Kerri Schellenberg, University of Calgary

Research

Disease Prevalence Indigenous Health Neuromuscular Disease

Latest funding

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy in Indigenous peoples of the prairie provinces: an interdisciplinary study addressing community needs, developing clinical knowledge and therapies
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$1,361,700

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Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy in Indigenous peoples of the prairie provinces: an interdisciplinary study addressing community needs, developing clinical knowledge and therapies

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Pfeffer, Gerald; King, Alexandra; Schellenberg, Kerri; Yokota, Toshifumi

Keywords: Disease Prevalence; Indigenous Health; Neuromuscular Disease

$1,361,700

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: Disease Prevalence Dear Professor Schellenberg, 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 disease prevalence 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 "Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy in Indigenous peoples of the prairie provinces: an interdisciplinary study addressing community needs, developing clinical knowledge and therapies" (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]