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Our Support

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research provides funding support for our research on peroxisomes in immunometabolism.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council provides support for our research on peroxisome roles in phagocytosis

Research Nova Scotia provides us funding support for our research program.

The Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation provided funding for our startup funds research equipment needs.

The Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute provides funding support for our research.

Canadian Foundation for Innovation provided funds for our research equipment through the CFI-JELF.

The IWK Foundation provided establishment funds for our lab.

Canada Research Chairs Suppports Dr. Di Cara, a Tier 2 Chair in Human Immunology and Host Pathogen Interactions.

The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada supports our efforts along with Dr. Christopher Powers (U. Alberta), the primary grant holder, to understand of the underlying causes of neruodegenerative disorders. 

The Rare Diseases Network supports our efforts to generate a Drosophila model that will aid our understand of the underlying causes of Roifman syndrome.  

New Frontiers Research Fund supports or research of how changes in the microbiome and diet affect neurodegenerative diseases.

The National Institutes of Health supports our studies along with Dr. Neil Silverman (U. Mass), the primary grant holder, in the Drosophila model to define the regulatory mechanisms in the inflammatory signaling pathways  

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The RareKids-CAN Grant Supports Our Lab's Connection to a National Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network.  

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