iCARE scholarships aim to facilitate international collaboration and mentorship of trainees working on iCARE study data. The iCARE scholarship competition has been held since 2021 and are sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the FRQS Research Co-Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Health Behaviour Change, and the Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Medicine.
| Recipients by Year (iCARE collaborator/mentor) Institution | Project |
| 2021 | |
| Susana Torres (Mariantonia Lemos-Hoyos) Universidad EAFIT, Colombia | Variables associated with the likelihood of getting the vaccine in a Colombian sample |
| Frédérique Deslauriers (Kim Lavoie) Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada | Impact of COVID-19 on Canadians with chronic disease: Results from multiples Canadian representative |
| Mohamad Baydoun (Linda Carlson) University of Calgary, Canada | People with Cancer Experience Significantly Worse Psychosocial and Financial Consequences of COVID-19 |
| Eduardo Caputo (Felipe Reichert) Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil | Physical activity and COVID-19 transmission concerns in countries from North and South America |
| Zack van Allen (Justin Presseau) University of Ottawa, Canada | Temporal network analysis of health behaviours during COVID-19 |
| Shrinkhala Dawadi (Joanne Enticott) Monash University, Australia | Adherence to preventative health behaviours before and after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine |
| Delfin Lovelina Francis (Suzanne Nethan) School of Preventive Oncology, Patna, India | Knowledge, attitude and acceptance towards covid-19 vaccination in low- and middle-income countries |
| 2023 | |
| Noémie Tremblay (Kim Lavoie) Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada | Unveiling the Association Between Information Sources and Young Adults’ Attitudes and Concerns |
| Katherine Séguin (Catherine Herba) Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada | Psychosocial impacts, preventive behaviours, and concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic for pregnant and non-pregnant women: A matched analysis from the International iCARE Study |
| Camille Léger (Kim Lavoie) Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada | Psychological disorder as a risk factor for post-COVID-19 condition |
| Aradhana Thapa (Rubee Dev) University of British Columbia, Canada | Inequalities in non-communicable diseases during COVID pandemic |
| 2024 | |
| Soumya Shetty (Keven Joyal-Desmarais) University of Leeds, UK | Understanding and identifying the cultural predictors of COVID-19 related healthcare behaviours |
| Olga Lainidi (Keven Joyal-Desmarais) University of Leeds, UK | Investigating the Mental Health Status and Health Behaviors of Essential Workers during Covid-19 |
| Mishell Barreno Caicedo (Rubee Dev) University of British Columbia, Canada | Global assessment of the level of trust in information sources and adherence to COVID-19 behaviours |
| Delfin Lovelina Francis (Margie Danchin) School of Public Health, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India | Knowledge, attitude and acceptance towards covid-19 vaccination in low- and middle-income countries (continuation) |
| 2025 | |
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| Anna Yayloyan (Angelos Kassianos) Cyprus University of Technology | Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Pregnant Women: Evidence from the iCARE Study |
| Fionnuala Braun (Nazeem Muhajarine) University of Saskatchewan/Carleton University | Non-Traditional News as a Source of COVID-19 Vaccination Information in Canada: A Convergent Parallel Analysis |
| Andres Felipe Puerta (Mariantonia Lemos) EAFIT University | Trust in information sources on COVID-19 in Colombia: comparative analysis between ICARE and Twitter |
| Florence Coulombe Raymond (Kim Lavoie) Université du Québec à Montréal | Attitudes of Canadians towards COVID-19 prevention measures according to vaccination status |
