RESULTS – 2025 New Initiatives Program
Eight excellent projects were financed by the 2024-2025 New Initiatives Program!
The content of this publication was updated in January 2026 following the funding of an eighth project, made possible through the support of the CISSS de la Montérégie‑Centre. For full details about this additional funding, please consult the news item dated [date + hyperlink] on the CRIR website.

The CRIR warmly thanks its partners, whose continued support empowers the mobilization of clinical and scientific expertise for the benefit of the population.
As a reminder, this program encourage the formulation of a project, either for drafting a research protocol on an original problem or for the start-up of a new research team working on an original problem. In either case, the problem studied emerge from a clinical setting and/or have a direct impact on the clinical setting.
Congratulations to the research members and clinical teams received $10,000 in funding for their projects:
Researchers and clinicians/principal contributors to each team:
- Marie-Hélène Boudrias and Trudy Wong (LLMRC – CIUSSS West-Central Montreall)
- Liziane Bouvier and Hélène Beaudoin (IURDPM – CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal)
- Marika Demers and Michèle Quinn (IURDPM – CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal)
- Maxime Maheu et Isabelle Faubert (IURDPM – CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal) 1
- Frédérique Poncet and Vincent Moore (LLMRC – CIUSSS West-Central Montreal and INLB – CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre and CRDP – CISSS des Laurentides) 2
- Chantal Robillard and Gina Mills (LLMRC – CIUSSS West-Central Montreal)
- Marc Roig Pull and Maria Anastasopoulos (JRH – CISSS de Laval and CRDP – CISSS de Lanaudière)
- Ingrid Verduyckt and Julie Braën (IURDPM – CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal and JRH – CISSS de Laval)
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1 Research project funded by the Institut Nazareth et Louis‑Braille Fund of the CISSS de la Montérégie‑Centre.
2 Research project funded by the Fondation Habilitas.
see all the members of the award-winning teams and the titles of the research projects that have been funded:
Recipient teams and projects
Recipient teams – New Initiatives Program 2024-2025 (PDF format)
Press release
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Press release – Recipients: New Initiatives Program 2024-2025 – PDF format (pdf)
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CRIR research sites
- Centre de réadaptation en déficience physique (CRDP) – CISSS de Lanaudière
- Centre de réadaptation en déficience physique (CRDP) – CISSS des Laurentides
- Lethbridge-Layton-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre (LLMR) – CIUSSS West-Central Montreal (CIUSSS CWCM)
- Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital (JRH)
- Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille (INLB) – CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre
- Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM) – CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS CSMTL)
Partners
- Les solutions PhonIA inc.
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CRIR – October 3, 2025 | Updated: January 27, 2026

