Wafaie Fawzi, University of Toronto

Research

Clinical Management Covid-19 Host-Directed Therapy Immunity India Nutrition Therapy Randomized Clinical Trial Vitamin D

Latest funding

A Randomized trial to determine the effect of vitamin D and zinc supplementation for improving treatment outcomes among COVID-19 patients in Mumbai, India
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$887,006

A Randomized trial to determine the effect of vitamin D and zinc supplementation for improving treatment outcomes among COVID-19 patients in Mumbai, India

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Therapeutics

Principal investigators: Kain, Kevin C; Dholakia, Yatin; Fawzi, Wafaie W

Keywords: Clinical Management; Covid-19; Host-Directed Therapy; Immunity; India; Nutrition Therapy; Randomized Clinical Trial; Vitamin D; Zinc

$887,006

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: Clinical Management Dear Professor Fawzi, 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 clinical management 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 "A Randomized trial to determine the effect of vitamin D and zinc supplementation for improving treatment outcomes among COVID-19 patients in Mumbai, India" (2020), 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]