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A healthy diet can reduce the risk of developing certain chronic diseases. As the incidence of diet-related diseases continues to increase, there is an urgent need for policy change. Dr. Mahsa Jessri, Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Epidemiology for Population Health, is working on research to inform changes to Canada’s nutrition policies. Dr. Jessri and her research team are developing multi-dimensional dietary patterns aimed at preventing chronic diseases and investigating the systems that underpin policies, such as those related to package labelling and restriction of marketing to children. The innovative big data infrastructure they are maintaining will enable state-of-the-art, timely modelling of how Canadians’ health and health care outcomes might shift in response to policy changes that focus on dietary patterns and food supply.
- Publications
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Sodium, added sugar and saturated fat intake in relation to mortality and CVD events in adults: Canadian National Nutrition Survey linked with vital statistics and health administrative databases
British Journal of Nutrition
Mahsa Jessri and Deirdre Hennessey and Anan Bader Eddeen and Carol Bennett and Zefeng Zhang and Quanhe Yang and Claudia Sanmartin and Douglas Manuel
DOI: 10.1017/S000711452200099X
05/2023Development of the Canadian Food Intake Screener to assess alignment of adults’ dietary intake with the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide healthy food choices recommendations
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0019
2023Construct validity and reliability of the Canadian Eating Practices Screener to assess eating practices based on 2019 Canada's Food Guide recommendations
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0080
2023The Canadian Food Intake Screener for assessing alignment of adults’ dietary intake with the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide healthy food choices recommendations: scoring system and construct validity
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0018
2023Development of the Canadian Eating Practices Screener to assess eating practices based on 2019 Canada's Food Guide recommendations
Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0081
2023Mortality and Life Expectancy Lost in Canada Attributable to Dietary Patterns: Evidence from Canadian National Nutrition Survey Linked to Routinely Collected Health Administrative Databases
American Journal of Epidemiology
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwac189
2023Alcohol Consumption, Genetic Risk, and Intraocular Pressure and Glaucoma: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.64.10.3
2023Adherence to a priori dietary patterns in relation to obesity: Results from two cycles of the Canadian National Nutrition Survey
Public Health Nutrition
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980023000903
2023Algorithm-based mapping of products in a branded Canadian food and beverage database to their equivalents in Health Canada’s Canadian Nutrient File
Frontiers in Nutrition
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1013516
2023Association of Dietary Diversity with Incident Type 2 Diabetes by Sex and Obesity Status in Eight European Countries: The Epic-Interact Case-Cohort Study
SSRN
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4617057
2023Mortality attributable to dietary patterns in Canada: national nutrition survey linked to routinely-collected health administrative databases
Annals of Epidemiology
Mahsa Jessri and Deirdre Hennessey and Anan Bader Eddeen and Carol Bennett and Claudia Sanmartin and Douglas G. Manuel
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.014
09/2022Creating "Plates" to Evaluate Canadians' Dietary Intake in Relation to the 2019 Canada's Food Guide.
Canadian journal of dietetic practice and research : a publication of Dietitians of Canada = Revue canadienne de la pratique et de la recherche en dietetique : une publication des Dietetistes du Canada
Prowse R and Doan N and Philipneri A and Thielman J and Hack S and Harrington DW and Jessri M
DOI: 10.3148/cjdpr-2022-010
PubMed: 35503904
05/2022Associations between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease risk in Canadian adults: a comparison of partial least squares, reduced rank regression and the simplified dietary pattern technique.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Lazarova SV and Jessri M
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac117
PubMed: 35511218
05/2022Adherence to emerging plant-based dietary patterns and its association with cardiovascular disease risk in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults.
The American journal of clinical nutrition
Lazarova SV and Sutherland JM and Jessri M
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqac062
PubMed: 35265975
03/2022Evaluation of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 measuring adherence to Canada’s Food Guide 2019 recommendations on healthy food choices1
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Brassard, D. and Munene, L.-A.E. and St-Pierre, S. and Gonzalez, A. and Guenther, P.M. and Jessri, M. and Vena, J. and Olstad, D.L. and Vatanparast, H. and Prowse, R. and Lemieux, S. and L?abbe, M.R. and Garriguet, D. and Kirkpatrick, S.I. and Lamarche, B.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0416
2022The Canadian Food Intake Screener for assessing alignment of adults’ dietary intake with the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide healthy food choices recommendations: Scoring system and construct validity
medRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.19.22283575
2022Development of the Canadian Food Intake Screener to assess alignment of adults’ dietary intake with the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide healthy food choices recommendations
medRxiv
Hutchinson, J.M. and Williams, T.E. and Westaway, A.M. and B{\'e}dard, A. and Pitre, C. and Lemieux, S. and Dodd, K.W. and Lamarche, B. and Guenther, P.M. and Haines, J. and Wallace, A. and Martin, A. and da Costa Louzada, M.L. and Jessri, M. and Olstad, D.L. and Prowse, R. and Simpson, J.R. and Vena, J.E. and Kirkpatrick, S.I.
