Nicholas Reed, 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

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

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 Reed, 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]