheila Hardy	Lakehead University	Investigator
Gerry Brosky	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Michelle Doucette	Lakehead University	Trainee
Tara Elton-Marshall	University of Waterloo	Trainee, PhD Candidate

Health Care Utilization and Associated Costs from Smoking & Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Lead Investigator: Robert Murray, University of Manitoba

Final Report

Team Members	Affiliation	Role
Lori Diemert	University of Waterloo	Trainee, MSc Candidate
Paul Villeneuve	Health Canada	Research Scientist
Bo Zhang	University of Toronto	Trainee, PhD Candidate

Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement in Co-morbid Psychosis-Nicotine Dependence: Two Studies of Patients Attending the Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program

Lead Investigator: Sherry Stewart, Dalhousie University

Final Report

Team Members	Affiliation	Role
Sean Barrett	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Kim Good	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Ray Klein	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Ron Leslie	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Heather Milliken	Dalhousie University	Investigator
Alissa Pencer	Dalhousie University	Investigator
David Whitehorn	Dalhousie University	Investigator

Mapping National Implementation of the FPT Minister's Accord on Tobacco Control

Lead Investigator: Tim Huerta, BC Child & Family Research Institute

No final report available.

Team Members	Affiliation	Role
Cameron Norman	University of British Columbia	Investigator
Sarah Viehbeck	University of Waterloo	Trainee, PhD Candidate
Sophia Papadakis	University of Waterloo	Trainee, PhD Candidate
John Garcia	Cancer Care Ontario, University of Waterloo	Practitioner, Trainee
Sandro Di Cori	Chagnon Foundation	Practice Manager

Passive and Active Smoking and Breast Cancer - Opportunities for Tobacco Control

Lead Investigator: Joan Bottorff, University of British Columbia Okanagan

Final Report

Team Members	Affiliation	Role
Lynne Baillie	BC Cancer Agency	Practitioner
Roberta Ferrence	University of Toronto, OTRU	Investigator
Julie Easley	University of New Brunswick	Trainee
Kenneth Johnson	Public Health Agency of Canada	Policy/research
Rebecca Haines	University of Toronto	Trainee
Marilyn Pope	University of Toronto, OTRU	Investigator
Susan Bondy	University of Toronto	Investigator
Pam Kaufman	University of Toronto, OTRU	Investigator

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: The tobacco industry's challenge of Canada's Tobacco Act

Lead Investigator: Anne Lavack, University of Regina

Final Report

Team Member	Affiliation	Role
Timothy Dewhirst	University of Saskatchewan	Investigator
Ryan Kennedy	University of Waterloo	Trainee, PhD Candidate
Daniel Robinson	University of Western Ontario	Investigator