Michelle Phoenix, University of Calgary

Research

Access To Healthcare And Provider Decision-Making Canadian Health And Social Policy Systems Caregivers/Families Children, Youth, And Adults With Disabilities Disability Policy And Income Support Programs Disability Tax Credit Health Equity And Social Determinants Of Health Mixed-Methods Design

Latest funding

ACCESS-DTC: Advancing Community and Clinical Engagement for Systemic Solutions in Applying for the Disability Tax Credit
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$952,425
Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

All 2 grants and awards

ACCESS-DTC: Advancing Community and Clinical Engagement for Systemic Solutions in Applying for the Disability Tax Credit

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Zwicker, Jennifer D; Lach, Lucyna M; Phoenix, Michelle; Shikako, Keiko

Keywords: Access To Healthcare And Provider Decision-Making; Canadian Health And Social Policy Systems; Caregivers/Families; Children, Youth, And Adults With Disabilities; Disability Policy And Income Support Programs; Disability Tax Credit; Health Equity And Social Determinants Of Health; Mixed-Methods Design; Participatory Co-Design And User-Centred Solution Developmen

$952,425

Empowering Next-generation Researchers in perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Human Dev. Child and Youth Health

Principal investigators: Samuel, Susan M; Andrade, Brendan; Archibald, Mandy M; Benchimol, Eric I; Birken, Catherine S; Chafe, Roger E; Chaillet, Nils; Jans, Jop; Keijzer, Richard; King, Alexandra; King, Malcolm; Mandhane, Piush; Poonai, Naveen; Pritchard-Wiart, Lesley; Regnault, Timothy R; Salami, Bukola O; Stinson, Jennifer N; Tersigni, Claudia A; Thomson, Ron; Walsh, Catharine M; Zwicker, Jill G

Keywords: Child; Child Health; Clinician; Equity; Human Development; Life Cycle; Perinatal Health; Scientist; Training; Youth

$2,400,000

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: Access To Healthcare And Provider Decision-Making Dear Professor Phoenix, 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 access to healthcare and provider decision-making 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 "ACCESS-DTC: Advancing Community and Clinical Engagement for Systemic Solutions in Applying for the Disability Tax Credit" (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]