Nancy Ross, University of Waterloo

Research

Built Environment Food Environment Healthy Cities Knowledge Translation Nutrition Population Health Intervention

Latest funding

Creating healthier cities through monitoring Canadian retail food environments: Using a novel administrative database to establish valid, small-area, Canada-wide, open-access measures to monitor the retail food environment for population health intervention research and municipal food environment policy action.
CIHR · 2018 · Principal investigator
$99,628

Creating healthier cities through monitoring Canadian retail food environments: Using a novel administrative database to establish valid, small-area, Canada-wide, open-access measures to monitor the retail food environment for population health intervention research and municipal food environment policy action.

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Op Gr: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts - Pop n Public Health

Principal investigators: Minaker, Leia; Ross, Nancy; Widener, Michael J

Keywords: Built Environment; Food Environment; Healthy Cities; Knowledge Translation; Nutrition; Population Health Intervention

$99,628

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: Built Environment Dear Professor Ross, 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 built environment connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]