Contacts

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ontario Institute of Technology

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)

Area of focus: Healthy eating behaviours and health inequities

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) training grant in population intervention for chronic disease Prevention: a Pan-Canadian program (2013-2014) & (2014-2015)
• Provost doctoral entrance award for women (2014)
• President’s Scholarship (2016)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship and President's Graduate Scholarship (2016-2017) and (2017-2018)

Area of focus: Knowledge translation and exchange

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) training grant in population interventions for chronic disease prevention: A Pan-Canadian program (2014-15; 2012-13)
• Provost Doctoral Entrance Award (PDEA) for Women
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship and President's Graduate Scholarship

Area of focus: Peer and friendship influences on youth sedentary behaviour

• Queen Elizabeth II graduate scholarship

Area of focus:

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) training grant in population intervention for chronic disease prevention: a Pan-Canadian program (2013-2014)
• CIHR strategic training program in public health policy, Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2012-2013) & (2013-2014)
• B. Evans and J. Daniel Scholarship (2011-2012) and (2013-2014)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2011-2012)

Area of focus: Physical activity and obesity

• University of Waterloo graduate entrance scholarship
• Student and new professional poster presentation award, Canadian Obesity Summit 2015

Area of focus: Healthy weights and physical activity

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2015-2016)
• President's Graduate Scholarship (2014-2015 and 2015-2016)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Banting and Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (2014-2015)
• CIHR training grant in population intervention for chronic disease prevention: a Pan-Canadian program (2014-2015)
• Lyle S. Hallman Graduate Research Scholarship (2014-2015)

Area of focus: High-risk alcohol consumption

• University of Waterloo President's Research Award
• University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship (PGS) (2015-2016)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Canadian Graduate Scholarship- Master's Program (2015)

Area of focus: Food and diet; population health and non-communicable disease prevention

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)/Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) fellow in population intervention for chronic disease prevention (2014-2015)
• CIHR fellow in population intervention for chronic disease prevention (2013-2014)
• Provost doctoral entrance award for women (2013)

MSc, 2014

Thesis title: Factors associated with obesity among off-reserve Aboriginal youth in the COMPASS baseline data

MSc, 2014

Thesis title:Factors associated with bullying victimization: an examination of the COMPASS baseline data

MSc, 2015

Thesis title: Caffeinated energy drinks, alcohol and nutrition