Maria Parrilla Lopez (Santana), University of Alberta

Research

Brain Injury Co-Design Outcome Measures Patient-Centred Care Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Rehabilitation Spinal Cord Injury Stroke

Latest funding

Advancing Learning in Neurorehabilitation (ALIGN): Co-design, implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred measurement framework within a provincial learning health system.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$596,701
Setting Patient-Oriented Research Priorities to Advance Equity in Cancer Care in Alberta: A Community-Based Health Equity Workshop
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$50,000

All 2 grants and awards

Advancing Learning in Neurorehabilitation (ALIGN): Co-design, implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred measurement framework within a provincial learning health system.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: McCabe, Erin; Ho, Chester; Manhas, Kiran J; Parrilla Lopez (Santana), Maria Jose; Zwicker, Jennifer D

Keywords: Brain Injury; Co-Design; Outcome Measures; Patient-Centred Care; Patient-Reported Outcome Measures; Rehabilitation; Spinal Cord Injury; Stroke

$596,701

Setting Patient-Oriented Research Priorities to Advance Equity in Cancer Care in Alberta: A Community-Based Health Equity Workshop

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Santos Salas, Anna; Pujadas Botey, Anna

Keywords: Alberta; Cancer Care; Community Engagement; Equity; Patient-Oriented Research

$50,000

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: Brain Injury Dear Professor Parrilla Lopez (Santana), 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 brain injury 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 "Advancing Learning in Neurorehabilitation (ALIGN): Co-design, implementation and evaluation of a patient-centred measurement framework within a provincial learning health system." (2025), 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]