Adrian Wagg, University of Lethbridge

Research

Assisted Living Healthy Ageing Residential Care Sedentary Behaviour Sitting

Latest funding

Stand When You Can: Feasibility of a multi-level intervention to modify sedentary behaviour among older adults in assisted living.
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$91,262

All 1 grants and awards

Stand When You Can: Feasibility of a multi-level intervention to modify sedentary behaviour among older adults in assisted living.

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Catalyst Gr: Disease Prev./Risk Factor Modification - Non-communicable diseases

Principal investigators: Copeland, Jennifer L; Wagg, Adrian S; Bouchard, Danielle; Dogra, Shilpa; Pope, Jacquelyn P

Keywords: Assisted Living; Healthy Ageing; Residential Care; Sedentary Behaviour; Sitting

$91,262

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: Assisted Living Dear Professor Wagg, 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 assisted living 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 "Stand When You Can: Feasibility of a multi-level intervention to modify sedentary behaviour among older adults in assisted living." (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]