Les Jacobs, Ontario Tech University

Research

Latest funding

Innovative approaches to reduce the burden of unmet health care needs in aging Canadians with musculoskeletal conditions: A comprehensive investigation to improve health services and health equity
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$270,000
EDI Stipend
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
$19,500
Building sustainable capacity to foster equity, diversity and inclusion on campus
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$384,700

Innovative approaches to reduce the burden of unmet health care needs in aging Canadians with musculoskeletal conditions: A comprehensive investigation to improve health services and health equity

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - Musculoskeletal Health

Principal investigators: Wong, Jessica

Keywords: Aging; Disability And Rehabilitation; Equity, Diversity, And Inclusion; Health Inequities; Health Services; Integrated Knowledge Mobilization; Musculoskeletal Conditions; Older Adults; Population Risk Tool; Unmet Healthcare Needs

$270,000

EDI Stipend

Nominated PICIHR2020Chair: Canada Research Chairs Program Institutional Equity Stipend

Principal investigators: Jacobs, Les

Keywords: Edi

$19,500

Building sustainable capacity to foster equity, diversity and inclusion on campus

Principal investigatorNSERC2018EDI Institutional Capacity-Building Grants Program

Principal investigators: Jacobs, Les

$384,700

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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