David Kepes, Simon Fraser University

Research

Befriending Intervention Knowledge Mobilization Knowledge Synthesis Loneliness Seniors Social Isolation

Latest funding

Promoting Cognitive Wellbeing in Seniors Through Intergenerational Befriending Interventions: Developing and Tailoring the CompanionLink Program
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$99,518

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Promoting Cognitive Wellbeing in Seniors Through Intergenerational Befriending Interventions: Developing and Tailoring the CompanionLink Program

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Operating Grant: BHCIA: Knowledge Synthesis and Mobilization Grants

Principal investigators: Card, Kiffer G; Kepes, David; Taverna, Franco

Keywords: Befriending; Intervention; Knowledge Mobilization; Knowledge Synthesis; Loneliness; Seniors; Social Isolation

$99,518

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: Befriending Dear Professor Kepes, 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 befriending 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 "Promoting Cognitive Wellbeing in Seniors Through Intergenerational Befriending Interventions: Developing and Tailoring the CompanionLink Program" (2023), 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]