James Watson, University of Calgary

Research

Community-Based Research Employment Conditions Lived Experience Workforce Participatory Research Patient-Oriented Research Policy Analysis Precarious Employment Structural Determinants Of Health

Latest funding

Impacts of institutional policies on the ways universities employ community researchers.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$124,454

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Impacts of institutional policies on the ways universities employ community researchers.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health-POR Approach

Principal investigators: Marshall, Zack; Waleed, Muhammad Furqan; Watson, James R

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Employment Conditions; Lived Experience Workforce; Participatory Research; Patient-Oriented Research; Policy Analysis; Precarious Employment; Structural Determinants Of Health

$124,454

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: Community-Based Research Dear Professor Watson, 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 community-based research 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 "Impacts of institutional policies on the ways universities employ community researchers." (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]