Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers / en Notisha Massaquoi recognized with Connaught Major Research Challenge Award for Black Researchers /celebrates/notisha-massaquoi-recognized-connaught-major-research-challenge-award-black-researchers <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Notisha Massaquoi recognized with Connaught Major Research Challenge Award for Black Researchers</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2023-03-14T12:24:31-04:00" title="Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 12:24" class="datetime">Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:24</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/6914" hreflang="en">Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/u-t-scarborough" hreflang="en">U of T Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/5K1A1242-1-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Notisha Massaquoi "> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Harry Choi)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>Notisha <span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">Massaquoi</span></span></span></b><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">, an assistant professor in <span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">the d</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">epartment of </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">h</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">ealth </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">and</span></span></span> <span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">s</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">ociety</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> at the University of </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text; border-left-color:var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242)"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">Toronto Scarborough</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">, is receiving the inaugural </span></span></span><a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/opportunity/connaught-challenge/"><span style="user-select:text; border-left-color:var(--clrCommentsHighlightPipeRest, #424242)"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">Connaught Major Research Challenge Award for Black Researchers</span></span></span></a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>Supported by U of T’s Connaught Fund and developed in collaboration with <a href="https://brn.utoronto.ca/">the U of T Black Research Network</a> (BRN), Massaquoi's&nbsp;research project will support Black health equity research across all three U of T campuses. A collaboration among 13 <span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">U of T </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">researchers who are looking at the social determinants of health, it will seek tangible solutions to Canada’s racial health gap.</span></span></span>&nbsp;</p> <p class="paragraph"><span style="vertical-align:baseline">“<span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">The</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> hope</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> is that</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> we can start moving away from doing research that </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">tells</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> us</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> over and over again that</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"> we have higher rates of illness </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">and move </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">towards finding solutions for these health disparities,” says </span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">Massaquoi</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">, </span></span></span>a member of the BRN <a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/our-community/black-health-equity-lab-launches-u-t-scarborough-address-health-disparities-black" target="_blank"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="text-underline:none"><span data-contrast="none" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important">who </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink" style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">launched</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"> the Black Health Equity Lab at U of T Scarborough in 202</span></span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">2</span></span></span><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph"><span style="vertical-align:baseline">The BRN is also providing <span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">support to projects by</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><b><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">Janelle Joseph</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology &amp; Physical Education</span></span></span><i></i></span></span></span></span><i><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">and to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">Brice Lionel </span></span></span><span style="border-bottom:transparent; user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="background-image:var(--urlSpellingErrorV2, url(/taxonomy/term/6914/feed/&quot;data:image/svg+xml"><span style="background-position-x:0%"><span style="background-position-y:100%">Batomen</span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="border-bottom:transparent; user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="background-image:var(--urlSpellingErrorV2, url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml"><span style="background-position-x:0%"><span style="background-position-y:100%">Kuimi</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">, an assistant professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span data-contrast="auto" style="user-select:text" xml:lang="EN-CA"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:none !important"><span style="user-select:text"><span style="-webkit-user-drag:none"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent">One of <a href="https:/isi.utoronto.ca/about-isi/">U of T’s Institutional Strategic Initiatives</a>, the BRN launched in October 2021 to promote Black research excellence.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>&nbsp;</span></p>__<p>The Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers is supported by the Connaught Fund – the largest internal university research funding program in Canada. Established 50 years ago through the sale of Connaught Medical Research Laboratories,known for the development of insulin, the fund has since provided more than $182.3 million to U of T scholars through a range of funding programs that support the university research community across all disciplines and career stages.</p>__<h3><a href="/news/support-connaught-award-u-t-researchers-tackle-health-disparities-black-communities">Read more about the project</a></h3>_</div>_ ___ <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTSC</div>_ _ <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above">_ <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:24:31 +0000 lanthierj 180604 at