Mavra Ahmed, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Toronto, Canada

Mavra Ahmed is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Joannah and Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition, University of Toronto. Mavra has experience in nutrition and food policy and clinical nutrition with strong expertise in nutrition research methods. She has collaborated on interdisciplinary research with both private and public partners. Mavra obtained her PhD from the University of Toronto, specializing in characterization of dietary intakes of Canadian Armed Forces and evaluation of novel technologies for dietary assessments. Mavra holds a CIHR Fellowship in the Strategic Training Program in Public Health Policy at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Her current research focuses on assessing the impact of nutrient profiling models on improving: a) the nutritional value of foods and, 2) dietary intakes and health outcomes of Canadians. Additional projects include investigating the nutritional quality of school food programs and assessing digital technology as behaviour change tools (specifically, impact of a smartphone app, FoodFlip©, enabling consumers to make healthier food choices).

Poster(s):

• (PO04-26-22) Healthfulness of Food Choices As Recommended in Canada’s Food Guide 2019 and Cardiometabolic Health in Canadians: Evidence From the National Canadian Health Measures Survey

• (PO08-27-22) Examining Nutrient Intakes of Canadian Adults With Diabetes Using the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Nutrient Profile Model