NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Barreto, Luis
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: A preliminary study will be undertaken to confirm the safety and the immunogenicity of the Connaught conjugate vaccine for native populations of the NWT (Phase I). This will be determined by the frequency and severity of adverse responses to three doses of the vaccine by a sample of infants 2-3 months of age drawn from Inuit and Dene populations. Parental consent will be obtained for all those in...

Principal Investigator: Mathias, Richard G.
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To study the effectiveness of two treatment protocols in controlling sexually transmitted diseases in communities in the N.W.T. The treatments are efficacious in individuals but it is not known which one will be better for overall community reduction in the numbers of cases of sexually transmitted disease....

Principal Investigator: Gillan, J.D.
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To compile statistics on the incidence and periodicity of Uveitis in the Great Slave area of Canada....

Principal Investigator: Enarson, Donald A.
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To establish a surveillance program for the early detection of lung cancer among a group of workers in the mining and smelting industries....

Principal Investigator: Larke, R.P. Bryce
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To carry out a study of the epidemiology and control of viral hepatitis in Northern Canada....

Principal Investigator: Moisey, Claire
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: To conduct a study on BCG vaccine. Blood samples of infants and their mothers will be taken during normal doctor visitations....

Principal Investigator: Borrie, Catherine
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: To investigate the causes of accidental deaths in the N.W.t. (1978/79/80), during which time period 222 accidental deaths were recorded. Death certificates will be reviewed....

Principal Investigator: Larke, R.P. Bryce
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: To assess the extent of carriage by pregnant native women of a particular virus (hepatitis B virus HBV markers) Blood samples will be taken from appropriate donors in their home communities....

Principal Investigator: Green, Derek
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: To undertake a pilot research study, as part of a Phd. program, to assess the visual-spatial abilitites in Inuit and non-Inuit adolescents....

Principal Investigator: Spady, Donald W.
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: As a folow-up to a 1973/74 study of infant mortality rates; this will deal with these children (now 8 and 9 years of age) from the standpoint of their present health and the incidence of certain diseases....