UBC Prof. Carolyn Gotay, School of Population and Public Health and Canadian Cancer Society Chair in Cancer Primary Prevention, will receive $583,111 over three years from the Canadian Cancer Society for a workplace cancer prevention study. Her research team will study the effect of three health promotion strategies delivered in the workplace and their impact on employees’ health, work and lifestyle habits with the goal of ultimately impacting the onset of cancer.
Gotay is one of 13 cancer researchers in B.C. to receive grants totaling more than $5 million from the Canadian Cancer Society.
For more information, visit http://www.cancer.ca/British%20Columbia-Yukon/Cancer%20research/BC-Provincial%20highlights/2009%20research%20grants.aspx?sc_lang=en
