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Noreen Willows

ResearcherUniversity of Alberta

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Noreen Willows

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2012.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2017.

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Research

Aboriginal Nutrition Collective Case Study Food Security Intervention Evaluation Participatory Research Qualitative Research

Latest papers

"I just got tired of their healthy tips": health promotion during public health crises.
Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023
Decolonizing research in high-income countries improves Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2023 · first author
Development of an optimal grocery list based on actual intake from a cross-sectional study of First Nations adults in Ontario, Canada.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2022 · senior author

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$8,000,000
Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$8,000,000
Weathering adversity: toward mitigating the impact of prolonged school closure and social isolation on mental health and lifestyle behaviours of elementary school children
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$237,371

All 12 grants and awards

21 publications.

"I just got tired of their healthy tips": health promotion during public health crises.

Dabravolskaj J, Willows N, Maunula L, Mandour BA, Sim S, Veugelers PJ, Maximova K

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2023

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.43.6.05 PMID: 37379360

Decolonizing research in high-income countries improves Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing.

Willows N, Blanchet R, Wasonti Io Delormier T

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2023First author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0334 PMID: 36472342

Development of an optimal grocery list based on actual intake from a cross-sectional study of First Nations adults in Ontario, Canada.

Batal M, Kenny TA, Johnson-Down L, Ing A, Fediuk K, Sadik T, Chan HM, Willows N

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0950 PMID: 34826224

Enhancing cultural food security among the Syilx Okanagan adults with the reintroduction of Okanagan sockeye salmon.

Blanchet R, Willows N, Johnson S, Okanagan Nation Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives, Batal M

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2022

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0321 PMID: 34807751

"It's Very Stressful for Children": Elementary School-Aged Children's Psychological Wellbeing during COVID-19 in Canada.

Maunula L, Dabravolskaj J, Maximova K, Sim S, Willows N, Newton AS, Veugelers PJ

Children (Basel, Switzerland)2021

DOI: 10.3390/children8121185 PMID: 34943381

An Indigenous food sovereignty initiative is positively associated with well-being and cultural connectedness in a survey of Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada.

Blanchet R, Batal M, Johnson-Down L, Johnson S, Okanagan Nation Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives, Willows N

BMC public health2021

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11229-2 PMID: 34271895

Exploring the association between food insecurity and food skills among school-aged children.

Blanchet R, Loewen OK, Godrich SL, Willows N, Veugelers P

Public health nutrition2020

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980019004300 PMID: 32238207

Traditional Food, Health, and Diet Quality in Syilx Okanagan Adults in British Columbia, Canada.

Blanchet R, Willows N, Johnson S, Salmon Reintroduction Initiatives ON, Batal M

Nutrients2020

DOI: 10.3390/nu12040927 PMID: 32230797

Optimisation modelling to improve the diets of First Nations individuals.

Johnson-Down L, Willows N, Kenny TA, Ing A, Fediuk K, Sadik T, Chan HM, Batal M

Journal of nutritional science2019

DOI: 10.1017/jns.2019.30 PMID: 31595187

Modelling optimal diets for quality and cost: examples from Inuit and First Nations communities in Canada 1.

Willows N, Johnson-Down L, Kenny TA, Chan HM, Batal M

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2019First author

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0624 PMID: 30566364

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity Well-being Conservation Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Parlee, Brenda

Keywords: Biodiversity; Well-being; Conservation; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Peoples

$8,000,000

Weathering adversity: toward mitigating the impact of prolonged school closure and social isolation on mental health and lifestyle behaviours of elementary school children

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Maximova, Katerina; Orfei, Marisa; Veugelers, Paul J

Keywords: Best Practices; Children; Diet; Mental Health; Physical Activity; Primary Prevention; School Closure; School Programming; Sleep; Social Isolation

$237,371

Evaluating an Indigenous food sovereignty initiative: Outcomes of the Syilx-led reintroduction of Okanagan sockeye salmon through habitat restoration on Syilx social determinants of health, food security and diet

SupervisorCIHR2017Fellowship - PA: First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Blanchet, Rosanne

Keywords: Case Study; Determinants Of Health; Diet Quality; Ecosystem Recovery; Food Security; Food Sovereignty; Health Equity; Indigenous Health; Nutrition; Survey

