Funding
Research Funding as Principal Investigator
List of Individual Grants
Research grant title: Development of streamlined methods for assessment of transition management quality and data-driven decisions
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Funding program: Alliance Grants
Additional partners:
- OMAFA
- Dairy Farmers of Ontario
- Lactanet
- Jefo Nutrition Inc.
- Merck Animal Health Canada
- Mitacs
Period of award: 2025-2029
Research grant title: Endometrial receptivity to pregnancy: underpinning biology and regulation, test development, and predictive value for fertility in dairy cattle
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Funding program: Discovery Grant Program
Period of award: 2024-2029
Research grant title: Using wearable sensors and molecular markers for health risk assessment and targeted preventive practices in transition cow management
Funding agency: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Funding program: Alliance Tier-I Research Program
Additional partners:
- Solvet
- Mitacs
Period of award: 2024-2027
Research grant title: The health path to advance dairy sustainability
Funding agency: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Funding program: Ontario Agri-food Research Initiative
Additional partner:
- Arrell Food Institute
Period of award: 2024-2027
Research grant title: The effects of anti-inflammatory drug administration on the health, welfare, and performance of dairy cows during the peripartum period: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Funding agency: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Funding program: DFO Grant-in-Aid
Period of award: 2026
Research grant title: Associations of colostrum volume and quality with prepartum characteristics in dairy cows
Funding agency: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Funding program: DFO Grant-in-Aid
Period of award: 2025
Research grant title: Growth differentiation factor 15 as a systemic biomarker for cellular stress in transition dairy cows
Funding agency: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Funding program: DFO Grant-in-Aid
Period of award: 2024
Research grant title: Impact of endometrial lipids on uterine histotroph composition and preimplantation conceptus development in dairy cattle
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Funding program: Discovery Grant Program
Additional partner: Emerging Leaders of the America Program
Period of award: 2017-2024
Research grant title: Supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids as a nutraceutical strategy to control postpartum inflammation and enhance production efficiency and fertility in dairy cows
Funding agency: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Funding program: Alliance Tier-I Research Program
Additional partners:
- Virtus Nutrition LLC
Emerging Leaders of America Program
Period of award: 2020-2023
Research grant title: Applying wearable sensors & machine learning to improve dairy cow health and production
Funding agency: Food From Thought
Funding program: Digital Agriculture Research Fund
Period of award: 2020-2023
Research grant title: Metabolic regulation of estrous behaviour
Funding agency: Dairy Farmers of Ontario
Funding program: DFO Grant-in-Aid
Period of award: 2022
Research grant title: Using basic science to improve fertility in dairy cattle: development of an endometrial receptivity test for genetic selection
Funding agency: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Funding program: OMAFRA-University of Guelph Research Program
Additional partner:
- Arrell Food Institute
Period of award: 2019-2022
Research grant title: Mechanisms of long-term consequences of transition cow biology on production and reproduction traits
Funding agency: Food From Thought
Funding program: Thematic II Research Fund
Period of award: 2018-2022
Research grant title: Functional microbiome of the rumen and the impact on nutrition physiology pre- and post-partum
Funding agency: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Funding program: OMAFRA-University of Guelph Research Program
Period of award: 2018-2022
Research grant title: Control of inflammation in dairy cows with metritis and the impact on health, milk production, and reproduction
Funding partner: Ourofino Animal Health
Period of award: 2019-2021
Research grant title: Redefining trace mineral nutrition in dairy cattle
Funding agency: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Funding program: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Additional partners:
- Ontario Centres of Excellence
- Alltech Animal Nutrition
- Alberta Innovates
Co-PI: Dr. Michael Steele
Period of award: 2017-2019
Research grant title: Incorporating technology and basic science in the classroom to enhance learning experience in animal biosciences
Funding agency: Students Federation of the Ontario Agriculture College
Funding program: Teaching Enhancement Fund
Co-PI: Dr. Elijah Kiarie
Period of award: 2017