Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Safe water and adequate sanitation are key to promoting population health, protecting public health and ensuring sustainable poverty reduction in low and middle-income countries. The fundamental importance of water has been implicitly recognized under various international treaties, declarations and specific human rights instruments. Yet, about 844 million people in the world lack access to a basic drinking water source. While we often assume these sorts of problems `only' occur in developing countries, intra-regional variation in middle and high income countries reveals water-sanitation crises in our most vulnerable populations. Aligning with CIHR IPPH's research priorities on intersectoral action and health equity, and building on my on-going work in developing countries, my research program is aimed at developing a viable research agenda to reduce the negative outcomes associated with waterborne diseases in low-income areas of both Canada and Mexico. This workshop will create opportunities for me to learn about CIHR (grant writing, future priority areas, the peer review process, knowledge translation) and build contacts that are necessary for future grant applications to support my research program.