Josie Geller, University of Alberta

Research

Chronic Disease Management Family Lifestyle Motivation Obesity Pediatric

Latest papers

Join the conversation! The development and preliminary application of conversation cards in pediatric weight management.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2013

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Applying Navigation and Care to Help Ongoing Retention (ANCHOR): A hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial to test whether family navigation reduces attrition in pediatric obesity management
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$787,950
Attrition in pediatric obesity management: A randomized feasibility study
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$462,825
Developing and Validating the Readiness and Motivation Interview for Families (RMI-Family) Managing Pediatric Obesity
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
$627,877

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Join the conversation! The development and preliminary application of conversation cards in pediatric weight management.

Ball GD, Farnesi BC, Newton AS, Holt NL, Geller J, Sharma AM, Johnson ST, Matteson CL, Finegood DT

Journal of nutrition education and behavior2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.02.002 PMID: 23602164

Applying Navigation and Care to Help Ongoing Retention (ANCHOR): A hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial to test whether family navigation reduces attrition in pediatric obesity management

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ball, Geoff D; Hadjiyannakis, Stasia; Ho, Josephine; Zenlea, Ian S

Keywords: Health Services; Obesity; Pediatrics; Rct

$787,950

Attrition in pediatric obesity management: A randomized feasibility study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ball, Geoff D; Ho, Josephine; Zenlea, Ian S

Keywords: Family; Feasibility; Obesity; Pediatric; Qualitative; Rct

$462,825

Developing and Validating the Readiness and Motivation Interview for Families (RMI-Family) Managing Pediatric Obesity

Principal investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Ball, Geoff D; Geller, Josie A

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Family; Lifestyle; Motivation; Obesity; Pediatric

$627,877

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Chronic Disease Management Dear Professor Geller, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Join the conversation! The development and preliminary application of conversation cards in pediatric weight management." (2013), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]