Richard Oster, Simon Fraser University

Research

Child Development Dohad Indigenous Health Life Course Maternal And Child Health Non-Communicable Diseases Nutrition Resilience

Latest funding

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$14,100,000

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Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: I-HeLTI Cohort Research Study

Principal investigators: Lucas, Lynnette J; Bell, Rhonda C; Bill, Lea; Montesanti, Stephanie R; Nepomnaschy, Pablo A; Oster, Richard T; Reading, Jeffrey L; Titone, Sebastien; Venners, Scott; Waddell, Charlotte A; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Child Development; Dohad; Indigenous Health; Life Course; Maternal And Child Health; Non-Communicable Diseases; Nutrition; Resilience; Social And Biological Determinants Of Health And Development; Stress And Trauma

$14,100,000

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: Child Development Dear Professor Oster, 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 child development 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 "Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities" (2022), 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]