Gabriel Leung, University of Toronto

Research

Cause Of Death Mortality Surveillance Pneumonia Etiology Post Mortem Review Syndromic Surveillance Verbal Autopsy

Latest funding

Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator

Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Clinical management

Principal investigators: Jha, Prabhat; Ansumana, Rashid; Carshon-Marsh, Ronald R; Dikshit, Rajesh; Leung, Gabriel M; Mekonnen, Wubegzier; Qiu, Haibo; Satav, Ashish R

Keywords: Cause Of Death; Mortality Surveillance; Pneumonia Etiology; Post Mortem Review; Syndromic Surveillance; Verbal Autopsy

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: Cause Of Death Dear Professor Leung, 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 cause of death 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 "Acute Respiratory Mortality Surveillance (ARMS) for Coronavirus Infection (COVID-19): A globally relevant technology to strengthen mortality surveillance for acute respiratory deaths in many countries lacking complete medical certification of death" (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]