Current Members

Alyssa Schermel (Lab Manager)

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Alyssa has been Lab Manager of the L’Abbe Lab since attaining her Master’s degree under Dr. Mary L’Abbe in 2012. In addition to assisting with various projects, grants, budgets and coordination of students, Alyssa manages… [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

Hayun (Sarah) Jeong

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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]

Emily Ziraldo

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Emily is a PhD student in the L’Abbé lab. Her thesis research focuses on analyzing the relationship between food policies that aim to improve the diets of Canadians and food prices. Emily is also the… [Read More]

MSc Students

Elenee Harper

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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]

Undergraduate Thesis Students

There are no current members who are Undergraduate Thesis Students

Research Assistants

Laura Vergeer

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Laura completed her PhD with Dr. Mary L’Abbé in July 2021 after joining the lab in September 2016 as an undergraduate student. Her doctoral thesis compared the product (re)formulation actions and commitments of the top… [Read More]

Yahan (Hailey) Yang

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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]