Brett Thombs, University of the Fraser Valley

Research

Capacity Building Chronic Illness/Disease Co-Design Digital Health Health Sciences Research Patient-Engagement Peer Support Review

Latest funding

Engaging patients to scale a peer leader training developed in systemic sclerosis to other musculoskeletal, rheumatic, and chronic diseases
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$20,000
A Patient-Researcher Partnership to Support Mental Health among People with a Rare Autoimmune Disease during COVID-19: the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network COVID-19 Home-isolation Activities Together (SPIN-CHAT) Program and Trial.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 2 grants and awards

Engaging patients to scale a peer leader training developed in systemic sclerosis to other musculoskeletal, rheumatic, and chronic diseases

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Wurz, Amanda J; Culos-Reed, S.Nicole; Rice, Danielle B; Thombs, Brett D

Keywords: Capacity Building; Chronic Illness/Disease; Co-Design; Digital Health; Health Sciences Research; Patient-Engagement; Peer Support; Review; Self-Management

$20,000

A Patient-Researcher Partnership to Support Mental Health among People with a Rare Autoimmune Disease during COVID-19: the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network COVID-19 Home-isolation Activities Together (SPIN-CHAT) Program and Trial.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024CIHR-IMHA Inclusive Research Excellence Prizes - Patient Engagement

Principal investigators: Wurz, Amanda J; Thombs, Brett D

Keywords: Knowledge Translation; Mental Health; Patient Engagement; People With Lived Experience; Rare Disease; Scleroderma; Stakeholder Collaboration; Systemic Sclerosis

$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: Capacity Building Dear Professor Thombs, 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 capacity building 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 "Engaging patients to scale a peer leader training developed in systemic sclerosis to other musculoskeletal, rheumatic, and chronic diseases" (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]