Grace Getty, University of New Brunswick

Research

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Latest papers

Review: sexual abstinence only programmes do not affect STIs or HIV risk behaviours in high-income countries.
Evidence-based nursing · 2008 · first author
'Tapping a tie': successful partnerships in managing addictions with methadone.
Issues in mental health nursing · 2007 · senior author

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Latest funding

Migration, Mobility, Health and Health Equity: Addressing the Disparities in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care Experienced by Aboriginal People in Canada
CIHR · 2010 · Principal investigator
$15,000

All 1 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Review: sexual abstinence only programmes do not affect STIs or HIV risk behaviours in high-income countries.

Getty G

Evidence-based nursing2008First author

DOI: 10.1136/ebn.11.1.9 PMID: 18192514

02

'Tapping a tie': successful partnerships in managing addictions with methadone.

Wilson K, MacIntosh J, Getty G

Issues in mental health nursing2007Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/01612840701522176 PMID: 17786676

Migration, Mobility, Health and Health Equity: Addressing the Disparities in HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Care Experienced by Aboriginal People in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Principal investigators: Tyndall, Mark W; Calzavara, Liviana; Getty, Grace A; Littlejohn, Doreen; Masching, Renee; Millson, Margaret E; Monette, Laverne E; O'Brien-Teengs, Doris; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Aboriginal People; Capacity Building; Community Development; Health Equity; Health Research; Hiv/Aids; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Migration; Social Determinants Of Health

$15,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Getty, 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 "Review: sexual abstinence only programmes do not affect STIs or HIV risk behaviours in high-income countries." (2008), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]