Alyssa Schermel (Lab Manager)
Alyssa has been Lab Manager of the L’Abbé Lab since completing her Master’s degree under Dr. Mary L’Abbé in 2012. In addition to assisting with projects, grants, budgets, and student coordination, Alyssa manages the University… [Read More]
Post Doctoral Fellows
Rola Ghali
Dr. Rola Al Ghali is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the L’Abbé Lab at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on food environment surveillance, nutrition policy evaluation, chronic disease prevention, and health equity. In her… [Read More]
PhD Students
Olatubosun (Ola) Akinola
Ola is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student at L’Abbe lab. His interests and work focus on the intersection of government, business, and health systems to improve population health. His research examines how front-of-pack… [Read More]
Hayun (Sarah) Jeong
Sarah is a PhD student in the L’Abbe Lab. Her thesis research focuses on facilitating healthy food choices outside the home in Canada and evaluating nutrient profile models for menu labelling. She is also leading… [Read More]
MSc Students
Elenee Harper
Elenee is a MSc candidate in the L’Abbé lab. Her thesis project involves collecting and analyzing updated national-level dietary intake data to assess dietary intakes, nutrient adequacy, and diet quality among Canadian adults prior to… [Read More]
Visiting Graduate Students
Carolina Kikuta
Carolina is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Public Health, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. Her doctoral research focuses on evaluating the implementation of Brazil’s front-of-package nutrition labeling regulation and developing a monitoring… [Read More]
Undergraduate Thesis Students
Isabella Nuosci
Isabella is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, majoring in Nutritional Sciences and Human Biology. She is completing her undergraduate thesis in the L’Abbé Lab through NFS494. Her thesis focuses on food… [Read More]
Shallea Wong
Shallea is a third-year undergraduate thesis student in the L’Abbé Lab, majoring in Nutritional Sciences and Pharmacology. Her thesis for NFS394 is focused on categorizing and organizing ultra-processed food (UPF) additives. She is using U… [Read More]
Research Assistants
Amin Tabarinia
Amin is a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, pursuing a double major in Human Biology and Health Studies (Population Health Stream). Last year, he completed NFS394 in the L’Abbé Lab, where he… [Read More]
Yahan (Hailey) Yang
Beginning as an undergraduate research summer student in 2018, Hailey went on to obtain her Master’s degree in June 2022 under Dr. L’Abbé. Hailey continues to support the L’Abbe Lab as a Research Analyst. Hailey led a… [Read More]