The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research announced the winners of its 2015 MSFHR Research Trainee funding competition, and several members of the SPPH community were among the recipients.
The award recipients, selected through MSFHR’s 2015 Research Trainee funding competition, represent a bright future for health research in British Columbia. Their innovative projects span a broad range of disciplines and will help to address important health challenges for the benefit of all British Columbians.
Congratulations to:
Raphael Arku (Postdoctoral Fellow, SPPH)
“Global epidemiologic study of air pollution exposures and cardiovascular and respiratory disease in the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological Study”
Veronic Clair (SPPH Alumni)
University of British Columbia
“Continuing Health Impact Assessment (CHIA) of the computer-based Drug and Alcohol Training Assessment in Kenya (eDATA K)”
Jacquelyn Cragg (PhD candidate)
“Etiology and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an epidemiological analysis of environmental risk factors”
Katherine Duff (SPPH Alumni)
“Supporting women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights through Treatment as Prevention (TasP): investigating the impact of structural and interpersonal violence on HIV and reproductive health inequities among women living with HIV in British Columbia”
Devon Greyson (SPPH Alumni)
“Understanding the role of information in vaccine hesitant parents’ decision-making”
Rod Knight (SPPH Alumni)
“Implementation and ethical dimensions of scaling up HIV ‘Treatment as Prevention’: Examining the experiences of people who inject drugs”
Maria Socias (MSc Interdisciplinary candidate)
“Integrating HCV and addiction treatment to improve individual and population HCV outcomes among people who inject drugs”
Andrew Tu (SPPH Alumni)
“Exploring the mediating effect of parenting practices on the relationship between the neighbourhood environment and child physical activity”