Evanthia Kehayia, Université de Montréal

Research

Latest funding

Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Can we meet at the mall? How to make it a better place for persons with disabilities / On se voit au centre d'achats? Comment rendre ce dernier plus accueillant pour les personnes handicapées
CIHR · 2010 · Co-investigator
$3,000

Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research: Early-Career Investigator

Principal investigators: Wittich, Walter; Johnson, Aaron P; Joubert, Sven A; Kehayia, Evanthia; Phillips, Natalie A; Pichora-Fuller, Margaret K

Keywords: Age-Related Macular Degeneration; Dementia; Glaucoma; Hearing Impairment; Quasi-Experimental Study; Reading; Rehabilitation; Structural Mri; Visual Cortex; Visual Impairment

$100,000

Can we meet at the mall? How to make it a better place for persons with disabilities / On se voit au centre d'achats? Comment rendre ce dernier plus accueillant pour les personnes handicapées

Co-investigatorCIHR2010CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: Swaine, Bonnie R

Keywords: Acessibility; Communication; Dialogue; Disability; Handicap; Life Satisfaction; Physical Environment; Rehabilitation; Social Environment; Social Participation

$3,000

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: Age-Related Macular Degeneration Dear Professor Kehayia, 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 age-related macular degeneration 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 "Words on the Brain: Can Reading Rehabilitation for Age-Related Vision Impairment Improve Cognitive Functioning?" (2019), 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]