Della Herrera, University of Toronto

Research

Data Linkage Data Visualization Health Survey Indigenous Data Sovereignty Knowledge Network Population Health Assessment Quantitative Indigenous Methodologies Respondent Driven Sampling

Latest funding

Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$4,284,000

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Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Smylie, Janet K; Bourgeois, Cheryllee; Cyr, Monica; Herrera, Della; McKnight, Constance; Muir, Nicole; Razak, Fahad; Ross, Todd; Rotondi, Michael A; Sinclair, Stephanie A; Star, Leona; Verma, Amol

Keywords: Data Linkage; Data Visualization; Health Survey; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Knowledge Network; Population Health Assessment; Quantitative Indigenous Methodologies; Respondent Driven Sampling

$4,284,000

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: Data Linkage Dear Professor Herrera, 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 data linkage 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 "Our Health Counts Next Generations: Advancing Indigenist Data and Data Sovereignty to Assure Wellbeing Across Urban and Related Homelands" (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]