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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

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