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field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span><span><span><span><span>Public Health Sciences PhD student Jennifer Ritonja is working in Vienna, Austria in the Department of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna. She and her collaborators, Dr Eva Schernhammer, Dr Kyriaki Papantoniou, and the Vienna Cochrane Collaboration, are contributing to a project called “Night shift work and </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>multiple cancer sites: a systematic review and meta-analysis.”</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>Jennifer's travel and accommodation expenses are funded by a MITACS Globalink Research Award, with Kristan Aronson as Principal Investigator, and Drs Joan Tranmer, Schernhammer and Papantoniou as Co-investigators. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>In a happy cooincidence, Jen's boyfriend Jeff, pictured here, is also working in Vienna. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span><span><span>For more information on funding research abroad see : <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mitacs.ca%2Fen%2Fprograms%2Fglobalink&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3fa397dbb7964f34d61108d650807594%7Cd61ecb3b38b142d582c4efb2838b925c%7C1%7C0%7C636784909992155272&sdata=l9xbfXzvonukjTZeBcvy%2Fk%2BomExeQuL5uodNmGuxu%2FQ%3D&reserved=0">https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink</a> </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="node__links"> <ul class="links inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/article/news/mitacs-globalink-program-funds-phs-student-research-abroad%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> </div> </div> <div id="node-single-comment"> </div> </div> </article> <!-- End Display article for detail page --> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- Sidebar Left --> <!-- End Sidebar Left --> <!-- Sidebar Right --> <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 sidebar sidebar-right theiaStickySidebar"> <div class="sidebar-inner"> <div class="region region-sidebar-right"> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockpost-other-block-10" id="block-views-block-post-other-block-10"> <h2 class="block-title" ><span>Recent News Articles</span></h2> <div class="content block-content"> <div><div class="post-style-list small gva-view view view-post-other view-id-post_other view-display-id-block_10 js-view-dom-id-4e48310e72a7b96a29ac5666018eb416816635f93dfd62d75dfbd6c9da5ce13e"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul> <li class="view-list-item" ><div class="views-field views-field-nothing"><div class="field-content"><div class="post-block"> <div class="post-image"> <div class="item"> <a href="/article/news/phs-insider-cindy-wen"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/phs/files/styles/small/public/articles/CWen.jpeg?itok=6waQ-iTN" alt="Cindy Wen" typeof="Image" class="image-style-small" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-title"> <a href="/article/news/phs-insider-cindy-wen" hreflang="en">PHS Insider - 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