Edina Amponsah-Dacosta

Research

Pandemic

Latest funding

Strengthening Pandemic Vaccine Preparedness in Africa (SPAVPA) 2.0: Lessons from African countries with high and low COVID-19 vaccination rates
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$313,651
Strengthening Pandemic Vaccine Preparedness in Africa (SPAVPA): Lessons from African countries with high and low COVID-19 vaccination rates
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

Strengthening Pandemic Vaccine Preparedness in Africa (SPAVPA) 2.0: Lessons from African countries with high and low COVID-19 vaccination rates

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ezezika, Obidimma

Keywords: Pandemic

$313,651

Strengthening Pandemic Vaccine Preparedness in Africa (SPAVPA): Lessons from African countries with high and low COVID-19 vaccination rates

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Global Health Research - CRPPHE

Principal investigators: Ezezika, Obidimma; Amponsah-Dacosta, Edina; Ariyo, Oluwaseun; Luginaah, Isaac N; Malande, Oliver O

Keywords: Pandemic

$100,000

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: Pandemic Dear Professor Amponsah-Dacosta, 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 pandemic 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 "Strengthening Pandemic Vaccine Preparedness in Africa (SPAVPA): Lessons from African countries with high and low COVID-19 vaccination rates" (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]