Paula, Robson, research
Alberta Cancer Board researcher: Dr. Paula Robson
Dr. Paula Robson
Principal Investigator of The Tomorrow Project
Population Health Research
Alberta Health Services - Cancer Care
Suite 1400, Sun Life Place, 10123 99th Street
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3H1
Email: Paula.Robson@albertahealthservices.ca
Current Appointments
| PI of the Tomorrow Project |
Division of Population Health & Information |
| Adjunct Associate Professor |
School of Public Health, University of Alberta |
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Adjunct Associate Professor |
Centre for Health Promotion Studies, University of Alberta |
Education and Training
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1991-1995 |
Ph.D. |
Nutrition
University of Ulster,
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
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1987-1991 |
B.Sc. (Hons) |
Human Nutrition
University of Ulster,
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Overview of Research Program
Paula is Principal Investigator of The Tomorrow Project in Alberta, and currently also oversees the National Coordinating Centre for the Canadian Partnership for The Tomorrow Project - a pan-Canadian prospective cohort being established to support research into etiology of cancers and other chronic diseases. Paula's research is in the area of nutritional epidemiology, with specific interests in the roles played by nutrition and physical activity in the etiology of chronic disease. She is also developing an interest in the potential for harmonization of data and samples collected in large national and international biorepositories, which will increase capacity to study etiology of rarer cancers and other long term health conditions.
Supported by the Alberta Cancer Foundation, Alberta Health Services and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, the Tomorrow Project is a long-term research program that is contributing to the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow (CPT) Project. The goal of the CPT Project is to study 300,000 Canadians for up to 50 years to explore why some people remain healthy and some develop cancer, or other chronic diseases. The Alberta Tomorrow Project will enrol 50,000 of the total number of participants required for the CPT Project. Participants will be men and women between the ages of 35 and 69 who are willing to participate in the study until they are 85 years old. To participate in the CPT Project, volunteers must also be willing to give information about their health and lifestyle, be measured, and provide samples of blood and urine. Eventually the layers of data and samples build up over time will be analyzed to shed more light on the causes of cancer and other chronic diseases.
Currently Held Research Support
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Grant Agency |
Project Title |
Investigators |
Total Funding |
Term |
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European Union 6th Framework Programme |
Public health impact of long-term low-level mixed element exposure in susceptible population strata (PHIME) |
JJ Strain
MP Bonham
JMW Wallace
EM Duffy
PJ Robson*
I Rowland |
$934,000 |
2006-2011 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
Capturing food intake in epidemiologic research: Using the Canadian Community Health Survey to improve dietary assessment methods |
I Csizmadi*
PJ Robson*
L Kelemen* |
$0 |
2008-2010 |
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Canadian Partnership Against Cancer |
Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project Cohort |
P Branton
H Bryant*
I Fortier
R Gallagher
T Hudson
BM Knoppers
J McLaughlin
L Parker
P Robson*
J Siemiatycki
C Wolfson |
$40,000,000
($7million to Alberta's Tomorrow Project) |
2008-2013 |
| CIHR |
Development of a multidimensional measure of activity energy expenditure for use in large populations |
I Csizmadi*
P Robson*
HE Bryant*
CM Friedenreich*
P Jones
K Kopciuk*
D Lau
Y Yasui |
$249,454 |
2008-2010 |
| ACRI - Top up grant |
Development of a multidimensional measure of activity energy expenditure for use in large populations |
I Csizmadi*
P Robson*
HE Bryant*
CM Friedenreich*
P Jones
K Kopciuk*
D Lau
Y Yasui |
$29,001 |
2008-2010 |
| CBCRA Knowledge Translation Linkage Gran |
Global Cohorts and consortia conference |
LE Kelemen*
P Robson* |
$20,000 |
2009 |
| NCIC/CBCRA |
Global cohorts and consortia conference |
LE Kelemen*
P Robson* |
$10,000 |
2009 |
| University of Alberta Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund |
