Cheryl Peters, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

Environmental Exposures First Nations Health Radon Risk Communication Working Network

Latest funding

Climate Care Toronto: A digital citizen science initiative to address adverse climate change impacts on health across high-risk communities in Toronto
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$124,972
Informing Kanehsatake First Nation about the risks associated with radon exposure
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$10,000
Sun safety app for outdoor workers: a proof-of-concept intervention with RCT.
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$49,764

Climate Care Toronto: A digital citizen science initiative to address adverse climate change impacts on health across high-risk communities in Toronto

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Bhawra, Jasmin; Tait, Kathryn; Katapally, Tarun R

Keywords: Climate Change; Climate Justice; Community Health; Community-Based Participatory Research; Digital Citizen Science; Digital Health; Health Equity; Socioecological Determinants Of Health; Urban Health

$124,972

Informing Kanehsatake First Nation about the risks associated with radon exposure

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Larsen, Kristian R; Chan, Laurie H; Peters, Cheryl E

Keywords: Environmental Exposures; First Nations Health; Radon; Risk Communication; Working Network

$10,000

Sun safety app for outdoor workers: a proof-of-concept intervention with RCT.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: CCS/CIHR Action Grants

Principal investigators: Tenkate, Thomas D

Keywords: Cancer

$49,764

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: Environmental Exposures Dear Professor Peters, 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 environmental exposures 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 "Informing Kanehsatake First Nation about the risks associated with radon exposure" (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]