Toshifumi Yokota, University of Calgary

Research

Disease Prevalence Indigenous Health Neuromuscular Disease Clinical Care Education Neuromuscular Disease Research Network Research

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
The Canadian Neuromuscular Network (CAN-NMD)
CIHR · 2013 · Principal investigator
$575,614

All 2 grants and awards

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

The Canadian Neuromuscular Network (CAN-NMD)

Principal investigatorCIHR2013Network Catalyst Grant: Skeletal Muscle Research

Principal investigators: Korngut, Lawrence W; Campbell, Craig Gordon N; Gagnon, Cynthia; Genge, Angela L; Jasmin, Bernard J; Kothary, Rashmi K; Mah, Jean K; McMillan, Hugh J; Nicolle, Michael W; Warman Chardon, Jodi; Yokota, Toshifumi

Keywords: Clinical Care; Education; Neuromuscular Disease Research Network; Research

$575,614

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 Yokota, 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]