Gail Wright, University of Alberta

Research

Care Partners Carers Chronic Liver Disease Cirrhosis Depression Integrated Knowledge Translation Mental Wellness Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Latest funding

CarEL: A Caregiver E-health program for chronic Liver disease - a multicentre randomized controlled trial to improve caregiver outcomes
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$967,724
The EMPOwer (Equitable Mental wellness Programming for Older Adults with multiple chronic conditions ) - An RCT to assess the impact of scalable, effective online solutions
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$837,894

All 2 grants and awards

CarEL: A Caregiver E-health program for chronic Liver disease - a multicentre randomized controlled trial to improve caregiver outcomes

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tandon, Puneeta; Wright, Gail

Keywords: Care Partners; Carers; Chronic Liver Disease; Cirrhosis; Depression; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Mental Wellness; Primary Biliary Cholangitis; Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis; Quality Of Life

$967,724

The EMPOwer (Equitable Mental wellness Programming for Older Adults with multiple chronic conditions ) - An RCT to assess the impact of scalable, effective online solutions

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. the Wider Impacts of COVID- Exacerb. of disp. among marg. pops.

Principal investigators: Tandon, Puneeta

Keywords: Anxiety; Chronic Conditions, Multiple; Depression; Digital Technology Proficiency; Isolation; Loneliness; Mental Heatlh; Older Persons; Resilience; Vulnerable Populations

$837,894

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: Care Partners Dear Professor Wright, 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 care partners 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 "CarEL: A Caregiver E-health program for chronic Liver disease - a multicentre randomized controlled trial to improve caregiver outcomes" (2024), 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]