Geoff Ball, Dalhousie University

Research

Behavioural Interventions Clinical Assessment Clinical Practice Guidelines Health Promotion Knowledge Translation Mental Health Pediatric Obesity Person-Centred Care

Latest funding

Disseminating the New Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Pediatric Obesity to Healthcare Providers: A Knowledge Translation Project
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$10,000

All 1 grants and awards

Disseminating the New Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Pediatric Obesity to Healthcare Providers: A Knowledge Translation Project

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Moore, Sarah A; Ball, Geoff D; Patton, Ian T

Keywords: Behavioural Interventions; Clinical Assessment; Clinical Practice Guidelines; Health Promotion; Knowledge Translation; Mental Health; Pediatric Obesity; Person-Centred Care; Pharmacological Interventions; Surgical Interventions

$10,000

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: Behavioural Interventions Dear Professor Ball, 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 behavioural interventions 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 "Disseminating the New Canadian Clinical Practice Guideline for Managing Pediatric Obesity to Healthcare Providers: A Knowledge Translation Project" (2022), 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]