Catherine E. Slavik
Research Experience
2024 – Present
Behavioural Science Research Fellow at Impact Canada and Health Canada
2024 – Present
Courtesy Research Fellow at the University of Oregon (UO)
2022 – 2024
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at UO
- Affiliations: Center for Science Communication Research, The Cognitive and Affective Influences in Decision making (CAIDe) Lab, Department of Geography
- Supervised by: Dr. Ellen Peters & Dr. Carolyn Fish
- Affiliations: Center for Science Communication Research, The Cognitive and Affective Influences in Decision making (CAIDe) Lab, Department of Geography
2023 – Present
Affiliated Scientist at Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC)
2016 – 2023
Research Associate at OCRC
- Supervised by: Dr. Paul Demers
2017 – 2022
Research Assistant at McMaster University
- Affiliations: Health Geomatics Lab, School of Earth, Environment & Society
- Supervised by: Dr. Niko Yiannakoulias
- Affiliations: Health Geomatics Lab, School of Earth, Environment & Society
Education
2017 – 2022
Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Geography)
School of Earth, Environment & Society, McMaster University, Hamilton Ontario, Canada2014 – 2016
Master’s of Public Health (Occupational & Environmental Health)
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada2010 – 2014
Honours Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences)
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Research Funding History
| Funding type | Source (agency) | Amount | Year |
| Research Grant (co-Principal Investigator) | Center for Science Communication Research at the University of Oregon | $5,000 USD | 2024 |
| Research Grant (Principal Investigator) | Bridging the Gap Award (Society of Behavioral Medicine) | $8,000 USD | 2023-2024 |
| Research Grant (Principal Investigator) | ASP3IRE Children’s Environmental Health Center at Oregon State University (US NIEHS) | $29,500 USD | 2023-2024 |
| Research Grant (Principal Investigator) | Center for Science Communication Research at the University of Oregon | $3,000 USD | 2023 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship | Banting Fellowships (Government of Canada) | $140,000 CAD | 2022-2024 |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship (Declined) | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships | $90,000 CAD | 2022-2024 |
| Doctoral Fellowship | Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC) | $105,000 CAD | 2019-2022 |
| Doctoral Award (Declined) | R. Edward Munn Ontario Graduate Scholarship | $15,000 CAD | 2019 |
| Doctoral Award | Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology | $15,000 CAD | 2018 |
| Research Grant | Cancer Care Ontario | $35,000 CAD | 2017 |
| Research Award | John R. Brown Award (University of Toronto) | $1,100 CAD | 2016 |
| Research Award | Sperrin Chant Award (University of Toronto) | $1,500 CAD | 2015 |
| Master’s Fellowship | Institute for Work and Health Fellowship | $4,000 CAD | 2014 |
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