William Murch, Concordia University

Research

gambling problem gambling machine learning prevention artificial intelligence social services stakeholder perspectives

Latest funding

Cocreating New Best Practices for the Detection, Referral, and Treatment of At-Risk Online Gamblers
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$23,499

Cocreating New Best Practices for the Detection, Referral, and Treatment of At-Risk Online Gamblers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Murch, William Spencer

Keywords: gambling; problem gambling; machine learning; prevention; artificial intelligence; social services; stakeholder perspectives

$23,499

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: gambling Dear Professor Murch, 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 gambling 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 SSHRC-funded project "Cocreating New Best Practices for the Detection, Referral, and Treatment of At-Risk Online Gamblers" (2022), 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]