Congratulations to our Fall 2021 Graduates!

The Department of Nutritional Sciences is pleased to congratulate the students graduating from our programs at today's fall convocation ceremony. Eight students will graduate with their PhD, and seven with their MSc (listed below). We also congratulate the many students graduating with a bachelor's degree in nutritional sciences. We are very proud of all that our students have accomplished, especially during such a challenging time. 

Please join the Department of Nutritional Sciences in congratulating our exceptional new alumni.

Dr. Allison Daniel, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Robert Bandsma

Thesis title: The Kusamala Program for Primary Caregivers of Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition in Malawi

Dr. Jane Francis, PhD

Supervisors: Drs. Deborah O'Connor and Daniel Sellen

Thesis title: Parkdale Infant Nutrition Security Targeted Evaluation Project (PINSTEP): Formative Research

Dr. Andrea Glenn, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. John Sievenpiper

Thesis title: The Portfolio Diet and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction: Insights from International Prospective Cohort Studies

Dr. Rola Hammoud, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Harvey Anderson

Thesis title: The Role of Choline in Gestational Diets in the Programming of Food Intake Regulation and Metabolism in Wistar Rat Offspring

Dr. Emanuela Pannia, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Harvey Anderson

Thesis title: Effect of Folate Dose and Form During Pregnancy on Early and Later-Life Phenotype of the Wistar Rat Mother and Her Female Offspring

Dr. Zhila Semnani-Azad, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Hanley

Thesis title: The Role of Soluble CD163, a Marker of Adipose Tissue Macrophage Activation, in the Etiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Dr. Laura Vergeer, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Mary L'Abbe

Thesis title: A Comparison of the Product Reformulation Actions & Commitments of the Top Packaged Food & Beverage Companies in Canada

Dr. Bijun Wen, PhD

Supervisor: Dr. Robert Bandsma

Thesis title: Understanding Pathways Underlying Inpatient Mortality of Children with Complicated Severe Malnutrition

Curtis D'Hollander, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. Jonathon Maguire

Thesis title: Timing of Introduction to Solid Food, Growth and Nutrition Risk in Later Childhood

Colleen Farrell, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. Deborah O'Connor

Thesis title: Mechanisms involved in colonic folate absorption and metabolism in humans and the impact of folic acid supplementation

Sarah Jarvis, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. Vasanti Malik

Thesis title: Plant-based dietary patterns: Cardiometabolic risk and nutritional adequacy

Danielle Lee, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. John Sievenpiper

Thesis title: The Effect of Important Food Sources of Fructose-Containing Sugars and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Sarah Rae, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Birken

Thesis title: Two-person Measurement Validation Study with Parents

Marc Sicova, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy

Thesis title: Genetic Modifiers of Caffeine and Maximal Exercise in Male Athletes

Maria Tinajero, MSc

Supervisor: Dr. Vasanti Malik

Thesis title: Ethnic Differences in Cardiometabolic Risk: A Meta-analysis in Adults and a Cross-Sectional Study in Children