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.19.22283569
2022Development and validation of a cardiovascular disease risk-prediction model using population health surveys and dietary indices: the Cardiovascular Disease Population Risk Tool - Nutrition (CVDPoRT-Nutrition)
International Journal of Population Data Science
Jessri, M. and Eddeen, A.B. and Hennessy, D. and Bernstein, J. and Sanmartin, C. and Bennett, C. and Manuel, D.
DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.2102
2022Linkage of the nationally representative Canadian Community Health Survey – Nutrition 2004 to routinely collected mortality records
Health Reports
Jessri, M. and Hennessy, D. and Eddeen, A.B. and Bennett, C. and Garriguet, D. and Sanmartin, C. and Manuel, D.
DOI: 10.25318/82-003-x202200900002-eng
2022Adherence to emerging plant-based dietary patterns and its association with cardiovascular disease risk in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults
International Journal of Population Data Science
Lazarova, S. and Sutherland, J. and Jessri, M.
DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.2104
2022Socioeconomic position and consumption of sugary drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% juice among Canadians: a cross-sectional analysis of the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey–Nutrition
Canadian Journal of Public Health
Warren, C. and Hobin, E. and Manuel, D.G. and Anderson, L.N. and Hammond, D. and Jessri, M. and Arcand, J.A. and L?Abb{\'e}, M. and Li, Y. and Rosella, L.C. and Manson, H. and Smith, B.T.
DOI: 10.17269/s41997-021-00602-8
2022Comparison of mortality hazard ratios associated with health behaviours in Canada and the United States: a population-based linked health survey study
BMC Public Health
Fisher, S. and Bennett, C. and Hennessy, D. and Fin{\`e}s, P. and Jessri, M. and Bader Eddeen, A. and Frank, J. and Robertson, T. and Taljaard, M. and Rosella, L.C. and Sanmartin, C. and Jha, P. and Leyland, A. and Manuel, D.G.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12849-y
2022Development of the Healthy Eating Food Index (HEFI)-2019 measuring adherence to Canada’s Food Guide 2019 recommendations on healthy food choices1
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Brassard, D. and Munene, L.-A.E. and St-Pierre, S. and Guenther, P.M. and Kirkpatrick, S.I. and Slater, J. and Lemieux, S. and Jessri, M. and Haines, J. and Prowse, R. and Olstad, D.L. and Garriguet, D. and Vena, J. and Vatanpatast, H. and L?abbe, M.R. and Lamarche, B.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2021-0415
2022Unusual presentation of granular cell tumour of buccal mucosa.
BMJ case reports
Toh ZYC and Cooper T and Jessri M and Chang FS
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242242
PubMed: 34544699
09/2021Synchronous Multifocal Canalicular Adenomas.
Head and neck pathology
Sultan AS and Chang FS and Cooper T and Jessri M
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-021-01293-w
PubMed: 33544378
02/2021The Equity and Effectiveness of Achieving Canada’s Voluntary Sodium Reduction Guidance Targets: A Modelling Study Using the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition
Nutrients
Brendan Smith and Salma Hack and Mahsa Jessri and JoAnne Arcand and Lindsay McLaren and Mary R. L’Abbé and Laura Anderson and Erin Hobin and David Hammond and Heather Manson and Laura Rosella and Douglas G. Manuel
DOI: 10.3390/nu13030779
02/2021Using partial least squares to identify a dietary pattern associated with obesity in a nationallyrepresentative sample of Canadian adults: Results from the Canadian community health survey-nutrition 2015
PLoS ONE
Ng, A.P. and Jessri, M. and L{'}Abbe, M.R.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255415
2021Development and validation of a predictive algorithm for risk of dementia in the community setting
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Fisher, S. and Manuel, D.G. and Hsu, A.T. and Bennett, C. and Tuna, M. and Bader Eddeen, A. and Sequeira, Y. and Jessri, M. and Taljaard, M. and Anderson, G.M. and Tanuseputro, P.
