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Sharon Kirkpatrick
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Research
Latest papers
Assessment of construct validity and reliability of the Canadian Ultra-Processed Product Screener.
Public health nutrition · 2026
Challenges for Predictive Modeling With Neural Network Techniques Using Error-Prone Dietary Intake Data.
Statistics in medicine · 2025
Who is consuming ultra-processed food in Canada? A cross-sectional analysis of the 2018/2019 International Food Policy Study.
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme · 2025
Latest funding
- $15,000
Evidence Synthesis to Inform Dietary Assessment Technologies to Characterize Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
- $3,568,725
Evaluating the impact of nutrition policies: the International Food Policy Study.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $15,000
Diet and Activity Methods for All: Enhancing Inclusion at the 2025 International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
6 publications.
Assessment of construct validity and reliability of the Canadian Ultra-Processed Product Screener.
Hamel V, Desmarais S, Kirkpatrick S, Y Polsky J, Byker Shanks C, da Costa Louzada ML, Vanderlee L, Hamond D, Gariguet D, Moubarac JC
Challenges for Predictive Modeling With Neural Network Techniques Using Error-Prone Dietary Intake Data.
Spicker D, Nazemi A, Hutchinson J, Fieguth P, Kirkpatrick S, Wallace M, Dodd KW
Who is consuming ultra-processed food in Canada? A cross-sectional analysis of the 2018/2019 International Food Policy Study.
Hamel V, Polsky JY, Nardocci M, Kirkpatrick S, Vanderlee L, Hammond D, Garriguet D, Byker Shanks C, Louzada MLC, Robitaille É, Moubarac JC
The Conceptual Framework for the International Food Policy Study: Evaluating the Population-Level Impact of Food Policy.
Hammond D, Vanderlee L, White CM, Acton RB, White M, Roberto CA, Cameron A, Sacks G, Kirkpatrick S, Dubin J, Adams J, Jauregui A, Thrasher JF
Do disparities exist between national food group recommendations and the dietary intakes of contemporary young adults?
Taylor RM, Haslam RL, Truby H, Attia J, Hutchesson MJ, Burrows T, Callister R, Hides L, Bonevski B, Kirkpatrick S, Ashton L, Collins CE
Investigating the Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Personalized Feedback on Dietary Patterns in Young Australian Adults in the Advice, Ideas, and Motivation for My Eating (Aim4Me) Study: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Haslam RL, Pezdirc K, Truby H, Attia J, Hutchesson M, Burrows T, Callister R, Hides L, Bonevski B, Kerr DA, Lubans D, Kirkpatrick S, Rollo M, McCaffrey T, Collins CE
Evidence Synthesis to Inform Dietary Assessment Technologies to Characterize Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Canada
Principal investigators: Kirkpatrick, Sharon; Lamarche, Benoît; Murphy, Rachel
Keywords: Additives; Dietary Assessment; Evidence Synthesis; Food Composition; Mechanisms; Participant Engagement; Ultraprocessed Foods
Evaluating the impact of nutrition policies: the International Food Policy Study.
Principal investigators: Hammond, David G
Keywords: Diet; Food; Nutrition; Policy
Diet and Activity Methods for All: Enhancing Inclusion at the 2025 International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods
Principal investigators: Kirkpatrick, Sharon
Keywords: Assessment; Data Analysis; Data Collection; Dietary Intake; Diversity; Inclusion; Knowledge Mobiliation; Measurement; Methodologies; Physical Activity
Advancing dietary assessment capacity and knowledge in Canada by applying Canada's Food Guide 2019 to examine the relation between diet, individual characteristics, and incidence of cancer in Alberta Tomorrow's Project
Principal investigators: Lee, Jennifer J
Keywords: Cancer; Cohort; Diet Pattern; Dietary Guidelines; Health Equity; Machine Learning
Accelerating methods for characterizing dietary patterns and their influence on health: An international working meeting
Principal investigators: Kirkpatrick, Sharon
Keywords: Complexity; Dietary Assessment; Dietary Patterns; Dynamism; International Conference On Diet And Activity Methods; Multidimensionality; Nutrition; Nutrition Interventions; Nutritional Epidemiology; Workshop
Implementing and Evaluating the Effects of Standardized Electronic Health Records on Learning Health Systems and Patient Experience in Canada
Principal investigators: Aboueid, Stephanie E
Keywords: Electronic Health Records; Health Analytics; Health Systems Management; Learning Health Systems; Mixed Methods Research Methodologies; Patient Experience
International food policy study: Evaluating the impact of food labelling, marketing, and fiscal nutrition policies.
Principal investigators: Hammond, David G
Keywords: Diet; Food Policy; Health Behaviour; Nutrition
The efficacy and population-level impact of nutrition labelling and taxation to reduce free sugar consumption among youth and adults in Canada.
Principal investigators: Hammond, David G
Keywords: Consumer Behaviour; Diet; Labelling; Policy; Population Intervention; Sugar
A between-country dietary analysis and policy scan: Leveraging population-level nutrition data to inform policy
Principal investigators: Kirkpatrick, Sharon; Hammond, David G
Keywords: Between-Country Analysis; Dietary Intake; Dietary Reference Intakes; Eating Patterns; Ecological Study; Food Environment; Informas; Policy Analysis; Prevalences Of Inadequate/Excessive Intakes; Usual Intake Distributions
How can Canadian municipalities enhance the right to food
Principal investigators: Power, Elaine M.
Keywords: right to food; municipal-level food programs; marginalized groups; Canadian municipal governments; cost analysis; food policy
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
- School of Public Health Sciences
- Nutrition
- Statistics and Actuarial Science
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