Kathy Belton, University of Calgary

Research

Concussion Epidemiology Injury Mixed-Methods Peer-Support Prevention Risk Factors Sport

Latest funding

You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000
SHRed Injuries: Preventing Injuries and their Consequences in Youth Sport and Recreation
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$1,039,450
The Built Environment and Active Transportation Safety in Children and Youth
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,935,110

You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Emery, Carolyn A; Fuselli, Pamela A; Paulgaard, Julia R; Babul, Shelina; Belton, Kathy L; Macpherson, Alison; Mchugh, Tara-Leigh; Moore, Sarah A; Ramsay, Scott; Reed, Nicholas; Russell, Kelly F; Schneider, Kathryn J

Keywords: Concussion; Epidemiology; Injury; Mixed-Methods; Peer-Support; Prevention; Risk Factors; Sport; Surveillance; Youth

$1,500,000

SHRed Injuries: Preventing Injuries and their Consequences in Youth Sport and Recreation

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Emery, Carolyn A

Keywords: Child And Adolescent; Concussion; Epidemiology; Healthy Outcomes; Injury; Musculoskeletal Injury; Physiotherapy; Prevention; Sport And Recreation; Sport Medicine

$1,039,450

The Built Environment and Active Transportation Safety in Children and Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prevention Research

Principal investigators: Hagel, Brent E; Fuselli, Pamela A; Howard, Andrew W; Macpherson, Alison

Keywords: Active Transportation; Bicycling; Built Environment; Children; Motor Vehicle Collisions; Pedestrian

$1,935,110

The Built Environment and Active Transportation Safety in Children and Youth

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prevention Research - LOI

Principal investigators: Hagel, Brent E; Fuselli, Pamela A; Howard, Andrew W

Keywords: Active Transportation; Bicycling; Built Environment; Children; Motor Vehicle Collisions; Pedestrian

$49,973

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: Concussion Dear Professor Belton, 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 concussion 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 "You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions" (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]