Food, Nutrition & Health

55
Master's Students
9
Doctoral Students
46
Graduate Degrees Awarded

Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors

Name Research Interests
Black, Jennifer Community Health / Public Health; food banks; food environments; Nutrition; Public health; school food environments; social determinants of health; Community Health / Public Health, Food banks, Food environments, Nutrition, Public health, School food environments, Social determinants of health
Cohen, Tamara understanding the interplay between different lifestyle behaviours; how eating behaviours relate to weight management; Obesity; How eating behaviours relate to weight management, Obesity, Understanding the interplay between different lifestyle behaviours
Dee, Derek Protein Folding; protein stability; protein aggregation; protein engineering; funtional amyloid; bacterial amyloid; protein nanofibrils; food proteins; legume proteins; aspartic proteases; psychrophilic enzymes; precision fermentation; Biophysics; food chemistry; alternative food proteins; optical tweezers; single molecule force spectroscopy; cryoEM; Proteomics; protein folding, protein stability, protein aggregation, protein engineering, funtional amyloid, bacterial amyloid, protein nanofibrils, food proteins, legume proteins, aspartic proteases, psychrophilic enzymes, precision fermentation, biophysics, food chemistry, alternative food proteins, optical tweezers, single molecule force spectroscopy, cryoEM, proteomics
Jessri, Mahsa Community Health / Public Health; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Health Policies; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; Health Promotion; Health Prevention; Statistics and Probabilities; Preventive Medicine; Artificial Intelligence; Chronic Disease Prevention; clinical epidemiology; Dietary Assessment; Dietary Pattern Modeling; Dietetics; Machine Learning; Nutritional Epidemiology; predictive analytics; Preventive Medicine; Public and Population Health; Simulation; Health Economics and Modeling; Community Health / Public Health, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Health Policies, Lifestyle Determinants and Health, Health Promotion, Health Prevention, Statistics and Probabilities, Preventive medicine, Artificial Intelligence, Chronic Disease Prevention, Clinical Epidemiology, Dietary Assessment, Dietary Pattern Modeling, Dietetics, Machine Learning, Nutritional Epidemiology, Predictive Analytics, Preventive Medicine, Public and Population Health, Simulation, Health Economics and Modeling
Karakochuk, Crystal Dawn Nutrition; Global Health and Emerging Diseases; Hematology; Biochemical markers of iron status; Clinical dietetics; Determinants and causes of anemia; Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency); International nutrition; Maternal and child nutrition; Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc); Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation; Nutrition, Global Health and Emerging Diseases, Hematology, Biochemical markers of iron status, Clinical dietetics, Determinants and causes of anemia, Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency), International nutrition, Maternal and child nutrition, Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc), Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation
Kitts, David Food chemistry and toxicology, cellular and molecular mechanism, oncology
Kontogiorgos, Vasileios Food colloids, gels, foam and emulsions; Food chemistry (including fermentation); Food rheology, food texture and sensory evaluation; Nutraceuticals, functional foods and bioactive; food chemistry; Physical chemistry of foods; Food colloids; Food emulsions; Food polysaccharides; food proteins
Lamers, Yvonne Nutrition; Nutrients; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition; Clinical Chemistry; Maternal and child health; Micronutrients; Newborn Screening; Nutritional Biochemistry; Nutritional Biomarker; Periconceptional folic acid supplementation; Pregnancy; Prenatal Supplements; Toddler Nutrition; Vitamins; Nutrition, Nutrients, Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms, Breast Feeding and Infant Nutrition, Clinical Chemistry, Maternal and Child Health, Micronutrients, Newborn Screening, Nutritional Biochemistry, Nutritional Biomarker, Periconceptional folic acid supplementation, Pregnancy, Prenatal Supplements, Toddler Nutrition, Vitamins
McKendry, James Musculoskeletal biology and physiology; Health promotion and disease prevention; Aging process; Human nutrition and metabolism; Nutritional physiology; Clinical nutrition; Exercise physiology; Sports nutrition; Kinesiology; Skeletal Muscle; Protein metabolism; Aging; Nutrition; exercise; Sarcopenia; Protein; Muscle Disuse; Stable Isotope Tracers; Omics; Cell Culture; Microscopy
Measday, Vivien Chromosome segregation in the budding yeast using molecular biology and genomic tools
Pratap-Singh, Anubhav Agri-food Transformation Products; cold plasma; food engineering; food processing; Functional Foods; heat transfer; high pressure; mass transfer; novel non-thermal processing; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; pasteurization; pulsed light; sterilization; Agri-food Transformation Products, Cold plasma, Food engineering, Food processing, Functional foods, Heat transfer, High pressure, Mass transfer, Novel non-thermal processing, Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods, Pasteurization, Pulsed light, Sterilization
Stefanska, Barbara Epigenetics, Cancer epigenetics, Nutritional epigenomics; Nutrition and Cancer, Breast Cancer, Hepatic Diseases, Gene Regulation and Expression, Epigenetics, Cancer epigenetics, Nutritional epigenomics
Wang Kazun, Siyun Agri-food Transformation Products; Microbiology; Bioactive Molecules; Food microbiology; Food safety; Agri-food Transformation Products, Microbiology, Bioactive Molecules, Food Microbiology, Food Safety
Xu, Zhaoming Nutrients, Zinc, growth, and growth regulation, Regulatory role of zinc in apoptosis, Zinc and breast cancer
Yang, Tianxi Food sciences (including food engineering); Analytical chemistry; Nano-technology; Chemical engineering; Develop novel Point-of-Care tools for food safety monitoring; Design smart nanomaterials for sustainable farming and precision agriculture; Create sustainable and multifunctional packaging materials to improve food safety and quality
Zulyniak, Michael Human nutrition and metabolism; Population health interventions; Systems biology; Nutritional epidemiology; Metabolomics; Dietetics and nutrigenomics; Genomics; metabolic diseases; Pregnancy; gestational diabetes; type-2 diabetes; Metabolism; Genetics; health disparity; Nutrition; lifestyle; precision nutrition