Lisa Ware, University of Toronto

Research

Cardiometabolic Risk Diabetes Insulin Resistance Lifestyle Intervention Lipidomics Postpartum Pre-Diabetes Preconception

Latest funding

Elucidation of the Individualized Response to an 8-year Lifestyle Intervention aimed at Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Women before, during and after Pregnancy
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Elucidation of the Individualized Response to an 8-year Lifestyle Intervention aimed at Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Women before, during and after Pregnancy
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$2,000,000
Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - South Africa - Bukhali
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

All 3 grants and awards

Elucidation of the Individualized Response to an 8-year Lifestyle Intervention aimed at Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Women before, during and after Pregnancy

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.: Emb. Diversity to Achieve Prec./Health Eq-Nutrition/Metabolic Health-LOI

Principal investigators: Retnakaran, Ravi R; Hung, Rayjean; Lye, Stephen J; Norris, Shane A; Ware, Lisa J

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Risk; Diabetes; Genomics; Insulin Resistance; Lifestyle Intervention; Lipidomics; Postpartum; Pre-Diabetes; Preconception; Pregnancy

$20,000

Elucidation of the Individualized Response to an 8-year Lifestyle Intervention aimed at Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Women before, during and after Pregnancy

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Tm Gr.:Embr. Diversity to Achieve Precision/Health Equity-Nutrition/Meta. Health

Principal investigators: Retnakaran, Ravi R; Hung, Rayjean; Lye, Stephen J; Norris, Shane A; Ware, Lisa J

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Risk; Diabetes; Insulin Resistance; Lifestyle Intervention; Lipidomics; Metabolomics; Postpartum; Pre-Diabetes; Preconception; Pregnancy

$2,000,000

Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - South Africa - Bukhali

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Grant: Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) - South Africa

Principal investigators: Lye, Stephen J; Clinton, Jean M; Lule, Elizabeth L; Connor, Kristin L; Draper, Catherine E; Hung, Rayjean; Norris, Shane A

Keywords: Child Health And Development Outcomes; Childhood Adiposity; Clinical Trial; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Maternal-Child Health; Non-Communicable Disease; Preconception, Pregnancy And Infancy Intervention

$2,500,000

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: Cardiometabolic Risk Dear Professor Ware, 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 cardiometabolic risk 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 "Elucidation of the Individualized Response to an 8-year Lifestyle Intervention aimed at Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Women before, during and after Pregnancy" (2024), 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]