Elena Lopatina, University of Ottawa

Research

Chronic Pain Culturally Safe Education Indigenous Health Indigenous Peoples Mental Health Pain Substance Use

Latest funding

Improving Chronic Pain Care with and for Indigenous Peoples: Planning for the Co-Development and Implementation of Indigenous Chronic Pain Resources Using A Two-Eyed Seeing Approach
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$50,000

Improving Chronic Pain Care with and for Indigenous Peoples: Planning for the Co-Development and Implementation of Indigenous Chronic Pain Resources Using A Two-Eyed Seeing Approach

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Poulin, Patricia A; Lopatina, Elena

Keywords: Chronic Pain; Culturally Safe; Education; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Peoples; Mental Health; Pain; Substance Use

$50,000

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: Chronic Pain Dear Professor Lopatina, 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 chronic pain 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 "Improving Chronic Pain Care with and for Indigenous Peoples: Planning for the Co-Development and Implementation of Indigenous Chronic Pain Resources Using A Two-Eyed Seeing Approach" (2024), 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]