Andrea Bombak, University of Manitoba

Research

Hunger Mixed Methods Nutrition Obesity Pharmaceuticalization Type 2 Diabetes Weight Stigma

Latest funding

Examining pharmaceuticalization as a commercial determinant of health: a case study of Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$124,912
Sticky money: Exploring the acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax among Canadian Indigenous populations
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$359,550

All 2 grants and awards

Examining pharmaceuticalization as a commercial determinant of health: a case study of Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists

Principal investigatorCIHR2024CG: Moving Upstream- Struct. Det. of Health-Commercial Det. of Health Inequities

Principal investigators: Riediger, Natalie D; Canadian Nutrition Society, .; Bombak, Andrea E

Keywords: Hunger; Mixed Methods; Nutrition; Obesity; Pharmaceuticalization; Type 2 Diabetes; Weight Stigma

$124,912

Sticky money: Exploring the acceptability of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax among Canadian Indigenous populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Riediger, Natalie D; LaPlante, Jeff

Keywords: Colonialism; Diabetes; Equity; First Nation; Indigenous; Obesity; Policy; Stigma; Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax; Youth

$359,550

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: Hunger Dear Professor Bombak, 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 hunger 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 "Examining pharmaceuticalization as a commercial determinant of health: a case study of Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists" (2024), 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]