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2020-214797
2021Nutritional quality of the food choices of Canadian children
BMC Nutrition
Hack, S. and Jessri, M. and L?Abb{\'e}, M.R.
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-021-00422-6
2021Nicotine e-vaping and cardiovascular consequences: a case series and literature review.
European heart journal. Case reports
Jessri M and Sultan AS and Magdy E and Hynes N and Sultan S
DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa330
PubMed: 33437920
11/2020Central mechanisms of pain in orofacial pain patients: Implications for management.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
Jessri M and Sultan AS and Tavares T and Schug S
DOI: 10.1111/jop.13062
PubMed: 32539196
07/2020The use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in oncologic histopathology.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
Sultan AS and Elgharib MA and Tavares T and Jessri M and Basile JR
DOI: 10.1111/jop.13042
PubMed: 32449232
06/2020Identification of an Obesogenic Dietary Pattern Using Partial Least Squares in a Nationally-Representative Sample of Canadian Adults
Current developments in nutrition
Ng A and Jessri M and L'Abbé M
05/2020Evaluating Diet Quality of Canadian Adults Using Health Canada’s Surveillance Tool Tier System: Findings from the 2015 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition
Nutrients
Salma Hack and Mahsa Jessri and Mary R. L’Abbé
DOI: 10.3390/nu12041113
04/2020Modifiable factors associated with weight regain after bariatric surgery: A scoping review
F1000Research
Jessri, M. and Kaouk, L. and Hsu, A.T. and Tanuseputro, P.
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.18787.2
2020Pathology is Always Around Us: Apophenia in Pathology, a Remarkable Unreported Phenomenon.
Diseases (Basel, Switzerland)
Sultan AS and Jessri M
DOI: 10.3390/diseases7040054
PubMed: 31557842
09/2019Exome sequencing of oral leukoplakia and oral squamous cell carcinoma implicates DNA damage repair gene defects in malignant transformation.
Oral oncology
Farah CS and Jessri M and Bennett NC and Dalley AJ and Shearston KD and Fox SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2019.07.005
PubMed: 31422212
07/2019Changes in the Dietary Patterns of Canadian Adults and Likelihood of Obesity: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition, Cycles 2004 and 2015 (P18-035-19)
Current developments in nutrition
Ng A and Jessri M and L'Abbe M
06/2019Modifiable factors associated with weight regain after bariatric surgery: A scoping review [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
F1000Research
Kaouk, L. and Hsu, A.T. and Tanuseputro, P. and Jessri, M.
DOI: 10.12688/F1000RESEARCH.18787.1
2019Electronic nicotine delivery systems: Oral health implications and oral cancer risk.
Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology
Sultan AS and Jessri M and Farah CS
DOI: 10.1111/jop.12810
PubMed: 30507043
12/2018Assessing the Dietary Habits of Canadians by Eating Location and Occasion: Findings from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2
Nutrients
Stephanie Nishi and Mahsa Jessri and Mary L’Abbé
DOI: 10.3390/nu10060682
05/2018Adapting the Healthy Eating Index 2010 for the Canadian Population: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey
Nutrients
Mahsa Jessri and Alena Ng and Mary L’Abbé
DOI: 10.3390/nu9080910
08/2017Correction: Jessri, M.; et al. Assessing the Nutritional Quality of Diets of Canadian Adults Using the 2014 Health Canada Surveillance Tool Tier System. Nutrients 2015, 7, 5543
Nutrients
DOI: 10.3390/nu9010058
01/2017Identification of dietary patterns associated with obesity in a nationally representative survey of Canadian adults: Application of a priori, hybrid, and simplified dietary pattern techniques
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Wolfinger, R.D. and Lou, W.Y. and L{'}Abbe, M.R.
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.134684
2017The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans is associated with a more nutrient-dense diet and a lower risk of obesity
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Lou, W.Y. and L{'}Abb{\'e}, M.R.
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.132647
2016Assessing the nutritional quality of diets of Canadian children and adolescents using the 2014 Health Canada Surveillance Tool Tier System
BMC Public Health
Jessri, M. and Nishi, S.K. and L{'}Abbe, M.R.
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3038-5
2016Mediterranean diet adherence and risk of multiple sclerosis: A case-control study
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Sedaghat, F. and Jessri, M. and Behrooz, M. and Mirghotbi, M. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2016.25.2.12
2016Evaluation of different methods to handle misreporting in obesity research: Evidence from the Canadian national nutrition survey
British Journal of Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Lou, W.Y. and L{'}Abb{\'e}, M.R.
