Research Funding
Current Research Funding
1. Weston Brain Institute Ko (PI) 08/2020 – 11/2023
Transformational Research: Canada 2019 (Parkinson’s & Related Diseases)
Changes in metabolic activity and gait function by dual-task cognitive game-based treadmill system intervention
Role: Principal Applicant
Project Award: $1,499,758 (CAD)
2. Winnipeg Foundation Anderson (PI) 07/2020 – 06/2021
Innovation Fund
Role of endothelial NMDA receptors in glutamate-induced glioma growth
Role: Co-principal investigator
Project Award: $100,000 (CAD)
3. Parkinson Canada Ko (PI) 10/2019 – 09/2021
New Investigator Award
Abnormal Brain Network of Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease
Role: Principal Investigator
4. CancerCare Manitoba Foundation Ghavami (PI) 04/2019 – 03/2021
Research Operating Grant
Mitophagy and Regulation of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Bcl2/13 and NSCLC Metastasis
Role: Collaborator
5. University of Manitoba Szturm (PI) 02/2019 – 02/2021
University Collaborative Research Program
Neural underpinnings of improved mobility function by dual-task cognitive game-based treadmill system intervention in Parkinson’s disease
Role: Co-Investigator
6. Canada Foundation for Innovation Ko (PI) 04/2018 – 03/2023
Infrastructure Operating Fund
In vivo brain imaging and stimulation system
Role: Principal Investigator
7. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Ko (PI) 04/2016 – 03/2021
Discovery Grant
Multi-modal brain imaging analysis method for brain modeling
Role: Principal Investigator
Completed Research Funding
1. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Ko & Mota (PIs) 03/2019 – 02/2020
Catalyst Grant: Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries among Public Safety Personnel
Do cognitive behavioral therapy skills classes increase a resiliency-related brain connectivity pattern to posttraumatic stress disorder? Role: Nominated Principal Investigator
2. Manitoba Medical Service Foundation Ng (PI) 04/2019 – 03/2020
Transcranial direct current stimulation in SUper REfractory STatus EPilepticus (SURESTEP): pilot study of a novel therapy in a common medical emergency
Role: Collaborator
3. University of Manitoba Ko (PI) 07/2018 – 06/2019
University Research Grants Program
Dopamine-induced vasodilation in parkinsonian rats
Role: Principal Investigator
4. Canada Foundation for Innovation Ko (PI) 09/2017 – 08/2019
John R. Evans Leaders Fund
In vivo brain imaging and stimulation system
Role: Principal Investigator
5. Research Manitoba Ko (PI) 09/2017 – 08/2019
CFI Matching Funds
In vivo brain imaging and stimulation system
Role: Principal Investigator
6. Research Manitoba Ghavami ( PI) 08/2017 – 07/2020
New Investigator Operating Grant
Autophagy and Metastasis in Non-Small Lung Cancer: How does Autophagy Modulate Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition
Role: Collaborator
7. Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba Ko & Patel (Co-PIs) 06/2017 – 05/2019
Research and Workplace Innovation Program (Scientific Research)
Identification of Neuroimaging-Based Biomarkers in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
8. Research Manitoba Ko (PI) 08/2016 – 07/2019
New Investigator Operating Grant
In vivo imaging of levodopa-induced angiogenesis and its relevance to tardive dyskinesia in a parkinsonian rat model
Role: Principal Investigator
9. Health Science Centre Foundation Ko (PI) 09/2016 – 08/2019
General Operating Grant Competition
Normal Brain Imaging Database for Neurodegenerative Disorder Studies
Role: Principal Investigator
10. University of Manitoba Kelly (PI) 02/2017 – 02/2019
University Collaborative Research Program
Age-related Changes in Avian Brain Function Measured Using FDG-PET Imaging
Role: Co-Investigator
11. The Dr. Paul H. T. Thorlakson Foundation Fund Ko (PI) 08/2015 – 02/2017
Research Grant
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using quantitative assessment of positron emission tomography
Role: Principal Investigator
method for brain modeling Role: Principal Investigator
12. Manitoba Medical Service Foundation Ko (PI) 04/2015 – 03/2016
FUNDS #1.14
Predicting emergence of levodopa-induced dyskinesia (a common side effect) in Parkinson’s disease by a brain imaging-based biomarker – a pilot study
Role: Principal Investigator
13. University of Manitoba Ko (PI) 01/2015 – 06/2016
University Research Grants Program
Brain imaging-based biomarkers for levodopa-induced dyskinesia in parkinsonian rat model
Role: Principal Investigator
14. University of Manitoba Ko (PI) 06/2014 – 05/2017
Start-up Fund
Role: Principal Investigator
