Margaret Mcneely, University of Ottawa

Research

Exercise Pragmatic Trials Prehabilitation Randomized Trials Surgery

Latest funding

STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$260,100

STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Daniel I; Gillis, Chelsia A; Hallet, Julie; Kidd, Gurlavine D; Mcneely, Margaret L; Taljaard, Monica; Tandon, Puneeta; Wijeysundera, Duminda N

Keywords: Exercise; Pragmatic Trials; Prehabilitation; Randomized Trials; Surgery

$260,100

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: Exercise Dear Professor Mcneely, 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 exercise 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 "STRIVE before surgery trial: a vanguard pragmatic multicenter randomized trial of Structured TRaining to Improve fitness in a Virtual Environment before surgery" (2021), 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]