NLCAHR Development Grants
2012
Dr. Richard Audas, Community Health and Humanities
"The rule of rescue and the identifiable victim effect: a mixed methods study in Newfoundland"
Dr. Lisa Bishop, School of Pharmacy
"Exploring the expansion of community mental health and addictions services to support youth and young adults"
2011
Dr. Wendy Young, School of Nursing
"Entertainment education for adults with type 2 diabetes and uncontrolled high blood pressure"
Dr. Linda Rohr, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
"Physiological and Socio-psychological Effects of Exergaming"
2010
Dr. Richard Audas, Community Health and Humanities
"15 Years Later - An examination of the health trajectories, outcomes and utilization of participants in the 1995 Newfoundland Adult Health Study"
Dr. Shabnam Asghari, Primary Healthcare Research Unit
"Lipid Profile of Newfoundlanders"
Dr. Lisa Bishop, School of Pharmacy/Lisa Fleet, Professional Development & Conferencing Services
"How ‘Best Practice Prescribing in Newfoundland and Labrador’ Can Influence Patient Care"
Dr. Leigh Anne Newhook, Janeway
“You're not going at that!" - A qualitative study to explore new mothers' attitudes, beliefs, and values around their decision not to breastfeed"
Dr. Shree Mulay, Community Health and Humanities
"Suicide in Aboriginal Communities in Labrador: A Study of Risk and Protective Factors"
2009
Dr. Maria Mathews, Community Health and Humanities
“Return-for-Service Programs in Newfoundland and Labrador”
Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Primary Healthcare Research Unit
“Nephrolithiasis in the emergency department: Epidemiology and development of a rule to predict the need for CT diagnosis”
2008
Dr. Peter Wang, Community Health and Humanities
“Healthy Aging in Newfoundland and Labrador: An Epidemiological Study to Enhance Mobility and Participation in Society”
Dr. Wanda Parsons, Faculty of Medicine
“Effectiveness of an intensive intervention during pregnancy and for one year postpartum on breastfeeding initiation and duration rates in Newfoundland and Labrador”
2007
Dr. Angela Loucks-Atkinson, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
“Exploring Biopsychsocial Factors of Physical Activity Adherence Among Older Adults”
Dr. Maria Mathews, Community Health and Humanties
“Out-of-pocket costs for breast cancer patients in Newfoundland and Labrador”
Dr. Donna Bulman, School of Nursing
“HIV testing in pregnancy: Utilizing women’s voices to inform policy”
2006
Dr. Diana Gustafson, Community Health and Humanities
"Parenting and Outcomes: A proposal for development and evaluation”
Dr. Fabien Basset, School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
"Effects of intermittent normobaric hypoxia on weight loss in young, moderately obese people"
2005
Dr. Maria Mathews, Community Health and Humanities
"The impact of provincial licensing requirements on the retention of international medical graduates in Newfoundland and Labrador"
Dr. Peter Wang, Community Health and Humanities
"Examining gender differences in quality of life and health outcomes after hip fracture in elderly Canadians"
2004
Dr. Richard Audas, Community Health and Humanities
”Development of a longitudinal birth weight database”
2003
Dr. Peter Cornish, Student Affairs, University Counseling Centre
"Expanding Rural Mental Health Capacity in Atlantic Canada"
2002
Dr. Khalid Aziz, Faculty of Medicine (Pediatrics)
"Evidenced-based Practice Identification & Change (EPIC) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit"
Gail Lush, Women’s Health Network of Newfoundland and Labrador
"Developing an Agenda for Women's Health Research in Newfoundland and Labrador"
Dr. Kellie Hadden, Department of Psychology
"Global Molecular pain responses in children with and without significant neurological impairment"
2001
Dr. David Behm, School of Human Kinetics Recreation
"The effect of noise on neuromuscular and cardiorespiratory performance"
Dr. Theodore Hoekman, Faculty of Medicine
"Application of clinical practice guidelines to pediatric prescribing using web-based technology"
Dr. Catherine Popadiuk, Faculty of Medicine (Obstetrics & Gynecology)
"Development and evaluation of a virtual reality based rectal model for education of health care professionals"
Dr. Graham Worrall, Faculty of Medicine
"Does feedback and validation of RAI-HCC elder assessment affect formal health care use?"