Kami Kandola, University of Alberta

Research

Indigenous Health Northwest Territories Community-Based Participatory Research Confidence In Science Covid-19 Prevention Indigenous Approaches Public Health Messaging Covid-19 Vaccination

Latest papers

Implementing and evaluating a program to facilitate chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: a mixed methods program evaluation.
Implementation science : IS · 2014
Giardia assemblage A: human genotype in muskoxen in the Canadian Arctic.
Parasites & vectors · 2008

All 2 publications

Latest funding

How will the immune response to COVID-19 vaccination among Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories change over time?
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$497,911
Gathering stories to inform culturally safe community strategies (CSCS) to improve trust in public health measures (PHM) in Indigenous peoples (IP) in Northwest Territories (NT)
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$498,465
CARE NT: Caring and Responding in the Northwest Territories
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,384,650

All 6 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Implementing and evaluating a program to facilitate chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: a mixed methods program evaluation.

Manca DP, Aubrey-Bassler K, Kandola K, Aguilar C, Campbell-Scherer D, Sopcak N, O'Brien MA, Meaney C, Faria V, Baxter J, Moineddin R, Salvalaggio G, Green L, Cave A, Grunfeld E

Implementation science : IS2014

DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0135-7 PMID: 25293785

02

Giardia assemblage A: human genotype in muskoxen in the Canadian Arctic.

Kutz SJ, Thompson RA, Polley L, Kandola K, Nagy J, Wielinga CM, Elkin BT

Parasites & vectors2008

DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-32 PMID: 18808665

How will the immune response to COVID-19 vaccination among Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories change over time?

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Emerging COVID Res. Gaps & Priorities - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Kandola, Kami

Keywords: Covid-19 Vaccination; Indigenous Populations; Northwest Territories; Vaccine Immune Response

$497,911

Gathering stories to inform culturally safe community strategies (CSCS) to improve trust in public health measures (PHM) in Indigenous peoples (IP) in Northwest Territories (NT)

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Kandola, Kami; Fraser, Crystal G

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Confidence In Science; Covid-19 Prevention; Indigenous Approaches; Indigenous Health; Northwest Territories; Public Health Messaging

$498,465

CARE NT: Caring and Responding in the Northwest Territories

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Kurtz, Donna L

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Healthcare Experience; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigenous Populations; Northwest Territories

$1,384,650

Capturing the anticipated/unanticipated consequences of COVID-19 (C19) and C19 prevention, management, and treatment strategies (C19PS) among Indigenous peoples (IP) in Arctic communities (AC)

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Kandola, Kami; Kurtz, Donna L

Keywords: Arctic Communities; Covid-19; Indigenous Health; Population Health

$1,517,380

Assessing attitudes, barriers, and opportunities for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination (HPVV) to inform, develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally appropriate program for increasing utilization and addressing vaccination hesitancy in Arctic Canadian Indigenous communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie; Kurtz, Donna L

Keywords: Cervical Cancer; Community-Based Participatory Research; Covid-19 Vaccine; Human Papillomavirus (Hpv); Human Papillomavirus Vaccine; Indigenous; Indigenous Methodologies; Northwest Territories; Vaccination Programs; Vaccine Hesitancy

$2,103,750

Participatory Risk Communication: Indigenous Youth-Generated Messages for Community Health Promotion

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Jardine, Cynthia; Chartrand, Frances; Driedger, S. Michelle; Furgal, Christopher M; Kandola, Kami; Sanguins, Julianne

Keywords: Community Based Participatory Research; Health Promotion; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Youth; Positive Youth Development; Resilience; Risk Communication; Risk Information Seeking And Processing; Strength Based Approach

$1,360,812

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Family Medicine
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Co-authors at University of Alberta, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Ginetta Salvalaggio

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Andrew Cave

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Denise Campbell-Scherer

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2014

Lee Green

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2014

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous Health Dear Professor Kandola, 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]. I read your paper "Implementing and evaluating a program to facilitate chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: a mixed methods program evaluation." (2014), and it 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 "How will the immune response to COVID-19 vaccination among Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories change over time?" (2021), 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]