Karen Wismer, University of Guelph

Research

Child Health Co-Design Design Thinking Diet Early Childhood Education And Care Nutrition Plant-Based Protein Food Public Health

Latest funding

Co-designing a toolkit to support healthy and environmentally sustainable eating at early childhood education centres.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$92,056

All 1 grants and awards

Co-designing a toolkit to support healthy and environmentally sustainable eating at early childhood education centres.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - General Pool

Principal investigators: Haines, Jess; Wismer, Karen

Keywords: Child Health; Co-Design; Design Thinking; Diet; Early Childhood Education And Care; Nutrition; Plant-Based Protein Food; Public Health; Qualitative; Sustainability

$92,056

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: Child Health Dear Professor Wismer, 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 child health 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 "Co-designing a toolkit to support healthy and environmentally sustainable eating at early childhood education centres." (2025), 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]