Current Students

Lesley Andrade
​BSc MHSc RD

PhD Candidate (2017 - present)

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

Read about Lesley's public health research

Martin Holmes
​BA MA

PhD Student (2019 - present)

Research interests: food environments, food ethnographies, dietary assessment methods, population health, health promotion, environmental sustainability and health, social determinants of health, geomatics

Read Martin's MA thesis

Kirsten Lee
​BSc

PhD Candidate (2017 - present)

Research interests: food policy, food systems, food environments, environmental sustainability and health, health informatics, systems thinking and methods

Read about Kirsten's PhD thesis and SPHHS experience

Carolyn Minnick
​BPH

MSc Candidate (2019 - present)

Research interests: weight management, body image, eating disorders, dietary patterns, health promotion, health communication

Read about Carolyn's undergraduate thesis

Alexandra Pepetone
BSc

MSc Candidate (2019 - present)

Research interests: food environments, eating disorders and disordered eating, calorie labelling, food insecurity, systems thinking

Amanda Raffoul
​BA MSc

PhD Candidate (2016 - present)
MSc Candidate (2014-2016)

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

Read Amanda's MSc thesis

Alumni

Miriam Price
​BSc MSc

Research Associate (2018-2019)
MSc Candidate (2016-2018)

Current position: MScOT Student, University of Toronto

Research interests: ​​dieting and weight loss behaviours, mental health, eating pathologies, social media, health information seeking behaviours
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Read Miriam​'s MSc thesis

Michelle Marcinow
MSc PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2017)

Current position: Research Associate, Institute for Better Health-Trillium Health Partners

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

Read Michelle's PhD thesis

Merryn Maynard
BA MSc

MSc Candidate (2014-2016)

Current position: Social Impact and Research Specialist, Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security 

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

Read about Merryn's career journey

Read Merryn's MSc thesis