Elizabeth Smith, Ontario Tech University

Research

Children And Youth Diet Digital Health Ehealth Food Literacy Health Promotion Healthy Eating Nutrition Education

Latest funding

Efficacy of a digital school-based nutrition education intervention to improve healthy eating knowledge, attitudes and behaviours
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$100,000

Efficacy of a digital school-based nutrition education intervention to improve healthy eating knowledge, attitudes and behaviours

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth - Physical Health of Youth

Principal investigators: Arcand, JoAnne; Dawson, Jody M; Smith, Elizabeth; Tugault-Lafleur, Claire

Keywords: Children And Youth; Diet; Digital Health; Ehealth; Food Literacy; Health Promotion; Healthy Eating; Nutrition Education; School-Based Health; Serious Games

$100,000

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: Children And Youth Dear Professor Smith, 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 children and youth 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 "Efficacy of a digital school-based nutrition education intervention to improve healthy eating knowledge, attitudes and behaviours" (2022), 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]