Nancy Clark, University of Toronto

Research

Case Study Community Health Workers Health Equity Implementation Science Intersectionality Knowledge Translation Primary Health Care Qualitative

Latest funding

Co-Developing a Program for Digital Health Information Literacy with Urban Communities
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$124,920
Advancing Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$688,500

All 2 grants and awards

Co-Developing a Program for Digital Health Information Literacy with Urban Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - General Pool

Principal investigators: Shaw, James A; Alamgir, Akm

Keywords: Evidence-Based Decision-Making; Generative Artificial Intelligence; Health Equity; Health Misinformation; Public Health; Social Media

$124,920

Advancing Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shaw, James A; Clark, Nancy; O'Campo, Patricia J; Steele Gray, Carolyn A

Keywords: Case Study; Community Health Workers; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Primary Health Care; Qualitative

$688,500

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: Case Study Dear Professor Clark, 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 case study 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 Equity-Focused Implementation Science: A Multiple Case Study of Best Practices for Community Health Workers in Primary Health Care" (2023), 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]