Eric Kennedy, York University

Research

Cultural Dimensions Of Disease Disease & Media Discourses Disease & Social Media Individual Perceptions Of Risk Perceptions Of Public Health Expertise Public Health Education & (Mis)Information Trust In Public Health Expertise

Latest funding

Understanding Social Perceptions of Risk, Information Sources, Trust, and Public Engagement Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak
CIHR · 2020 · Nominated PI
Assessing and Overcoming Barriers to Community Wildfire Preparedness
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$72,956
Understanding Social Perceptions of Risk, Information Sources, Trust and Public Engagement Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$428,816

All 3 grants and awards

Understanding Social Perceptions of Risk, Information Sources, Trust, and Public Engagement Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak

Nominated PICIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact

Principal investigators: Kennedy, Eric B

Keywords: Cultural Dimensions Of Disease; Disease & Media Discourses; Disease & Social Media; Individual Perceptions Of Risk; Perceptions Of Public Health Expertise; Public Health Education & (Mis)Information; Trust In Public Health Expertise

Assessing and Overcoming Barriers to Community Wildfire Preparedness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kennedy, Eric

Keywords: (1) Wildfire; (2) Preparedness; (3) Cognitive Barriers; (4) Disaster; (5) Emergency; (6) Wildland Urban Interface; (7) Disaster Mitigation; (8) Disaster Psychology; (9) Mixed Methods

$72,956

Understanding Social Perceptions of Risk, Information Sources, Trust and Public Engagement Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Rapid Research Funding

Principal investigators: Kennedy, Eric B.

Keywords: cultural dimensions of disease; individual perceptions of risk; perceptions of public health expertise; public health education & (mis)information; trust in public health expertise; disease & social media; disease & media discourses

$428,816

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: Cultural Dimensions Of Disease Dear Professor Kennedy, 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 cultural dimensions of disease 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 "Understanding Social Perceptions of Risk, Information Sources, Trust, and Public Engagement Related to the COVID-19 Outbreak" (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]