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Our current projects

PROJECTS

Child Abuse, Sex, Gender Identity, Sexual Identity, Mental Health and Substance Use in Canada: A Nationally Representative Canadian Study

Afifi, T.O, MacMillan, H., Sareen, J., Colman, I., Ferro, M., Anderson, K., Edwards, J., Taillieu, T., McPhail, D and Stewart-Tufescu, A.

2024-2025

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

$100,000

The impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and peer victimization on substance use, mental disorders, and physical health conditions among adolescents and young adults in Manitoba: Identifying protective factors to improve health and inform effective interventions.

Afifi, T.O., Tonmyr, L., MacMillan, H.L., Sareen, J., Brownell, M., Nickel, N., Stewart-Tufescu, A., Asmundson, G.J.G., & Balshaw, R.

2022-2024

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Project Grant: Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts. Funded through the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child, and Youth Health (IHDCYH).

$75,000

Understanding and responding to self-perceived stressors among parents and youth due to the COVID-19 pandemic: Informing an evidence-based public health approach.

Afifi, T.O., Tonmyr, L., MacMillan, H.L., Sareen, J., Gonzalez, A., Kimber, M., Roos, L.E., Stewart-Tufescu, A. & Taillieu, T.

2021-2023

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant: Understanding and mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, youth and families in Canada.

$141,720

Cannabis and mental health among veterans in Canada: Understanding the role of trauma and impact on help-seeking.

Afifi, T.O., Sareen, J., Enns, M.W., Carleton, R. N., Mota, N., Bolton, S-L, Taillieu, T., Van Til, L., & Heber. A.

2021-2023

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Catalyst Grant.

$114,746.

Vaping and health outcomes and use of the health care system among parents and adolescents in Manitoba.

Afifi, T.O., MacMillan, H.L, Sareen, J., Tonmyr, L., Brownell, M., & Nickel, N.

2020-2022

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Catalyst Grant: Health effects of vaping.

$99,421

Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 1 in Childhood Adversity and Resilience at the University of Manitoba.

Afifi, T.O.

2019-2026

$1,400,000

Preventing child maltreatment: Changing a child’s trajectory, improving health, and strengthening families.

Afifi, T.O., MacMillan, H.L, Boyle, M., Katz, L., & Sareen, J.

2015-2023

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Foundation Scheme Grant

$1,079,001

Childhood Adversity and Resilience
University of Manitoba

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Land Acknowledgement

The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininiwak, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate and Dene, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past and present, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.

Max Rady College of Medicine
Community Health Sciences
S112-750 Bannatyne Ave
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2

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