Ping-Yee Au, University of Calgary

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Calgary profile.

Latest funding

GeneXchange: Linking Genetic Discovery to Real-World Impact
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$196,900
Mechanistic understanding of pathogenic autophagy and stem cell regulation in a neurodevelopmental disorder
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,078,650
RareKids-CAN: Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$19,999,843

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

GeneXchange: Linking Genetic Discovery to Real-World Impact

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Operating Grant: Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Allied Health and Genetics

Principal investigators: Murias, Kara; Currie, Margaret G; Kelm, Karen

Keywords: Allied Health Professionals; Fragile X; Genetic Counselling; Genomic Medicine; Health Communication; Health Systems Access; Holistic Care; Knowledge Translation; Life-Span Care; Precision Health

$196,900

Mechanistic understanding of pathogenic autophagy and stem cell regulation in a neurodevelopmental disorder

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Yang, Guang

Keywords: Autophagy; Cell Differentiation; Deubiquitinase; Disease Mechanisms; Lipid Metabolism; Neural Stem Cells; Neurodevelopmental Disorder; Protein Trafficking; Ubiquitination; Usp15

$1,078,650

RareKids-CAN: Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Network

Principal investigators: Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Anagnostou, Evdokia; Baribeau, Danielle A; Batthish, Michelle; Bernard, Geneviève; Bernier, Francois P; Butcher, Nancy J; Campbell, Craig Gordon N; Cross, Andrea; Dyack, Sarah; Gantt, Soren M; Gravel, Christopher; Haddad, Elie; Heath, Anna; Kelly, Lauren; King, Alexandra; Klassen, Terry P; Knisley, Lisa; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Lewis, Tamorah R; Marwaha, Ashish K; McBride, Kim; Mitchell, John J; Moore Hepburn, Charlotte; Mooser, Vincent E; Myers, Kenneth A; Offringa, Martin; Oskoui, Maryam; Portales-Casamar, Elodie; Pot, Sara; Potter, Elizabeth K; Richer, Lawrence P; Round, Jeff; Stewart, Breanne; Subbarao, Padmaja; Thebaud, Bernard; Turvey, Stuart E; Ward, Leanne M; Wong-Rieger, Durhane; Wright, Nicola A; Yeh, Ann E.

Keywords: Child Health; Data Science; Drug Development; Paediatric Clinical Research Units; Paediatric Clinical Trials; Patient And Public Involvement; Patient Registries; Precision Medicine; Rare Diseases; Real-World Evidence

$19,999,843

Uncovering complex genetic mechanisms of disease

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant - PA: Genetics (Bridge Funding: Research Priorities)

Principal investigators: Tarailo-Graovac, Maja

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Complex Variants; Genome Sequencing; Genomics; Mechanism Of A Disease; Model Organism; Non-Coding Variants; Rare Disease; Structural Variants; Transcriptomics

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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