$165,000

Simulation Modelling of the Impact of Population Approaches to Reduce Free Sugar Consumption among Canadians

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Op Grant: Sugar and Health - Pop. Approaches to Reduce Free Sugar Consumption

Principal investigators: Veugelers, Paul J

Keywords: Chronic Disease; Free Sugars; Health Economics; Health Policy; Nutrition; Population Health; Simulation Modeling

Exploring the barriers, enablers, and perceptions of a First Nation school's nutrition policy

SupervisorCIHR2016Doctoral Research Award - PA: Aboriginal Research Methodologies

Principal investigators: Gillies, Christina L

Keywords: Children; Community-Based; First Nations; Focused Ethnography; Mixed Methods; Nutrition; Obesity; School Nutrition Policy

$108,000

Hunger on Campus: Food insecurity among student clients of the University of Alberta Campus Food Bank

SupervisorCIHR2013Master's Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Farahbakhsh, Jasmine J

Keywords: Campus Food Bank Use; Canadian Community Health Survey; Effects Of Hunger On Academics; Gender Effects On Food Bank Use; Post-Secondary Student Food Security; Structured Surveys

$17,500

Evaluating food security interventions across geographically and culturally distinct Aboriginal communities

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - LOI

Principal investigators: Willows, Noreen D; Jardine, Cynthia

Keywords: Aboriginal Nutrition; Collective Case Study; Food Security; Intervention Evaluation; Participatory Research; Qualitative Research

Return on Investments in Population Health Interventions that Promote Healthy Eating among Children

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Food and Health - LOI

Principal investigators: Veugelers, Paul J

Keywords: Chronic Disease Prevention; Economic Evaluation; Epidemiology; Knowledge Dissemination And Exchange; Nutrition; Population Health Intervention Research; Qualitative Methods; School Nutrition Policy; School-Based Interventions; Vulnerable Populations

An Alberta First Nation garden-based nutrition education program to improve children's nutrition and weight status

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant - Priority Announcement: Obesity

Principal investigators: Willows, Noreen D

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Children; Community Research; Culture; Gardening; Nutrition; Nutrition Education Interventions; Obesity; Participatory Research; Social Cognitive Theory

$85,965

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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Noreen Willows

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"I just got tired of their healthy tips": health promotion during public health crises.

Decolonizing research in high-income countries improves Indigenous peoples' health and wellbeing.

Development of an optimal grocery list based on actual intake from a cross-sectional study of First Nations adults in Ontario, Canada.

Enhancing cultural food security among the Syilx Okanagan adults with the reintroduction of Okanagan sockeye salmon.

"It's Very Stressful for Children": Elementary School-Aged Children's Psychological Wellbeing during COVID-19 in Canada.

An Indigenous food sovereignty initiative is positively associated with well-being and cultural connectedness in a survey of Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada.

Exploring the association between food insecurity and food skills among school-aged children.

Traditional Food, Health, and Diet Quality in Syilx Okanagan Adults in British Columbia, Canada.

Optimisation modelling to improve the diets of First Nations individuals.

Modelling optimal diets for quality and cost: examples from Inuit and First Nations communities in Canada 1.

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Biodiversity Conservation and the Health and Well-being of Indigenous Peoples

Weathering adversity: toward mitigating the impact of prolonged school closure and social isolation on mental health and lifestyle behaviours of elementary school children

Evaluating an Indigenous food sovereignty initiative: Outcomes of the Syilx-led reintroduction of Okanagan sockeye salmon through habitat restoration on Syilx social determinants of health, food security and diet

Simulation Modelling of the Impact of Population Approaches to Reduce Free Sugar Consumption among Canadians

Exploring the barriers, enablers, and perceptions of a First Nation school's nutrition policy

Hunger on Campus: Food insecurity among student clients of the University of Alberta Campus Food Bank

Evaluating food security interventions across geographically and culturally distinct Aboriginal communities

Return on Investments in Population Health Interventions that Promote Healthy Eating among Children

An Alberta First Nation garden-based nutrition education program to improve children's nutrition and weight status

Frequent collaborators

Paul Veugelers

Malek Batal

Yan Yuan

Katerina Maximova

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Diana Mager

Laurie Chan

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Katerina Maximova