Julie Francis, Queen's University

Research

Cancer Prevention Cervical Cancer Community-Based Research Human Papillomavirus Implementation Research Indigenous Health Screening

Latest funding

Enhancing Cervical Cancer Prevention: HPV Self-Sampling and Community-led Strategies for Indigenous Women in Northern Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$673,200
Listening to our Women: Understanding barriers, enablers, and strategies to cervical cancer screening uptake using HPV DNA self-sampling through participatory, community-based approaches among Indigenous women living remotely in Ontario
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$600,000

All 2 grants and awards

Enhancing Cervical Cancer Prevention: HPV Self-Sampling and Community-led Strategies for Indigenous Women in Northern Ontario

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Yeates, Karen; Francis, Julie Ann; Innes, Elaine S

Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Cervical Cancer; Community-Based Research; Human Papillomavirus; Implementation Research; Indigenous Health; Screening

$673,200

Listening to our Women: Understanding barriers, enablers, and strategies to cervical cancer screening uptake using HPV DNA self-sampling through participatory, community-based approaches among Indigenous women living remotely in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Op. Grant: NWHRI: Innovation Fund - Healthcare implementation research

Principal investigators: Yeates, Karen; Innes, Elaine S

Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Cervical Cancer; Community-Based Research; Human Papillomavirus; Implementation Research; Indigenous Health; Screening

$600,000

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: Cancer Prevention Dear Professor Francis, 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 cancer prevention 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 "Enhancing Cervical Cancer Prevention: HPV Self-Sampling and Community-led Strategies for Indigenous Women in Northern Ontario" (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]