Steven Tong, University of Toronto

Research

Informed Consent Patient Education Process Measures Randomized Clinical Trials

Latest funding

Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process versus a conventional informed consent form on recruitment of potential participants to a large platform clinical trial: a pragmatic nested randomized controlled trial (SIMPLY-SNAP Trial) - Full Proposal
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$149,176

Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process versus a conventional informed consent form on recruitment of potential participants to a large platform clinical trial: a pragmatic nested randomized controlled trial (SIMPLY-SNAP Trial) - Full Proposal

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Daneman, Nick; Cheng, Matthew P; Johnstone, Jennie; Lee, Todd C; McDonald, Emily G; Ong, Sean W; Tong, Steven

Keywords: Informed Consent; Patient Education; Process Measures; Randomized Clinical Trials

$149,176

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: Informed Consent Dear Professor Tong, 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 informed consent 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 "Evaluating the impact of a SIMPlified LaYered consent process versus a conventional informed consent form on recruitment of potential participants to a large platform clinical trial: a pragmatic nested randomized controlled trial (SIMPLY-SNAP Trial) - Full Proposal" (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]