Richard Saffery, University of Calgary

Research

Behaviour Child Development Cogniion Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals Environmental Influences On Health Epigenetics Neurodevelopment Phthalates

Latest funding

Prenatal exposure to chemicals in plastics can cause epigenetic variation in genes associated with neurodevelopment in girls and boys
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$753,524

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Prenatal exposure to chemicals in plastics can cause epigenetic variation in genes associated with neurodevelopment in girls and boys

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dewey, Deborah M; Saffery, Richard

Keywords: Behaviour; Child Development; Cogniion; Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals; Environmental Influences On Health; Epigenetics; Neurodevelopment; Phthalates; Prenatal Exposure; Sex Differences

$753,524

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: Behaviour Dear Professor Saffery, 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 behaviour 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 "Prenatal exposure to chemicals in plastics can cause epigenetic variation in genes associated with neurodevelopment in girls and boys" (2019), 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]