Tyler Verhaeghe, University of Alberta

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Alberta profile.

Latest papers

Oral Health Practices Among Indigenous Mothers and Young Children (0-36 Months) in Northwest Territories, Canada.
International journal of dentistry · 2025
Infant Feeding Practices Among Indigenous Women in Northwest Territories, Canada: Results From the Maternal and Infant Health Project.
Food science & nutrition · 2025

All 2 publications

Latest funding

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 · Co-investigator
$498,465
CARE NT: Caring and Responding in the Northwest Territories
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$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)
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,517,380

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Oral Health Practices Among Indigenous Mothers and Young Children (0-36 Months) in Northwest Territories, Canada.

Kolahdooz F, Zakkar M, Jang SL, Manning C, Verhaeghe T, Roache C, Corriveau A, DeLancey D, Wagg A, Tarrant M, Sharma S

International journal of dentistry2025

DOI: 10.1155/ijod/7094004 PMID: 41368320

02

Infant Feeding Practices Among Indigenous Women in Northwest Territories, Canada: Results From the Maternal and Infant Health Project.

Harris R, Kolahdooz F, Sharma R, Zakkar M, Wagg A, Corriveau A, Tarrant M, Irlbacher-Fox S, Verhaeghe T, Sharma S

Food science & nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.70376 PMID: 40535917

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)

Co-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)

Co-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

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

Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
Surgery
School of Nursing
Medicine

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Marie Tarrant

School of Nursing

2 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Verhaeghe, 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 "Oral Health Practices Among Indigenous Mothers and Young Children (0-36 Months) in Northwest Territories, Canada." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]

Tyler Verhaeghe