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515004237
2016Assessing the Nutritional Quality of Diets of Canadian Adults Using the 2014 Health Canada Surveillance Tool Tier System
Nutrients
Mahsa Jessri and Stephanie Nishi and Mary L’Abbé
DOI: 10.3390/nu7125543
12/2015Dietary patterns and risk of gallbladder disease: a hospital-based case-control study in adult women.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Jessri M and Rashidkhani B
PubMed: 25995720
03/2015Dietary patterns and risk of gallbladder disease: A hospital-based case-control study in adult women
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B.
2015A focused ethnographic assessment of Middle Eastern mothers' infant feeding practices in Canada
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Farmer, A.P. and Olson, K.
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12048
2015The time for an updated Canadian Food Guide has arrived
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Jessri, M. and L?Abbe, M.R.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2015-0046
2015hMSH6: a potential diagnostic marker for oral carcinoma in situ.
Journal of clinical pathology
Jessri M and Dalley AJ and Farah CS
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202411
PubMed: 25352643
10/2014MutSa and MutLa immunoexpression analysis in diagnostic grading of oral epithelial dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology
Jessri M and Dalley AJ and Farah CS
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2014.06.017
PubMed: 25446502
09/2014Nutritional quality and price of food hampers distributed by a campus food bank: a Canadian experience.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Jessri M and Abedi A and Wong A and Eslamian G
PubMed: 25076666
06/2014Validity of energy intake reports in relation to dietary patterns.
Journal of health, population, and nutrition
Shaneshin M and Jessri M and Rashidkhani B
PubMed: 24847591
03/2014Harnessing massively parallel sequencing in personalized head and neck oncology.
Journal of dental research
Jessri M and Farah CS
DOI: 10.1177/0022034514524783
PubMed: 24557572
02/2014Next generation sequencing and its application in deciphering head and neck cancer.
Oral oncology
Jessri M and Farah CS
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.12.017
PubMed: 24440145
01/2014Nutritional quality and price of food hampers distributed by a Campus Food Bank: A Canadian experience
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Abedi, A. and Wong, A. and Eslamian, G.
2014Fruit and vegetable intake in relation to prostate cancer in Iranian men: A case-control study
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Askari, F. and Parizi, M.K. and Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.13.5223
2014Dietary patterns and breast cancer risk among women
Public Health Nutrition
Karimi, Z. and Jessri, M. and Houshiar-Rad, A. and Mirzaei, H.-R. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001018
2014Dietary patterns in relation to prostate cancer in Iranian men: A case-control study
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Askari, F. and Parizi, M.K. and Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.5.2159
2014Validity of energy intake reports in relation to dietary patterns
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Shaneshin, M. and Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B.
2014Oral health behaviours in relation to caries and gingivitis in primary-school children in Tehran, 2008.
Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
Jessri M and Jessri M and Rashidkhani B and Kimiagar SM
PubMed: 24975181
06/2013Exploring Middle-Eastern mothers' perceptions and experiences of breastfeeding in Canada: An ethnographic study
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Farmer, A.P. and Olson, K.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00436.x
2013Higher glycemic index and glycemic load diet is associated with increased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study
Nutrition Research
Eslamian, G. and Jessri, M. and Hajizadeh, B. and Ibiebele, T.I. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2013.06.002
2013Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding: Observations from the Alberta pregnancy outcomes and nutrition (APrON) study
BMC Pediatrics
Jessri, M. and Farmer, A.P. and Maximova, K. and Willows, N.D. and Bell, R.C.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-77
2013Nutrient patterns and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study
Diseases of the Esophagus
Hajizadeh, B. and Jessri, M. and Akhoondan, M. and Moasheri, S.M. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2011.01272.x
2012Dietary patterns in relation to bone mineral density among menopausal Iranian women
Calcified Tissue International
Karamati, M. and Jessri, M. and Shariati-Bafghi, S.-E. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-012-9608-3
2012Adherence to mediterranean-style dietary pattern and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study in iran
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B. and Hajizadeh, B. and Jacques, P.F.
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2012.10720437
2012Dietary trends in the Middle East and North Africa: An ecological study (1961 to 2007)
Public Health Nutrition
Golzarand, M. and Mirmiran, P. and Jessri, M. and Toolabi, K. and Mojarrad, M. and Azizi, F.
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011003673
2012Validity of predictive equations for resting energy expenditure among Iranian women.
Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition
Shaneshin M and Rezazadeh A and Jessri M and Neyestani T and Rashidkhani B
PubMed: 22094852
01/2011Validity of predictive equations for resting energy expenditure among Iranian women
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Shaneshin, M. and Rezazadeh, A. and Jessri, M. and Neyestani, T. and Rashidkhani, B.
2011Does the diet of Tehranian adults ensure compliance with nutritional targets? Observations from the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study
Public Health Nutrition
Hosseini-Esfahani, F. and Jessri, M. and Mirmiran, P. and Sadeghi, M. and Azizi, F.
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000711
2011Adherence to Dietary recommendations and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study in Iran
Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism
Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B. and Hajizadeh, B. and Jessri, M. and Kreiger, N. and Bajdik, C.D.
DOI: 10.1159/000334334
2011Does dietary intake by Tehranian adults align with the 2005 dietary guidelines for Americans? Observations from the Tehran lipid and glucose study
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
Mirmiran, P. and Hosseini-Esfahani, F. and Jessri, M. and Mahan, L.K. and Shiva, N. and Azizi, F.
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i1.7564
2011A qualitative difference. Patients' views of hospital food service in Iran
Appetite
Jessri, M. and Mirmiran, P. and Jessri, M. and Johns, N. and Rashidkhani, B. and Amiri, P. and Barfmal, N. and Azizi, F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2011.06.012
2011Fruits and vegetables consumption and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study
Nutrition and Cancer
Hajizadeh, B. and Jessri, M. and Moasheri, S.M. and Houshiar Rad, A. and Rashidkhani, B.
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2011.563028
2011Macronutrients, vitamins and minerals intake and risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A case-control study in Iran
Nutrition Journal
Jessri, M. and Rashidkhani, B. and Hajizadeh, B. and Jessri, M. and Gotay, C.
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-137
2011Adherence to dietary recommendations and risk of metabolic syndrome: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study
Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
Hosseini-Esfahani, F. and Jessri, M. and Mirmiran, P. and Bastan, S. and Azizi, F.
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.06.013
2010Evaluation of Iranian college athletes' sport nutrition knowledge
International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
Jessri, M. and Jessri, M. and RashidKhani, B. and Zinn, C.
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.20.3.257
2010 - Research
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Current Projects:
Dr. Mahsa Jessri is an Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Epidemiology for Population Health in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) at UBC. Her research program focuses on providing the evidence-base and decision tools to inform national guidelines and policies for reducing the burden of chronic diseases across the lifespan. Dr. Jessri is an expert in public health, nutritional epidemiology, surveillance and methodology, biostatistics, as well as public health nutrition policy and her program is uniquely at the intersection of population and public health and nutritional sciences and dietetics.
Her laboratory at the UBC Vancouver Campus is focused on population modeling of the impact of lifestyle patterns on health and healthcare system, predictive modelling, population health impact assessment of public health nutrition policies, and nutritional monitoring and surveillance. Her team is also involved in design and implementation of personalized risk assessment tools (https://www.projectbiglife.ca/) and educational resources with the goal of promoting healthy eating behaviours among individuals. Dr. Jessri’s research program addresses two key objectives:
-To develop, validate and implement models and dietary assessment tools to support public health nutrition planning and monitoring at the population level
-To promote healthy lifestyle behaviours among individuals (children, adolescents and adults) through development and application of novel personalized web-based calculatorsGrantsCanadian Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund; and British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund (2021). The Nutritional Epidemiology and Big Data Analytics Laboratory at UBC
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Reach Award (2021). Development Of "Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)-Heart and Stroke (HAS) Calculator" For Personalized Feedback
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Project Grant (2020). Modelling the Impact of Government-Led Nutrient Profile Models on Preventable Mortality and Morbidity Burden, and Healthcare Use
Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award (2019). Dietary patterns and food policies: Measuring the impact on health
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Planning and Dissemination Grant. Developing a web-based “dietary pattern calculator” for personalized assessment and feedback
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant. The population health and healthcare burden of poor dietary patterns and potential strategies for reducing mortality, morbidity and healthcare use in Canada
Honours & AwardsCanada Research Chair in Nutritional Epidemiology for Population Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Royal Society of Canada Alice Wilson Award and Medal
Research Group MembersJulia Chen, Master's Student
Saba Jalali, PhD student
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute brings Mini Science Night to Salmon Arm
Scheduled for May 2, in Salmon Arm, BC, Mini Science Night is a public lecture that explores the newest discoveries and innovations in health research. Admission is free and everyone in the community is welcome to attend, including students, teachers, parents, seniors, and local health-care professionals. There are 50 seats available to the public when registration opens on April 2.
