Kathryn Birnie, University of Guelph

Research

Adolescents Children Co-Design Needle Fear Pain Priority Setting Partnership Youth

Latest funding

Overcoming fears of the poke: A partnership approach to identify priorities for needle fears research, care, and policy
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$24,984

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Overcoming fears of the poke: A partnership approach to identify priorities for needle fears research, care, and policy

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: McMurtry, C. Meghan; Birnie, Kathryn A

Keywords: Adolescents; Children; Co-Design; Needle Fear; Pain; Priority Setting Partnership; Youth

$24,984

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: Adolescents Dear Professor Birnie, 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 adolescents 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 "Overcoming fears of the poke: A partnership approach to identify priorities for needle fears research, care, and policy" (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]