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Denise Spitzer

ResearcherInstitute of Population HealthUniversity of Ottawa

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Denise Spitzer

Researcher

Institute of Population Health

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
No publications since 2019.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (7 SSHRC, 3 CIHR), most recently in 2017.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2009.

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Research

Health Human Resources Health Policy Labour Policy Migration Sex/Gender Analysis Intersectionality Migrant Workers Occupational Health

Latest papers

Understanding Social Network and Support for Older Immigrants in Ontario, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study.
JMIR aging · 2019
Globalization and the health of Canadians: 'Having a job is the most important thing'.
Globalization and health · 2015
Cultural influences on palliative family caregiving: service recommendations specific to the Vietnamese in Canada
BMC Research Notes · 2015 · senior author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

The lives of migrant remittances: an Asian comparative study
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$317,613
Aging well: partnering to optimize social network and support for older immigrants in Ontario
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$200,000
Developing a tool for analyzing and planning for sex/gender in research on the international migration of health workers
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$9,750

All 19 grants and awards

The lives of migrant remittances: an Asian comparative study

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L.

Keywords: remittances; migrant workers; globalization; participatory research; Southeast Asia

$317,613

Aging well: partnering to optimize social network and support for older immigrants in Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Guruge, Sepali

Keywords: older immigrants; informal and formal social support; access to services; network mapping; urban and less-urbanized settings; Ontario; university-community partnerships

$200,000

Developing a tool for analyzing and planning for sex/gender in research on the international migration of health workers

Principal investigatorCIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bourgeault, Ivy L; Spitzer, Denise L

Keywords: Health Human Resources; Health Policy; Labour Policy; Migration; Sex/Gender Analysis

$9,750

Intersections of Gender, Work and Health: Migrant Beer Sellers in Southeast Asia

Nominated PICIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L

Keywords: Intersectionality; Migrant Workers; Occupational Health; Participatory Research; Precarious Labour; Social Determinants Of Health; Southeast Asia

$264,294

Ottawa-Ogaden Region research partnership

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L.

Keywords: collaboration; research; training; Ethiopia; Canada; Somalia

$195,402

Images of a Globalized World: Collaborative Visual Ethnography, Intersectionality, and Health

Nominated PICIHR2012Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Gender, Sex and Health Research

Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise L

Keywords: Global-Local Interactions; Globalization And Health; Intersectional Analysis; Participatory Research Methods; Political Economy Of Health; Visual Ethnography

$25,000

Social support intervention for Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Stewart, Miriam J.

Keywords: support intervention; social support; refugees; immigrants; new parents; Sudanese; Zimbabwean; peer support; intervention agents; loneliness; family conflict; culture; culturally appropriate services

$234,571

Improving Access to Reproductive Health Services for Migrant Asian Women: Research Planning Meeting

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants

Principal investigators: Webber, Gail C

Keywords: Access To Health Services; Asia; Beer Promoters; Migrant Women; Reproductive Health

$20,000

Canada Research Chair in Gender, Migration and Health

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Spitzer, Denise Lee

Keywords: gender; migration; health; global economy; social change; migrant lives

$500,000

Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues affecting Southeast Asian Beer Promoters

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Knowledge Translation Supplement

Principal investigators: Webber, Gail C

Keywords: Access To Health Care; Migrant Women; Reproductive Health; Sexual Health; Southeast Asia

$40,000

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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Denise Spitzer

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Understanding Social Network and Support for Older Immigrants in Ontario, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed-Methods Study.

Globalization and the health of Canadians: 'Having a job is the most important thing'.

Cultural influences on palliative family caregiving: service recommendations specific to the Vietnamese in Canada

Kenyan nurses involvement in national policy development processes.

Facilitators and barriers to accessing reproductive health care for migrant beer promoters in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam: a mixed methods study.

Official language proficiency and self-reported health among immigrants to Canada.

The lives of migrant remittances: an Asian comparative study

Aging well: partnering to optimize social network and support for older immigrants in Ontario

Developing a tool for analyzing and planning for sex/gender in research on the international migration of health workers

Intersections of Gender, Work and Health: Migrant Beer Sellers in Southeast Asia

Ottawa-Ogaden Region research partnership

Images of a Globalized World: Collaborative Visual Ethnography, Intersectionality, and Health

Social support intervention for Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents

Improving Access to Reproductive Health Services for Migrant Asian Women: Research Planning Meeting

Canada Research Chair in Gender, Migration and Health

Addressing the Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues affecting Southeast Asian Beer Promoters

Frequent collaborators

Kelli Stajduhar

Kevin Pottie

Michael Orsini

Sepali Guruge

Souraya Sidani

Souraya Sidani

Lu Wang

Souraya Sidani

Nancy Edwards

Ilene Hyman

Allison Williams