Kathy McCoy, University of Toronto

Research

Immunology Microbiome Type 1 Diabetes Animal Models High-Throughput Dna Sequencing Human Birth Cohort Study Flow Cytometry Human Prospective Studies

Latest funding

Microbiome Regulation of Beta-Cell Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000
Microbiome regulation of beta cell autoimmunity and diabetes
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Control of Type 1 Diabetes Risk by Immune Responses to the Intestinal Microbiome
CIHR · 2009 · Principal investigator

All 3 grants and awards

Microbiome Regulation of Beta-Cell Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - CIHR-JDRF Pool

Principal investigators: Danska, Jayne S; Allen-Vercoe, Emma; McCoy, Kathy; Sycuro, Laura K

Keywords: Animal Models; High-Throughput Dna Sequencing; Human Birth Cohort Study; Immunology; Microbiome; Type 1 Diabetes

$1,000,000

Microbiome regulation of beta cell autoimmunity and diabetes

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Gr: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI - CIHR-JDRF Pool

Principal investigators: Danska, Jayne S; Allen-Vercoe, Emma; McCoy, Kathy; Santamaria, Pere; Sycuro, Laura K

Keywords: Flow Cytometry; Human Prospective Studies; Immunology; Metabolomics; Microbiome; Mouse Models; Multi/Variate Statistical Analysis; Type 1 Diabetes

$25,000

Control of Type 1 Diabetes Risk by Immune Responses to the Intestinal Microbiome

Principal investigatorCIHR2009Canadian Microbiome Initiative - LOI

Principal investigators: Danska, Jayne S; Macpherson, Andrew J; McCoy, Kathy; Parkinson, John; Poussier, Philippe G

Keywords: Autoimmune Diseases; Gene-Environment Interactions; Intestinal Microbiome; Longitudinal Cohort Studies; Rodent Models; Type 1 Diabetes

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: Immunology Dear Professor McCoy, 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 immunology 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 "Microbiome Regulation of Beta-Cell Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes" (2019), 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]