Robert Screaton, Université Laval

Research

Cardiometabolic Health Diabetes Edi Indigenous Mentoring Obesity Patient Partner Patient-Oriented Research

Latest funding

Training platform in diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic health
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$2,400,000

Training platform in diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic health

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes

Principal investigators: Tchernof, André; Ball, Geoff D; Blondin, Denis; Brunt, Keith R; Colquhoun, Heather; Doucette, Christine A; Forhan, Mary A; McGavock, Jonathan M; Parry, Monica J; Screaton, Robert A; Sénéchal, Martin; Wei, Xiaolin; Wing, Simon S

Keywords: Cardiometabolic Health; Diabetes; Edi; Indigenous; Mentoring; Obesity; Patient Partner; Patient-Oriented Research; Training; Transdisciplinary

$2,400,000

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: Cardiometabolic Health Dear Professor Screaton, 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 cardiometabolic health 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 "Training platform in diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic health" (2021), 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]