Current Grants and Contracts

1. Research Grants

Current

As Principal Investigator

2008-2013 “A longitudinal study to identify factors that trigger ventricular tachyarrythmias among persons with implanted cardioverter defibrillators”, Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($208,049/year, $6,544 equipment, Goldberg MS and Khairy P (co-PI). Collaborators: J. BROPHY, R. BURNETT, V. ESSEBAG, T. HADJIS, N. MAYO, S. MILLER, M. TALAJIC)

2008-2010 “Implementation of an Automated Artificial Intelligence System for Extracting Data and Coding Pathology Reports for Use in the MUHC Tumour Registry”, Funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Corporation (Christine Boutin and Mark Goldberg, Co-PI), $160,000.

2004-2010 “Gene-environment interactions in postmenopausal breast cancer: A case-control study” Funded by the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation ($1.5 million for three years; the project is 8 years and other funding will be sought in two years; Goldberg MS (PI), Jacques Simard, Francine Durocher (Université Laval), France Labrèche (Direction de la santé publique, Montréal), Marie-Élise Parent (INRS Institut Armand-Frappier), Bryan Langholz (University of Southern California), Daniel Sinnett (Université de Montréal))

2004-2008 “Traffic-related air pollution and socioeconomic gradients in the incidence of cancer”. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research ($108,642/year, $58,734 equipment, Goldberg MS (PI) / BROOK, Jeffrey R / BURNETT, Richard T / GILBERT, Nicolas L / INFANTE-RIVARD, Claire / JERRETT, Michael L / MA, Renjun / ROSS, Nancy A / SIEMIATYCKI, Jack )

As Co-Investigator

2009- “Towards a Healthy Environment: Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals”, Funded by CFI (Leading Edge Fund and New Initiatives Fund; $20.8 million); Chao-Jun Li (PI; McGill, Chemistry), et al.

2009-2012 “A normative foundation for ecological economics and the tools for its assessment”, Funded by SSHRC (grant no. 865-2008-0085) ($73,996+$70,996+$88,996; Peter G. Brown (PI; McGill, Geography), Richard Janda (McGill, Law), Peter Victor (York, Faculty of Environmental Studies), Mark Goldberg).

2008-2011 “A case-control study of environment and breast cancer”. Funded by the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (~$AU240,000 per year; Lin Fritschi (PI, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Perth, Australia), J. Heyworth, C. Saunders, K McCaul, D Glass, T Erren, K Aronson, MS Goldberg.)

2008-2011 “Occupational and lifestyle factors in the etiology of prostate cancer, and establishing a platform for studying susceptibility biomarkers“. Renewed by the National Cancer Institute of Canada ($252,000 per year; M-E Parent (PI; INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier), J Siemiatycki (Université de Montréal), K Aronson (Queen’s University)).

2008-2013 “CIHR team of prediction and communication of familial risks of breast cancer”, Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Simard, Jacques R (PI; CHUL), et al. $1,103,067 per year)

2006-2008 “Cancer incidence and mortality among adults in relation to long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution: A general population cohort study of Ontario residents”, Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Villeneuve, PJ (PI; University of Toronto), R Burnett, MS Goldberg, R Ma; $133,256 /year; ranked 2 of 31 in the committee).

2004-2009 “Patterns of care during the last six months of life of patients dying of cancer: A study using administrative data”. Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Gagnon, Bruno (PI), DESCHAMPS, Michèle, GOLDBERG, Mark S, HANLEY, James A , MAYO, Nancy E; $101,682/year)

2. Research Contracts

As Principal Investigator

2009-11 “The effects of emissions from industry on the exacerbation of adverse health effects among asthmatic children”. Contract with Health Canada and MUHC RI, $526,694.06. (Mark Goldberg, PI).

2009-11 “The Short-Term Effects of Air Pollution on Daily Mortality: Analyses of Linked Mortality Data in Montreal, 1984-2003”. Contract with Health Canada and MUHC RI, $203,940. (Mark Goldberg, PI).

2006-11 “A panel study of the effects of changing lifestyle and environmental conditions on signs and symptoms heart failure” Contract with Health Canada, $418,277.92. (Mark Goldberg, PI, with Amanda Wheeler, Nadia Giannetti, Eileen O'Meara, Nancy E. Mayo, James Brophy, Richard T. Burnett)

As Co-Investigator

2006-2008 “Small-scale variations in daily counts of mortality and hospital admissions related to daily weather extremes and air pollution : an analysis by traffic density, heat islands and socio-economic condition in an urban environment”. Funded by Ouranos (Audrey Smargiassi, PI, $29,500).