Ximena Ramos Salas

Research

Obesity Osteoarthritis

Latest funding

Informing a national obesity care framework and documenting lived experience of obesity among racialized communities
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$108,500
Action Team Development for Building A National Obesity Care Framework
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$10,000
Priority Setting Partnership: Musculoskeletal Conditions and Obesity Research Priorities in Canada
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 3 grants and awards

Informing a national obesity care framework and documenting lived experience of obesity among racialized communities

SupervisorCIHR2022Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Nagpal, Taniya S

Keywords: Health Equity; Obesity; Patient-Oriented; Weight Stigma

$108,500

Action Team Development for Building A National Obesity Care Framework

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Forhan, Mary A

Keywords: Obesity

$10,000

Priority Setting Partnership: Musculoskeletal Conditions and Obesity Research Priorities in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Forhan, Mary A; Ramos Salas, Ximena R

Keywords: Obesity; Osteoarthritis

$20,000

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: Obesity Dear Professor Ramos Salas, 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 obesity 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 "Priority Setting Partnership: Musculoskeletal Conditions and Obesity Research Priorities in Canada" (2022), 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]