William Wong, Queen's University

Research

Biomedical Clinical Research Community Involvement Epidemiology Hepatitis C Virus Integrated Knowledge Translation Liver Disease Public Health/Policy

Latest funding

Leveraging Momentum: Scaling the Syphilis Point-of-care Test and Treat Outreach Model of Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,116,900
The 13th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus (CSHCV)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Liver Fibrosis: Leveraging Novel Statistical Methods to Determine Optimal Screening Strategy for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$390,150

All 3 grants and awards

Leveraging Momentum: Scaling the Syphilis Point-of-care Test and Treat Outreach Model of Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Saeed, Sahar Z; Carter, Megan A; Guan, Tianxiu H

Keywords: Community Based; Decentralized Model Of Care; Point Of Care Testing; Public Health; Syphilis

$1,116,900

The 13th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus (CSHCV)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Saeed, Sahar Z; Wong, William Wai Lun

Keywords: Biomedical; Clinical Research; Community Involvement; Epidemiology; Hepatitis C Virus; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Liver Disease; Public Health/Policy; Stbbi; Viral Hepatitis

$20,000

Liver Fibrosis: Leveraging Novel Statistical Methods to Determine Optimal Screening Strategy for People Living with Type 2 Diabetes

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Saeed, Sahar Z; Flemming, Jennifer A

Keywords: Adminstrative Data (Ices); Cirrhosis; Liver Disease; Maslf/Nafld; Metabolic Disease; Multistate Models; Screening; Type 2 Diabetes

$390,150

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: Biomedical Dear Professor Wong, 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 biomedical 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 "The 13th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus (CSHCV)" (2023), 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]