Philippe Després

Research

Bacteremia Bacterial Infections Big Data Bone And Joint Infections Data Lake Emergency Room Endocarditis People Who Inject Drugs

Latest funding

Valoriser la donnée de vie réelle pour soutenir l'usage optimal du médicament
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$742,050
Trends and outcomes of injecting-related bacterial infections in people who inject drugs
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$378,676
Development of an automated blood counter for quantitative molecular imaging applications
CIHR · 2009 · Nominated PI
$122,550

All 4 grants and awards

Valoriser la donnée de vie réelle pour soutenir l'usage optimal du médicament

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Motulsky, Aude; NIKIEMA, Jean N

Keywords: Codesign; Data Engineering; Digital Intervention; Implementation; Knowledge Engineering; Ontology; Pharmacovigilance; Semantic Web; Symbolic Artificial Intelligence; Terminology

$742,050

Trends and outcomes of injecting-related bacterial infections in people who inject drugs

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Martel-Laferrière, Valérie; Després, Philippe; Larney, Sarah

Keywords: Bacteremia; Bacterial Infections; Big Data; Bone And Joint Infections; Data Lake; Emergency Room; Endocarditis; People Who Inject Drugs; Skin And Soft Tissue Infections

$378,676

Development of an automated blood counter for quantitative molecular imaging applications

Nominated PICIHR2009Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Després, Philippe

Keywords: Positron Emission Tomography

$122,550

Streaming architectures for computation in medical radiation physics

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Després, Philippe

$107,200

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bacteremia Dear Professor Després, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on bacteremia connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Trends and outcomes of injecting-related bacterial infections in people who inject drugs" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]