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THRIVE

The Health Researcher Intensive at UVic Experience 

Group photo of the THRIVE program participants, including award recipients, mentors, and the IALH Director (center), standing together on the steps of a white wooden building during their final lunch gathering
Pictured: back row, from left to right - Katelin Albert, Nathan Lachowsky, Brian Christie. Middle row, left to right - Stephen Tuffs, Megan Ames, Theone Paterson, and Kelli Stajduhar. Front row, left to right - Christine Ou, Mariko Sakamoto, Jodie Gawryluk (IALH Director), Allie Slemon, and Jae-Yung Kwon.

Health research funding is highly and increasingly competitive. Securing a large award such as a Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant provides significant resources to an individual’s research program, including precious financial support for trainees and research staff. Especially for early career scholars, receiving such an award can fundamentally change one’s career trajectory and the scale of impact of their research program. We want to invest in our scholars to support their health research funding applications to be as competitive as possible.

The first round of THRIVE was hosted by the Office of Vice-President Research and Innovation. The second iteration, led by the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health, offered an intensive group and individual development program to support health scholars in preparing CIHR research grant applications. Seven IALH Research Fellows were selected through a competitive application process. 

Congratulations to the following IALH Rsearch Fellows on being selected as particpants in the second round of THRIVE:

  • Katelin Albert (Sociology)
  • Megan Ames (Psychology)
  • Jae-Yung Kwon (Nursing)
  • Christine Ou (Nursing)
  • Mariko Sakamoto (Nursing)
  • Allie Slemon (Nursing)
  • Stephen Tuffs (Biochemistry and Microbiology)

We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to Dr. Kelli Stajduhar, Special Advisor, Health Research, and IALH Research Fellow for facilitating this round of THRIVE. 

We would also like to extend our appreciation to the following UVic faculty members for serving as mentors to the THRIVE recipients:

  • Brian Christie
  • Jennifer Cobb
  • Nichole Fairbrother
  • Marilou Gagnon
  • Nathan Lachowsky
  • Theone Paterson
  • Karen Urbanoski
  • Cathy Worthington