Laurie Wood Ducharme

Research

Breastfeeding Community Engagment Healthy Living Indigenous Land-Based Activities Pregnancy Youth

Latest funding

Co-designing enhanced models of care for First Nations Children at risk for childhood-onset type 2 diabetes: The Next Generation Birth Cohort.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,484,100

All 1 grants and awards

Co-designing enhanced models of care for First Nations Children at risk for childhood-onset type 2 diabetes: The Next Generation Birth Cohort.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wicklow, Brandy A; Sellers, Elizabeth A; Wood Ducharme, Laurie

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Community Engagment; Healthy Living; Indigenous; Land-Based Activities; Pregnancy; Youth

$1,484,100

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: Breastfeeding Dear Professor Wood Ducharme, 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 breastfeeding 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 "Co-designing enhanced models of care for First Nations Children at risk for childhood-onset type 2 diabetes: The Next Generation Birth Cohort." (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]