The following research projects have been recommended for funding by CPRF's Professional Advisory Board and Approved by the Board of Directors

Addiction Research Award Dr. Verner Knott, University of Ottawa "Pharmacological Treatment of Depression: Is Guideline-Line Level Treatment Offset by Reduction in Health Service Utilization? "

Astrazeneca Canada Inc./ RX&D / CPRF Awards - Year 1

Dr. Paul Andrew Kurdyak , University of Toronto (CAMH) "Glutamate Neurotransmission in OCD: Genetic Study of a Candidate Biological System" Dr. Donna Jane Lai Lang, University of British Columbia "N-acetylaspartat Measures in theThalamus in First Episode Schizophrenia Before and After Exposure to Atypical Antipsychotics During the Early Phases of Treatment"

CIBC World Markets Children's Miracle Award Dr. Alison Niccols, McMaster University "An Ounce of Prevention: Evaluation of a Group Intervention for Parents of Toddlers at Risk of Disriptive Behaviou Disorders"

RBC Financial Group Award Dr. Daniel Li , University of Alberta "Effects of Depression, Social Phobia and Monoamines on facial Emotion Processing and Social comparison"

CPRF/CIHR Partnered Fellowships - Year III Dr. Xingqun Ni, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health "Searching fir Major Suseptibility Genes for Bipolar Disprder: Differential Screening of Gene Initiation Sequences "

The McColl-Early Foundation - The Mary Early Fellow Dr. Marc Corbiere, University of British Columbia "Work Integration of People with Severe Mental Illness: Determining the Best Environment and Individual Ingredients for Success "

Other CPRF Awards - supported by AON Re Canada Inc., AGF Managment Ltd., Scotiabank Group, Maulife financial/Manulife Investments, TD waterhouse Canada Inc. and contributors whose gifts maintain the research program annually (Entire list of corporate supporters follows). Dr. Jaideep Singh Bains, University of Calgary "Dopamine Mediated Plasticity of Hypothalamic GABAergic Synapses:A Possible Link Between Schizophrenia and Polydipsia "

Dr. Ruth A. Lanius, University of Western Ontario "Neutral Correlates of Depression and PRSD in Victims of Sexual Abuse."

Dr. Fang Liu, University of Toronto (CAMH) "Dopamine D1: NMDA: Receptor Protein Interactions: Implications for Schizophrenia "

Dr. Heather McNeely , University of Toronto (CAMH) "The Funclional Neurobiology of Cognitive Inhibition Deficits in Major depressive disorder " (Beginning research in May, 2004)

Dr. Tara S. Perrot-Sinal, Dalhousie University "Examination of behavioural, Physiological and Neutral Indices of Stress in Adult Male and Female Rats Exposed to Neonatal Maternal Separation"

Dr. John Strauss, University of Toronto (CAMH) "Neurotransmission and Neuroplasticity Genes in Childhood-Onset Depression: Relation to Suicide Attempts and Environment"