Graduate Student Fellowships

These fellowships are intended to provide support to graduate students actively undertaking interdisciplinary urban health research that is affiliated with one of CUHI’s Research Interest Groups.

Note: Graduate student funding is provided by the Research Interest Groups where possible. For more information contact Brenda Ross, Director of Research at brenda.ross@utoronto.ca.

CUHI is currently not accepting applications for Graduate Student Fellows.

GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS 2008-2009

1. Adrian Guta (PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto )
   2009 Graduate Fellowship Recipient
   Project title: “Ethical Subjectivity in HIV Community-Based Research”
   
   Adrian Guta is a PhD Candidate from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and has been awarded a CUHI graduate fellowship. His research explores ethical decision making in HIV community-based research, towards improving it as a mechanism for community engagement.  Adrian continues to play a critical role in the coordination of the Youth Sexual Health RIGs knowledge exchange and training initiatives.
   
   
2. Nora MacKendrick (PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto )
   2009 Graduate Fellowship Recipient
   Project title: “Managing Family-level Environmental Health: The Role of Precautionary Consumption”
   
   Nora MacKendrick is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto . She was awarded a graduate fellowship for her research on Managing Family-level Environmental Health: The Role of Precautionary Consumption. 
   
   
3. Subha Ramanathan (PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto )
   2009 Graduate Fellowship Recipient
   Project title: “Decision-making in Physical Activity among South Asian adolescent girls: Relationships between Social Networks and Broad Cultural Influences”
   
   Subha Ramanathan is a PhD Candidate in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and was a recipient of a 2009 CUHI graduate student fellowship. Subha’s doctoral dissertation uses a mixed method approach that employs daily diaries and a questionnaire to examine physical activity participation among girls of South Asian heritage in Toronto. Her first research objective is to assess the everyday activities and pastimes of South Asian adolescent girls, including the types, timing and companions for physical activities, cultural activities, family responsibilities, and social activities. Her second research objective is to examine the attitudes and perceptions of South Asian adolescent girls related to their religion and culture (e.g., religious connections, values, practices and involvement in cultural activities), as well as toward physical activities (perceived enjoyment and control in PA). Finally, her third objective is to look at social networks (families, cultural communities and friends) as potential motivators or barriers to engaging in PA..
   
   
4. Chavisa Brett (Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University )
   2009 Graduate Fellowship Recipient
   Project title: “Exploring the Impact of Peer Researchers Study”
   

GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS 2004-2005

1. Jean Eid  PhD Candidate Dept of Economics, University of Toronto
   Project title: “Is there a public health basis for zoning by laws: an analysis of obesity and sprawl”
   Affiliated RIG: Neighbourhoods and Healthsprawl”
   
   Click here for a PDF version of the paper:
   "Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity"
   
   
2. Michelle Florence  MSc Candidate Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
   Project title: “Diet Quality and School Performance in Nova Scotia Grade Five Children”
   Affiliated RIG: Neighbourhoods and Health
   
   
3. Elizabeth Noble  MSc Candidate, Dept of Geography/Collaborative Environment and Health Program, University of Toronto
   Project title: “Identifying and understanding neighbourhoods and neighbourhood level determinants of health in the city of Mississauga”
   Affiliated RIG: Neighbourhoods and Health
   
   Click here for a PDF version of the paper:
   "A Place and Space for Change: Exploring Residents' Perceptions of Their Natural
     Environment and Health in Malton (Mississauga), Ontario"
   Click here for a PDF version of the abstract
   
   
4. Stephanie Wolfe  Masters of Health Science Candidate  Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Toronto
   Project title: “Environmental causes of increased incidence of water borne or vector borne diseases”
   Affiliated RIG: Urban Physical Environments and Health