Current Students

Lesley Andrade
​BSc MHSc RD

PhD Student

Research Interests: population and public health, health equity, public health systems, healthy eating and nutrition policy, chronic disease prevention, healthy weights promotions and eating disorder/disordered eating prevention.

Lesley's LDCP Research Summary

Kirsten Lee
​BSc

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: food environment, dietary assessment methods, health promotion, environmental sustainability and health, health informatics, social determinants of health

Kirsten's BSc Research Summary

Amanda Raffoul
​BA MSc

PhD Candidate

Research Interests: dieting/weight management, obesity, eating disorders, weight bias, body image, systems methods, women and adolescent health

Check out Amanda's latest publication

Amanda's MSc Thesis Summary

Alumni

Merryn Maynard
BA MSc

Current position: Program Coordinator, Meal Exchange

Research interests: food insecurity, social determinants of health, health inequality, mental health, mixed methods

Merryn's MSc Thesis Summary

Miriam Price
​BSc MSc

Current position: Research Associate, University of Waterloo

Research interests: ​​body image, dieting/weight loss, self-esteem, self-compassion, mindfulness, mental health, eating pathologies, social media, health information seeking 
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Miriam​'s MSc Thesis Summary

Michelle Marcinow
PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)

Current position: Research Associate, Trillium Health Centre

Research Interests: dietary assessment, determinants of health, motivators and barriers to adequate nutrient intake, relationships between diet and health, nutrition education, knowledge dissemination, mixed methods

Michelle's PhD Thesis Summary