Njoki Mwarumba, York University

Research

Africa Community Cohesion Community Engagement Covid-19 Destigmatization Emergency Management Participation Pheic

Latest funding

Destigmatizing Chinese Communities in the face of 2019-nCoV: Emergency Management Actions to Address Social Vulnerability in Toronto and Nairobi
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$499,121

Destigmatizing Chinese Communities in the face of 2019-nCoV: Emergency Management Actions to Address Social Vulnerability in Toronto and Nairobi

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact

Principal investigators: Mamuji, Aaida; Lee, Charlotte; Mwarumba, Njoki; Rozdilsky, Jack L; Tubula, Martin O

Keywords: Africa; Community Cohesion; Community Engagement; Covid-19; Destigmatization; Emergency Management; Participation; Pheic; Public Health; Social Countermeasures

$499,121

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: Africa Dear Professor Mwarumba, 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 africa 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 "Destigmatizing Chinese Communities in the face of 2019-nCoV: Emergency Management Actions to Address Social Vulnerability in Toronto and Nairobi" (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]