Recipient of SHRF Early-Career Award committed to identifying targets for preventing suicide
Lloyd Balbuena has received a SHRF Early-Career Award for research aimed at identifying the factors that can predict and prevent suicide.
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- Jan 26
SHRF presents Excellence Award to Sask. researcher for work examining MAID and MS patients
By Matt Olson for SHRF Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Dr. Janine Brown always knew she was going to be a nurse. “My mom was a nurse, my...
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- Jan 26
USask researcher earns SHRF award for examining connection between histamine, infectious bacteria
Dr. Jessica Sheldon is the recipient of a SHRF Excellence Award for her research with histamine and drug-resistant bacteria.
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- Jul 14, 2022
New researchers awarded over $1.6M to establish health research in SK
Drs. Dhar, Banerjee and Kelvin. Image Credit: VIDO. Building capacity in Saskatchewan’s research ecosystem means we are better able to...
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- Jan 19, 2022
SK researcher investigating virus that has evolved to cause polio-like disease in children
By Greg Basky for SHRF In 2012, hundreds of young children in the US started developing a mysterious condition that left them unable to...
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- Jan 19, 2022
Focusing on the positives: using narrative inquiry to understand leadership in Indigenous youth
By Ashleigh Mattern for SHRF Some of the most powerful moments researcher Michael Dubnewick has witnessed at the Growing Young Movers...
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- Nov 10, 2021
Master's student hopes to shift the focus for public safety personnel with mindfulness exercises
Partnership Funding Announcement Caeleigh Landry is a Master’s student in Clinical Psychology at the University of Regina. Working with...
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- Jun 29, 2021
2021-22 Establishment Grant Results
SHRF Announces Almost $1.2M in Funding Support for Early-Career Researchers to Address SK Health Challenges Building capacity in...
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- May 11, 2021
Shining a light on the lived experience of addiction in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is currently in the throes of an addiction crisis and Dr. Kara Fletcher wants to humanize those living with substance use...
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- Dec 15, 2020
SHRF-funded project to identify alternatives to mental health- and addiction-related ER visits
By Greg Basky for Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) In Saskatchewan, some people with mental health and addictions problems...
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- Nov 6, 2020
Nurturing Warriors
Using Positive Space to Move into Hard Topics By Kathryn Thompson for SHRF Little is known about the mental wellness and health risk...
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- Nov 4, 2020
A Man’s Best Friend
Raising Awareness for New Treatments for Invasive Fungal Infections in Companion Dogs By Kathryn Thompson for SHRF We all know someone...
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- Jul 15, 2020
SHRF Supports New Investigators to Tackle Saskatchewan Health Challenges
Today SHRF announces the latest funding results for the 2020-21 Establishment Grant competition.
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- Apr 7, 2020
Relationship-Centred Research: Dr. Holly Graham Begins Her Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing
By Nikki Desjardins for SHRF When Dr. Holly Graham started in her faculty position at the College of Nursing, her interest was in...
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- Apr 6, 2020
Dr. Holly Graham Announced as Saskatchewan Indigenous Research Chair in Nursing
New $1.05M research chair at USask nursing college aims to improve Indigenous health By USask Research Profile and Impact University of...
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- Oct 8, 2019
No Patient Left Behind
Risling and her team are working with patients to collaboratively decide how best to support the uptake and use of EHRs in their communities
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- Aug 22, 2019
Dietary restrictions may benefit children with premature aging disease
Eating less may be a key factor for promoting healthy aging and for slowing down progeria, an irreversible disease that makes children...
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- Jul 19, 2019
Métis jigging: a better cardio workout than aerobics or a run?
Dance has more to offer than a “fitness craze”, promoting reconciliation and Métis heritage By USask Research Profile and Impact...
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- Jul 8, 2019
Funding Results Announced: 2019-20 Establishment Grant and Research Fellowship
We're pleased to announce nearly $2 million in funding for research that matters to Saskatchewan's health challenges through our...
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- Mar 26, 2019
Culturally safe, positive, empowering birth
Saskatchewan mothers shaping research aimed at improving the birthing experiences of Indigenous women Jessica Dieter will never forget...
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