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The Niagara Health Knowledge Institute is offering four Summer Student Research Scholarships for 2025. Applications are due Jan. 31, 2025.
Whether it’s groundbreaking research or establishing faster, more efficient patient care, the work of Leanne Kent and Dr. Danielle de Sa Boasquevisque offers new hope for stroke patients in Niagara and beyond.
The translational research conducted by a Niagara Health Knowledge Institute summer student will help rural and community hospitals, regardless of location, participate in pivotal research that could transform standards of care worldwide.
Several researchers from the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute were invited to prominent healthcare conferences in Europe to share their findings.
Sophia Lagrotteria was already inspired to go into medicine by her father, Dr. Danny Lagrotteria, but the chance to support healthcare research at the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute has exposed her to other key opportunities in the field.
The quintet of researchers, including Niagara Health Knowledge Institute Executive Director and Chief Scientist Dr. Jennifer Tsang, will teach Applied Qualitative Research Methods in Health at McMaster University and further establish the NHKI as a key player in qualitative health research.
The trio of students brought fresh eyes and energy to new and ongoing studies, and learned about themselves in the process.
Dr. Aidan Findlater came to Niagara Health for the research opportunities, and is staying to lead clinical trials in infectious diseases with the goal of providing patients with the latest in treatment for a variety of common illnesses.
The day also offered healthcare scientists critical perspective by Indigenous Health educator Bernice Downey, and celebrated the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute’s first anniversary.
This year marks the fourth edition of the event, to be held at Niagara College’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Research Day highlights participants’ ideas and findings that will impact the standards of healthcare locally and beyond.
