Laura Cowen, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest papers

A mixed methods approach to delineating and understanding injection practices among clientele of a Victoria, British Columbia needle exchange program.
Drug and alcohol review · 2011
Global proteome analysis of Leptospira interrogans.
Journal of proteome research · 2009
Worry as a window into the lives of people who use injection drugs: a factor analysis approach.
Harm reduction journal · 2009

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Health Emergencies: Estimating the prevalence of the bacteria pneumonia and COVID-19 diseases, and quantifying COVID-19 impacts on vulnerable population such as opioid overdose for effective monitoring and planning.
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$270,000
Modifying an Acoustic Zooplankton and Fish Profiler for quantitative spatial sampling of baleen whale prey in British Columbia._x000d_ _x000d_
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Methods for modeling population dynamics
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$198,000

All 8 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

A mixed methods approach to delineating and understanding injection practices among clientele of a Victoria, British Columbia needle exchange program.

Gibson EK, Exner H, Stone R, Lindquist J, Cowen L, Roth EA

Drug and alcohol review2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00219.x PMID: 21355916

02

Global proteome analysis of Leptospira interrogans.

Eshghi A, Cullen PA, Cowen L, Zuerner RL, Cameron CE

Journal of proteome research2009

DOI: 10.1021/pr9004597 PMID: 19663501

03

Worry as a window into the lives of people who use injection drugs: a factor analysis approach.

Exner H, Gibson EK, Stone R, Lindquist J, Cowen L, Roth EA

Harm reduction journal2009

DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-20 PMID: 19640277

04

The Jolly-Seber model with tag loss.

Cowen L, Schwarz CJ

Biometrics2006First author

DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00523.x PMID: 16984310

Emerging Infectious Diseases and Health Emergencies: Estimating the prevalence of the bacteria pneumonia and COVID-19 diseases, and quantifying COVID-19 impacts on vulnerable population such as opioid overdose for effective monitoring and planning.

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - Pandemic Prepared./Health Emergencies

Principal investigators: OLOBATUYI, KEHINDE

Keywords: Bacteria Pneumonia; Covid-19 Disease Prevalence; Covid-19 Impacts On The Vulnerable Population; Opioid Overdose; Streptococcus Pneumococcal Serotype

$270,000

Modifying an Acoustic Zooplankton and Fish Profiler for quantitative spatial sampling of baleen whale prey in British Columbia._x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Cowen, Laura

$20,000

Methods for modeling population dynamics

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowen, Laura

Keywords: capture-recapture; hidden markov models; bayesian hierarchical models; data integration; statistical ecology; abundance estimation; wildlife populations demography; hard-to-reach populations; extended batch-marking models

$198,000

Statistical Methods for Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Brown, Patrick

$750,000

Capture-recapture for population modelling.

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowen, Laura

$77,000

Computational resources for mathematics & statistics

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Lesperance, Mary

$71,100

Modeling animal populations with capture-recapture

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowen, Laura

$60,000

Computing facility

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Zhou, Julie

$80,805

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 Dear Professor Cowen, 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]. I read your paper "A mixed methods approach to delineating and understanding injection practices among clientele of a Victoria, British Columbia needle exchange program." (2011), and it 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 NSERC-funded project "Modifying an Acoustic Zooplankton and Fish Profiler for quantitative spatial sampling of baleen whale prey in British Columbia._x000d_ _x000d_" (2020), 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]