Ashley Balsom, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

Health Services Inclusive Research Outreach Sex And Gender Science

Latest funding

Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$50,000
GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,400,000

Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Swift-Gallant, Ashlyn; Balsom, Ashley A; Byrne, Alyson; Cahill, Lindsay; Savas, Sevtap; Sheppard, Gillian A

Keywords: Health Services; Inclusive Research; Outreach; Sex And Gender Science

$50,000

GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Girls/Women's Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Metcalfe, Amy L; Brennand, Erin A; Gordon, Jennifer L; Van Lieshout, Ryan J

Keywords: Career Development; Gender; Girls; Health; Interdisciplinary; Mentorship; National; Training Program; Wellbeing; Women

$2,400,000

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: Health Services Dear Professor Balsom, 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 health services 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 "Half the Population, just 7% of the Funding: The Sex and Gender Health Gap An Engaging, Bilingual Educational Documentary" (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]