Kathy McCoy, University of British Columbia

Research

Cancer Prevention Dietary Intake Gut Microbiome Metabolism Population Health Ultra-Processed Foods

Latest funding

Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000
A disease-modifying role for the microbiome in Parkinson's disease: from clinical progression to intervention
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 2 grants and awards

Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention - Ultra-Processed Foods

Principal investigators: Murphy, Rachel; Prescott, David; Kirkpatrick, Sharon; Lamarche, Benoît; McCoy, Kathy

Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Dietary Intake; Gut Microbiome; Metabolism; Population Health; Ultra-Processed Foods

$1,000,000

A disease-modifying role for the microbiome in Parkinson's disease: from clinical progression to intervention

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Appel-Cresswell, Silke; Finlay, Barton B; Martino, Davide; Rousseaux, Maxime W; Schlossmacher, Michael G

Keywords: Alpha-Synuclein; Animal Studies; Faecal Transfer; Host Genetics; Human Cohorts; Inflammation; Lipidomics; Microbiome; Parkinson'S Disease; Sex

$25,000

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: Cancer Prevention Dear Professor McCoy, 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 cancer prevention 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 "Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)" (2025), 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]