Michael Brent, University of Ottawa

Research

Culturally-Competent Interventions Diabetic Retinopathy French Health Behaviour Change Mandarin Newcomers Screening Attendance Teleophthalmology

Latest funding

Preventing blindness by going to where you are: Culturally-competent tele-retina programs to support newcomers to attend diabetic retinopathy screening
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$637,398

All 1 grants and awards

Preventing blindness by going to where you are: Culturally-competent tele-retina programs to support newcomers to attend diabetic retinopathy screening

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Presseau, Justin; Brent, Michael H; Dogba, Maman A

Keywords: Culturally-Competent Interventions; Diabetic Retinopathy; French; Health Behaviour Change; Mandarin; Newcomers; Screening Attendance; Teleophthalmology; Type 2 Diabetes; Vision Loss

$637,398

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: Culturally-Competent Interventions Dear Professor Brent, 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 culturally-competent interventions 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 "Preventing blindness by going to where you are: Culturally-competent tele-retina programs to support newcomers to attend diabetic retinopathy screening" (2020), 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]