Ahmed Mater, University of Calgary

Research

Addictions Child And Adolescent Comparative Effectiveness Emergency Department Health Information Management Home And Community-Based Care Implementation Science Mental Health

Latest funding

Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis (PRoMPT BOLUS)
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,503,226
A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$3,000,000
PRecision medicine for IMproving the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis in the Emergency Department (PRIMED)
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,518,524

All 3 grants and awards

Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis (PRoMPT BOLUS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Graham C; Balamuth, Frances; Freedman, Stephen B; Weiss, Scott L

Keywords: Child; Emergency Department; Fluid Management; Pragmatic Randomized Trial; Sepsis

$1,503,226

A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: SPOR Innovative Clinical Trial Multi-Year Grant

Principal investigators: Freedman, Stephen B; Stang, Antonia S; Stubbs, Michael D; Wasylak, Tracy J; Wright, Bruce; Berthelot, Simon; Cherry, Jonathan; Eltorki, Mohamed; Finkelstein, Yaron; Gagnon, Isabelle; Joubert, Gary I; Lipman, Ellen L; Macdonald, Lee; Mater, Ahmed; Newton, Mandi S; Porter, Robert; Rasiah, Jananee; Sareen, Jitender; Sawyer, Scott; Taljaard, Monica

Keywords: Addictions; Child And Adolescent; Comparative Effectiveness; Emergency Department; Health Information Management; Home And Community-Based Care; Implementation Science; Mental Health; Patient Oriented Research; Patient Priorities

$3,000,000

PRecision medicine for IMproving the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis in the Emergency Department (PRIMED)

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Graham C; Vogel, Hans (Harm) J

Keywords: Appendicitis; Biomarkers; Child; Emergency Medicine; Metabolomics; Metallomics; Precision Medicine; Proteomics

$1,518,524

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: Addictions Dear Professor Mater, 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 addictions 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 "A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle" (2019), 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]