Karen Wood, University of Calgary

Research

Adverse Childhood Experiences Community Services Evidence-Based Care Family Violence Gender- And Sex-Based Analysis Girls And Women Health System Tranformation Intergenerational Trauma

Latest funding

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$1,899,617
Attachment & Child Health (ATTACH) Program: Promoting Vulnerable Children's Health At Scale
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$523,992

All 2 grants and awards

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Girls/Women's Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Darroch, Francine E; Jackson, Margaret A; Jaffe, Peter G; Leason, Jennifer L; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rickards, Tracey; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley; Wood, Karen E

Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences; Community Services; Evidence-Based Care; Family Violence; Gender- And Sex-Based Analysis; Girls And Women; Health System Tranformation; Intergenerational Trauma; Intersectionality; Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Prevention

$1,899,617

Attachment & Child Health (ATTACH) Program: Promoting Vulnerable Children's Health At Scale

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

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Collier, Carrie L; Lalonde, Simone; Pliszka, Harold; Varro, Suzanna; Ross, Kharah M

Keywords: Children'S Development; Feasibility/Utility; Immune Biomarkers; Implementation Science; Innovative Clinical Trial; Integrated Knowledge Transfer; Parent-Child Relationships; Parental Reflective Function; Patient-Engaged Research; Qualitative Interviews

$523,992

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: Adverse Childhood Experiences Dear Professor Wood, 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 adverse childhood experiences 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 "Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health" (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]