Meaghan Eastwood, University of Waterloo

Research

Climate Change Community Based Research Extreme Heat Health Equity Older Adults Participatory Methods Public Health Qualitative Methods

Latest funding

Leveraging community-based research to assess vulnerability and enhance adaptive capacity to extreme heat in Waterloo Region
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator

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Leveraging community-based research to assess vulnerability and enhance adaptive capacity to extreme heat in Waterloo Region

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Dodd, Warren H; Eastwood, Meaghan

Keywords: Climate Change; Community Based Research; Extreme Heat; Health Equity; Older Adults; Participatory Methods; Public Health; Qualitative Methods; Spatial Analyses

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: Climate Change Dear Professor Eastwood, 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 climate change 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 "Leveraging community-based research to assess vulnerability and enhance adaptive capacity to extreme heat in Waterloo Region" (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]