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Spencer Henson
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Latest papers
WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national burden of 42 foodborne infectious and chemical hazards, 2000-21: an updated data synthesis.
The Lancet. Global health · 2026
A research vision for food systems in the 2020s: Defying the status quo.
Global food security · 2020
Are Low-Income Consumers Willing to Pay for Fortification of a Commercially Produced Yogurt in Bangladesh.
Food and nutrition bulletin · 2020
Latest funding
- $231,600
A multi-factorial framework for risk prioritization of foodborne pathogens
NSERC · 2006 · Co-investigator
- $19,470,000
Advanced Foods and Materials Network/Réseau des aliments et des matériaux d'avant-garde
NSERC · 2003 · Co-investigator
14 publications.
WHO estimates of the global, regional, and national burden of 42 foodborne infectious and chemical hazards, 2000-21: an updated data synthesis.
Lake RJ, Devleesschauwer B, Majowicz SE, Robertson LJ, Jakobsen LS, Agudo A, Pires SM, Kirk MD, Walter ES, Keddy KH, di Bari C, Vaes L, Havelaar AH, Roberts C, Gobena T, Kretzschmar ME, Nane GF, Hoffmann S, Mughini-Gras L, Sripa B, Kubota K, Founou LL, Bai L, Huthiel MA, Rachmawati T, Estrada-Garcia T, Kumar A, Natour FA, Jaffee S, Henson S, Ingenbleek L, Kumapley R, Borghi E, Minato Y, WHO Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference Group for 2021–25
A research vision for food systems in the 2020s: Defying the status quo.
Fanzo J, Covic N, Dobermann A, Henson S, Herrero M, Pingali P, Staal S
Are Low-Income Consumers Willing to Pay for Fortification of a Commercially Produced Yogurt in Bangladesh.
Agnew J, Henson S, Cao Y
The Development Impacts of COVID-19 at Home and Abroad: Politics and Implications of Government Action.
Henson S, Kambhampati U, Mogues T, Olsen W, Prowse M, Ramos R, Rand J, Rasiah R, Roelen K, Tiessen R, Yap OF
Global Challenges: Food, Agriculture and Nutrition.
Henson S
Global Challenges - an innovative journal for tackling humanity's major challenges.
Hutton FG, Feulner G, Lund PD, Henson S, Røttingen JA, Hoffman SJ, Butler D
Canadians' perceptions of food, diet, and health--a national survey.
Schermel A, Mendoza J, Henson S, Dukeshire S, Pasut L, Emrich TE, Lou W, Qi Y, L'abbé MR
Difficulty of healthy eating: a Rasch model approach.
Henson S, Blandon J, Cranfield J
Understanding the propensity of consumers to comply with dietary guidelines directed at heart health.
Henson S, Blandon J, Cranfield J, Herath D
Understanding the complexities of private standards in global agri-food chains as they impact developing countries.
Henson S, Humphrey J
A multi-factorial framework for risk prioritization of foodborne pathogens
Principal investigators: Davidson, Valerie
Advanced Foods and Materials Network/Réseau des aliments et des matériaux d'avant-garde
Principal investigators: Yada, Rickey
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
- Wendy Lou and Spencer Henson: 1 shared paper
- Andreas Boecker and Getu Hailu: 1 shared paper
- Andreas Boecker and Spencer Henson: 1 shared paper
- Getu Hailu and Spencer Henson: 1 shared paper
- Ontario Agricultural College
- Biostatistics Division
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