Ji Lu, Dalhousie University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Dalhousie University profile.

Latest papers

Chinese consumers' perceptions, attitude, and purchase intention of organic products.
Appetite · 2025 · first author
The Healthier the Tastier? USA–India Comparison Studies on Consumer Perception of a Nutritious Agricultural Product at Different Food Processing Levels
Frontiers in Public Health · 2016
Personality and Situation Predictors of Consistent Eating Patterns
PLoS ONE · 2015

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE)
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$2,473,898
Paths of convergence for agriculture, health and wealth: foundational work for a trans-disciplinary whole-of-society paradigm in food and nutrition context
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$354,517
A convergent innovation coalition for sustainable prosperity: development work for agri-food systems
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$197,000

All 3 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Chinese consumers' perceptions, attitude, and purchase intention of organic products.

Lu J, Liu Y, Jing Q, Zhang W

Appetite2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2025.108142 PMID: 40409362

02

The Healthier the Tastier? USA–India Comparison Studies on Consumer Perception of a Nutritious Agricultural Product at Different Food Processing Levels

Laurette Dubé, Hajar Fatemi, Ji Lu, Cristian Hertzer

Frontiers in Public Health201635 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00006 PMID: 26858946

03

Personality and Situation Predictors of Consistent Eating Patterns

Uku Vainik, Laurette Dubé, Ji Lu, Lesley K. Fellows

PLoS ONE201529 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144134 PMID: 26633707

04

Using food as reinforcer to shape children's non-food behavior: The adverse nutritional effect doubly moderated by reward sensitivity and gender

Ji Lu, Suhong Xiong, Narendra Kumar Arora, Laurette Dubé

Eating Behaviors201519 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.07.003 PMID: 26254032

Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: community-directed collaborative research partnership; sustainable food systems; regional development; Aboriginal; First Nations; integration; scale; governance

$2,473,898

Paths of convergence for agriculture, health and wealth: foundational work for a trans-disciplinary whole-of-society paradigm in food and nutrition context

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dubé, Laurette

Keywords: behavioral economics; market formation; collective action

$354,517

A convergent innovation coalition for sustainable prosperity: development work for agri-food systems

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ray, Saibal

Keywords: value chain management; pricing and risk management; agri-food sector; academic-practitioner partnership; innovation; metric convergence; emerging economies; game theory; system dynamics; case study; consumer choice; sustainability

$197,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Laurette Dubé

McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics

3 shared papers, latest 2016

Lesley Fellows

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Lu, 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 "Chinese consumers' perceptions, attitude, and purchase intention of organic products." (2025), 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]