The HEAL would like to congratulate Mariam Ismail who successfully defended her thesis under the supervision of Dr. Jason Gilliland and Dr. Danielle Battram in 2020. Ontario Student Nutrition Program (OSNP) Mariam Ismail successfully defended her PhD thesis titled Evaluating the implementation of the centrally procured school food program (CPSFP) in Southwestern Ontario elementary schools. […]

A team of researchers led by Mariam Ismail with Jamie Seabrook and Jason Gilliland published a study entitled: “Process Evaluation of Fruit and Vegetables Distribution Interventions in School-Based Settings: A Systematic Review.” Despite the importance of process evaluation in program evaluations, research has focused primarily on the effectiveness of fruit and vegetables (FVs) distribution interventions […]