Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Master's, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Awards in Health Services/Population Health 2009 - 2010


The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) is pleased to announce the students who were awarded funding in the 2009/2010 Health Services/ Population Health Master's, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Program competitions.

These awards are part of a program to strengthen HSFO's investment in health services/population health research in Ontario. They are awarded to students enrolled in a Master's level, Doctoral or Post-Doctoral program in cardiovascular/cerebrovascular research with a focus in the area of health services/population health research. The awards are valued at $18,500, $31,000 and $59,500 per year for up to three years.

The results posted below are to be considered preliminary only. An official letter will be sent to all award recipients the week of June 1, 2009. The Foundation requests that applicants do not write or telephone with any enquiries before receiving this letter.

Master's

 Student and Project

  Supervisor
 Mark A. McPherson

 Physical activity as a determinant of
 melatonin levels in rotating shift nurses.

  Kristan J. Aronson

 Queen's University
 Graham C. Mecredy

 Built environments as determinants of
 cardioprotective behaviours in Canadian
 adolescents.

  Ian Janssen

 Queen's University

Doctoral

 Student and Project

  Supervisor
 Megan A. Carter

 Diet and weight in childhood: a logitudinal
 analysis.

  Lise Dubois

 University of Ottawa
 Sylvia H. Ley

 Impact of maternal metabolic abnormalities
 on breast milk and infant metabolic
 development.

  Anthony J. Hanley

 University of Toronto

Post-Doctoral

 Student and Project

  Supervisor
 Amy E. Mark

 Intervention for dietary behaviour change
 among individuals at risk for CHD.

  Robert Reid

 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
 Catriona A. Syme

 Determinants of cardiovascular and metabolic
 risk in overweight children and adolescents.

  Brian McCrindle

 Hospital for Sick Children
 Meredith E. Young

 Factors affecting urgency of care- seeking
 behaviour: the role of the media, advocacy,
 and patient models of health.

  Karin Humphreys

 McMaster University



Last Updated ( Monday, 08 June 2009 )