Rachel Laxer

Area of focus: Examining characteristics associated with youth obesity and changes in obesity over time in the COMPASS study

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)/Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) training grant in population intervention for chronic disease prevention: a Pan-Canadian program (2012-2013) and (2013-2014)
• Provost Doctoral Entrance Award for Women, CIHR travel award from the Institute Community Support (ICS) Program
• Canadian Obesity Student Meeting honourable mention PhD poster presentation
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship and President's Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015) and (2015-16)