Congratulation to five IHLCDP Associates who are members of interdisciplinary teams who were awarded funding to transform health through innovation that has a direct impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities, and societies with the UBC Health 2023 Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Award.
Healthy Aging Stream
Sleep disruption, behavioural factors, and psychological stress as drivers of accelerated aging among night shift workers
Brian Dalton, Assistant Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
HIFI Award: $25,00
A patient-oriented and case-mix approach to understand drivers of health resource utilization among older adults at high risk of falls
Jennifer Davis (Faddegon), Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, UBC Okanagan
HIFI Award: $25,000
Aging in place: A perspective from Indigenous older adults and Elders
Jennifer Jakobi, Professor, Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, and Director of the Institute of Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan;
Jon Corbett, Professor, Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies, Faculty of Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Director, Institute for Community Engaged Research, UBC Okanagan
HIFI Award: $25,000
General Stream
Identifying and developing policy responses to emerging forms of violence against health workers in Nigeria
Katrina Plamondon, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
HIFI Award: $25,000
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