Heather O'Hara, University of Calgary

Research

Diet Quality Farmers' Markets Food Insecurity Low-Income Households Parent-Child Dyads Adult Health Child Health Financial Subsidy

Latest funding

Does the British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the diet quality and food security of parents and children with low incomes? A dose-response, pragmatic randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$940,950
Does the British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the diet quality of parents and their children? A dose-response, randomized controlled trial
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Does the BC Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the dietary behaviours and psychosocial well-being of low-income adults?
CIHR · 2017 · Principal investigator
$539,325

All 3 grants and awards

Does the British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the diet quality and food security of parents and children with low incomes? A dose-response, pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Olstad, Dana Lee; Campbell, David J; O'Hara, Heather; Sajobi, Tolulope T; Spackman, Eldon

Keywords: Adult Health; Child Health; Diet Quality; Farmers' Markets; Financial Subsidy; Food Insecurity; Low-Income Households; Parent-Child Dyads; Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial; Women'S Health

$940,950

Does the British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the diet quality of parents and their children? A dose-response, randomized controlled trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - PA: Women's Health Research - Early Career Researcher Grant

Principal investigators: Olstad, Dana Lee; Beall, Reed; Campbell, David J; O'Hara, Heather; Sajobi, Tolulope T; Spackman, Eldon

Keywords: Adult Nutrition; Child Nutrition; Diet Quality; Dose Response; Farmers' Markets; Food Insecurity; Healthy Food Subsidy; Low-Income Households; Parent-Child Dyads; Women'S Nutrition

$100,000

Does the BC Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the dietary behaviours and psychosocial well-being of low-income adults?

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Olstad, Dana Lee; O'Hara, Heather

Keywords: Diet Quality; Farmers' Market; Food Subsidy; Low-Income; Policy; Psychosocial Well-Being; Socioeconomic Position

$539,325

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: Diet Quality Dear Professor O'Hara, 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]. Your research on diet quality connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Does the British Columbia Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program improve the diet quality and food security of parents and children with low incomes? A dose-response, pragmatic randomized controlled trial" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]