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Jessica Omand
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Research
Latest papers
Improving Dietary Data Quality in Nutrition Studies: Development and Validation of an Explainable, Reproducible, Open Machine Learning-Assisted Framework for Outlier Detection in 24-Hour Recalls
American Journal of Epidemiology · 2026
Changes in obesity and waist circumference in children and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
Scientific Reports · 2026
Early Life Antibiotic Prescription for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Is Associated With Higher Antibiotic Use in Childhood.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2022
Latest funding
- $6,000
Early Childhood Iron Status and Later Academic Achievement: A TARGet Kids! EQAO Linked Cohort Study
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
Co-creation of a Human Resource Development Training Framework for School Food Program Providers
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $25,000
Pathway to a healthier early learning and child care food environment: Participatory activities to define research priorities
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
5 publications.
Improving Dietary Data Quality in Nutrition Studies: Development and Validation of an Explainable, Reproducible, Open Machine Learning-Assisted Framework for Outlier Detection in 24-Hour Recalls
Massara P, Saab S, Asrar A, Omand J, Anderson LN, Keown-Stoneman C, Maguire JL, Bandsma RHJ, Birken CS, Comelli EM
Changes in obesity and waist circumference in children and parents during the COVID-19 pandemic
Yoshida-Montezuma Y, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Jamnik J, Smith BT, Pabayo R, Kinlin LM, Vanderloo LM, Omand J, Maguire JL, Birken CS
Early Life Antibiotic Prescription for Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Is Associated With Higher Antibiotic Use in Childhood.
Samtani B, Gray N, Omand J, Keown-Stoneman C, Aglipay M, Birken C, Maguire J
Association Between Physical Activity, Screen Time and Sleep, and School Readiness in Canadian Children Aged 4 to 6 Years
Vanderloo LM, Omand J, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Janus M, Tremblay MS, Maguire JL, Borkhoff CM, Lebovic G, Parkin P, Mamdani M
Automated Self-Administered 24-H Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24) recalls for parent proxy-reporting of children’s intake (> 4 years of age): a feasibility study
Sharpe I, Kirkpatrick SI, Smith BT, Keown-Stoneman CDG, Omand J, Vanderhout S, Maguire JL, Birken CS, Anderson LN
Early Childhood Iron Status and Later Academic Achievement: A TARGet Kids! EQAO Linked Cohort Study
Principal investigators: Tessema, Emanuel
Keywords: Developmental Outcomes; Early Childhood; Iron Deficiency
Co-creation of a Human Resource Development Training Framework for School Food Program Providers
Principal investigators: Yeudall, Fiona; Field, Debbie E; Omand, Jessica
Keywords: Competency Framework; Implementation Science; Multi-Sectoral Collaboration; National School Food Policy; School Food Programs; School Food Providers; Workforce Development
Pathway to a healthier early learning and child care food environment: Participatory activities to define research priorities
Principal investigators: Lee, Jennifer J
Keywords: Childcare; Early Learning; Early Nutrition; Food Environment; Healthy Diet; Nutrition
Healthy Foundations for Success: Analyzing Canadian Cohort Data on Early Life Nutrition and Its Impact on Academic Achievement
Principal investigators: Omand, Jessica
Keywords: Academic Achievement; Dietary Intake; Early Childhood; Eating Behaviours; Epidemiology; Longitudinal Cohort; Nutrition; Nutritional Risk; Paediatrics; Standardized Testing
ENRICHED: Evaluating CaNada's early leaRnIng and Childcare policy (CWELCC) on children's HEalth and Development
Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Risk; Childcare Policy; Childhood Obesity; Development; Diet; Early Learning And Child Care; Obesity Prevention; Physical Activity; Protective Cohort; School Readiness
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child growth and cardiometabolic risk
Principal investigators: Anderson, Laura N
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Risk; Child Growth; Cohort Studies; Obesity; Pediatrics; Population Health; Primary Prevention
Towards Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic - the TARGet Kids! Study of Children and Families
Principal investigators: Birken, Catherine S; Carsley, Sarah
Keywords: Children And Youth; Cohort; Covid-19; Epidemiology; Growth; Health Behaviours; Learning; Mental Health; Parents; Pediatrics
Addressing child nutrition and development and education outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort and randomized controlled trial
Principal investigators: Birken, Catherine S
Keywords: Children; Covid-19; Development; Dietary Intake; Eating Behaviours; Epidemiology; Food Insecurity; Learning; Nutrition; School
The effects of school and childcare participation during the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and their parents: the TARGet Kids! Study of Children and Families
Principal investigators: Birken, Catherine S
Keywords: Childcare; Children; Cohort; Covid-19; Health Behaviours; Learning; Obesity; Parents; School; Service Utilization
Capacity building in innovative clinical trials to optimize children's physical, mental and educational wellbeing
Principal investigators: Maguire, Jonathon L
Keywords: Cardiometabolic Health; Mental Health; Pediatrics; School Readiness
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
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Pediatrics
- Food, Nutrition and Health
- Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Nutritional Sciences
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
- Other
Co-authors at Toronto Metropolitan University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Laura Anderson
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Shelley Vanderhout
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Magdalena Janus
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jonathon Maguire
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Catherine Birken
Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Roman Pabayo
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Patricia Parkin
Pediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Muhammad Mamdani
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Eric Duku
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Mary Aglipay
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2022
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