Professors in the Faculty of Health Sciences know how to set themselves apart in their research. In response to their submissions, they were awarded a number of grants to support their various projects.
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation awarded professors Ryan B. Graham and Julie Nantel of the School of Human Kinetics an infrastructure grant of $11 million for their project titled “MULTI Complex — Optimizing Human Movement.”
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research held their Project Grant: Fall Competition. Three research grants and three bridge grants, totalling almost $1 million, were awarded to Faculty of Health Sciences researchers:
- Kristi B. Adamo of the School of Human Kinetics, for research titled “Decoding the Dynamic Interplay of Gestational Physical Activity, Microbiome, and Metabolome in Maternal-Fetal Wellbeing.”
- Dave Holmes of the School of Nursing, for research titled “Pornographic imaginaries, global assemblages, and risk: A netnography of slam-camming amongst gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.”
- Jacinthe Savard of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, for research titled “La performance des systèmes de santé à l’égard des communautés francophones en situation minoritaire en Ontario et au Manitoba : la demande, l’offre de service, son adéquation et l’équité d’accès”. (This grant was assigned a high priority because it deals with health care for official language minority communities in Ontario and Manitoba.)
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council awarded Insight Development Grants to five projects in the faculty, totalling $319,000:
- Diane Culver of the School of Human Kinetics, for a project titled “Exploring the use of Design Thinking to support university student-athletes’ mental health.”
- Jean-Laurent Domingue of the School of Nursing, for a project titled “Experiences of Family Roles in the Forensic Psychiatric System: An Ontario-Québec Comparative Study.”
- Dave Holmes of the School of Nursing, for his project titled “Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Nurses and Women Convicted of Infanticide: A Critical Qualitative Study.”
- Julie Nantel of the School of Human Kinetics, for a project titled “Boxing program adherence and its effect on well-being and quality of life in people with Parkinson’s Disease.”
- Pier-Luc Turcotte of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, for a project on breathing as a sociopolitical phenomenon and the lives of people experiencing breathing difficulties in an environmental crisis.