Whether you are a student applying for the ENRRICH Summer Studentship, or other studentship opportunities, it can be difficult to know how to reach out to potential supervisors. For today’s blog, we spoke with Dr. Jennifer Protudjer about her advice for students. Read on for all of her tips!
Read MoreOne of ENRRICH’s priorities is to support trainees to conduct research in the field of pediatric neurodevelopment and rehabilitation.
The purpose of the ENRRICH Summer Studentship is to recognize and prioritize the valuable skills and knowledge that comes from life experience. It has been developed to support principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, accessibility, and justice, and to enhance participation of groups who have been historically and systematically marginalized and excluded from studentship participation at the University of Manitoba.
Two studentships will be available per competition, and selections will be made by a two-round lottery system.
Read MoreRecently, Dr. Lauren Kelly shared some thoughts on Twitter (@PharmaLauren), reflecting on her first five years as a researcher. We reached out to see whether she’d be willing to share with our members and readers, thinking her words would resonate.
In the spirit of the New Year, we asked her a few more questions about upcoming projects and resolutions. Read on to learn more!
Read MoreOur project title is Using social network analysis to understand knowledge translation in child development and rehabilitation.
The goal of this work is to improve families’ access to safe, effective health care.
Read MoreIn today’s post, we are excited to introduce the ENRRICH External Advisory Committee.
This is, in part, an effort to be transparent about how ENRRICH functions. It is also a chance to thank these individuals for the important perspectives that they each bring to this research theme.
Read MoreCongenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital defect. It occurs in about 8 out of 1000 live births1, with approximately 25% of these infants having critical congenital heart disease (cCHD)2 and requiring complex cardiac surgery early in life to survive. Advances in medical and surgical care have allowed us to change our focus from survival to consider neurodevelopmental outcomes such as motor performance, cognition, and language skills.
Research has summarized motor and cognition outcomes among children with cCHD to better guide physicians and healthcare professionals manage these children. However, our understanding of language outcomes in children with cCHD was a considerable knowledge gap. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the expressive (communication) language and receptive (comprehension) language in children with cCHD and compared their language outcomes to children without cCHD.
Read MorePatient Engagement is meaningful and active collaboration of families with lived experience (parents or caregivers, siblings, children and/or youth) as partners in research. There are many different levels of patient engagement and you do not have to engage in every level for every project, but the key here is meaningful and active participation. That means when patients are consulted, they have the potential to change the project.
Read MoreThe project that I am currently working on is titled “Determining the benefits and drawbacks of parents using their personal and social networks for recruitment in research projects”.
In our project, parent partner refers to parents of children with chronic conditions, who are members of a research team, making sure the research is relevant and important for families.
Read MoreIn a nutshell, The Children’s Therapy Initiative (CTI) Network is a joint program of service providers and provincial government departments. The overarching goal of the CTI Network is to provide coordinated, regionally based Audiology, Occupational Therapy (OT), Physiotherapy (PT) and Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services to children and youth across the province.
Read MoreDespite 30 years and 32,000 research studies, the rate of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in girls remain high compared to boys. ACL injuries in the 5-14-year-old age group have the greatest rate of increase over the last 20 years. ACL injuries are usually approached in a biological way – with a focus on things like anatomy and hormone levels.
Our research team is exploring how gendered environments may be a possible influence on ACL injuries because, from birth, there are very strong expectations and beliefs around appropriate activities and behaviours for girls versus boys.
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