Current Students

Stephanie Aboueid
​BSc MSc RD

PhD Student

Research Interests: Obesity management, chronic disease prevention, nutrition, social determinants of health, primary care, healthcare management, health services research, health policy

Stephanie's MSc Thesis Summary

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 Student

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

Kirsten's BSc Research Summary

Miriam Price
​BSc

MSc Candidate

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 BSc Thesis 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

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

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