Heather Rudderham, Lakehead University

Research

Indigenous Youth Mental Health Integration Of Youth Services System Design Service Transformation

Latest funding

Strengthening capacity to support Indigenous youth and communities by sharing and learning from wise practices, data, and stories
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,258,472
Bridging the gap from "standards" to "wise practices" in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches for adapting and applying standards and learning health system thinking to support Indigenous youth and communities
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$192,950
Developing context-specific and culturally relevant wise practices for transforming youth mental health services in Indigenous contexts
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$250,000

Strengthening capacity to support Indigenous youth and communities by sharing and learning from wise practices, data, and stories

Co-investigatorCIHR2023IYS-Net Phase 1: Building Learning Health System Net. - Stream 1 Network Grants

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Restoule, Brenda; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Ferrari, Manuela; Iyer, Srividya N; Young, Nancy L

Keywords: Indigenous Youth Mental Health; Integration Of Youth Services; Service Transformation; System Design

$1,258,472

Bridging the gap from "standards" to "wise practices" in youth mental health: Co-designing approaches for adapting and applying standards and learning health system thinking to support Indigenous youth and communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Standards for Children/Youth Mental Health Serv.- Indigenous-led settings

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Hopkins, Carol A; Linklater, Renee; Restoule, Brenda; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Cultural Adaptation Of Standards; Implementation Science; Indigenous Mental Health; Learning Health Systems; Well-Being And Resilience; Youth Mental Health

$192,950

Developing context-specific and culturally relevant wise practices for transforming youth mental health services in Indigenous contexts

Principal investigatorCIHR2022National Standards for Integrated Youth Services

Principal investigators: Mushquash, Christopher J; Ballantyne, Clifford T; Rudderham, Heather M; Iyer, Srividya N

Keywords: Indigenous Youth Mental Health; Integration Of Youth Services System Design; Service Transformation

$250,000

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: Indigenous Youth Mental Health Dear Professor Rudderham, 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 indigenous youth mental health 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 "Developing context-specific and culturally relevant wise practices for transforming youth mental health services in Indigenous contexts" (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]