Joel Abram, University of Toronto

Research

Community Engaged Participatory Research Health Related Quality Of Life Indigenous Ways Of Knowing Measurement Characteristics Patient Reported Outcome Measures Questionnaire Development, Validation

Latest funding

Advancing Culturally Grounded Measurement of Adult Wellbeing in First Nations: Adaptation and Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$864,450

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Advancing Culturally Grounded Measurement of Adult Wellbeing in First Nations: Adaptation and Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Mucsi, Istvan; Abram, Joel W; Mushquash, Christopher J

Keywords: Community Engaged Participatory Research; Health Related Quality Of Life; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing; Measurement Characteristics; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Questionnaire Development, Validation

$864,450

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: Community Engaged Participatory Research Dear Professor Abram, 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 community engaged participatory research 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 "Advancing Culturally Grounded Measurement of Adult Wellbeing in First Nations: Adaptation and Validation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures" (2026), 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]