Melissa Rossiter, Mount Saint Vincent University

Research

Behaviour Change Early Childhood Nutrition Responsive Feeding Early Learning Environments Implementation Science Child Care Coaching

Latest papers

Food security status among grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada and its association with health outcomes.
Public health nutrition · 2015

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Fostering joyful eaters through CELEBRATE Feeding: Coaching in Early Learning Environments to Build a Responsive Approach to Eating and Feeding
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$830,024
Activating stories of success to enable scale-up of responsive feeding in early learning and child care environments
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$9,998
Leveraging family voice and social media to build protective factors in early social and emotional health
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$9,997

All 7 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Food security status among grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada and its association with health outcomes.

Kirk SF, Kuhle S, McIsaac JL, Williams PL, Rossiter M, Ohinmaa A, Veugelers PJ

Public health nutrition2015

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980014001414 PMID: 25075606

Fostering joyful eaters through CELEBRATE Feeding: Coaching in Early Learning Environments to Build a Responsive Approach to Eating and Feeding

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Jessie-Lee D; Rossiter, Melissa D

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Early Childhood; Early Learning Environments; Implementation Science; Nutrition; Responsive Feeding

$830,024

Activating stories of success to enable scale-up of responsive feeding in early learning and child care environments

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Jessie-Lee D; Rossiter, Melissa D

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Child Care; Coaching; Early Childhood; Nutrition; Responsive Feeding

$9,998

Leveraging family voice and social media to build protective factors in early social and emotional health

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Jessie-Lee D

Keywords: Child Development; Mental Health; Parenting; Social And Emotional Health; Social Media

$9,997

Mobilizing knowledge-to-action for responsive feeding in early childhood: A theory-based intervention for the early years

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Jessie-Lee D; Rossiter, Melissa D

Keywords: Behaviour Change; Early Childhood; Intervention; Knowledge Translation; Nutrition; Theory

$455,176

Transitions to a new normal: The health of young children in the Maritimes during COVID-19

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

Principal investigators: McIsaac, Jessie-Lee D; Turner, Joan C

Keywords: Child Health; Early Childhood Development; Family Support; Mental Health; Nutrition; Physical Activity; Prevention

$80,000

Creation of a Comprehensive Health Profile of Children in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and Development of Intra-Provincial Population-Based Birth Cohorts

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant: SPOR PIHCI Network: Quick Strikes

Principal investigators: Tranchant, Carole C.; Bélanger, Mathieu; Montelpare, William J

Keywords: Birth Cohort Database; Community Involvement; Population-Based Sample; Toddler Health Profile

$83,125

Community food security - CFS: participatory approaches to exploring the policy interface between food access and supply - activating policy change for CFS

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)

Keywords: participatory action research; community food security; food security; food insecurity; food systems; policy analysis and mapping; case study; mixed methods; community mobilization; knowledge translation; online learning; training; deliberative dialogue

$1,000,000

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

Frequent collaborators

Stefan Kuhle

Health and Human Performance

1 shared papers, latest 2015

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Behaviour Change Dear Professor Rossiter, 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 "Food security status among grade 5 students in Nova Scotia, Canada and its association with health outcomes." (2015), and it 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 "Fostering joyful eaters through CELEBRATE Feeding: Coaching in Early Learning Environments to Build a Responsive Approach to Eating and Feeding" (2026), 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]