Jessica Omand is a Registered Dietitian and Assistant Professor in the School of Nutrition at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her program of research focuses on primary prevention strategies to optimize child health and well-being through early-life nutrition interventions. She is an investigator with the TARGet Kids! research team and specializes in childhood nutrition, eating behaviours, food literacy, food environments, including school food programs, and their impacts on child development. Following her clinical training at St. Michael’s Hospital, Jessica completed her MSc and PhD in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at The Hospital for Sick Children. Her graduate and postdoctoral training were supported by CIHR MSc and PhD awards, as well as Clinician Scientist Training Program funding through ENRICH, formerly the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (2019-2023).