Patricia Collins, Université de Montréal

Research

Health Promotion Healthy Cities Intervention Research Play And Children Urban Health

Latest funding

Levelling the Playing Fields: Creating the conditions for free-play to emerge in cities
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$359,549

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Levelling the Playing Fields: Creating the conditions for free-play to emerge in cities

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Frohlich, Katherine L; Collins, Patricia A

Keywords: Health Promotion; Healthy Cities; Intervention Research; Play And Children; Urban Health

$359,549

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: Health Promotion Dear Professor Collins, 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 health promotion 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 "Levelling the Playing Fields: Creating the conditions for free-play to emerge in cities" (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]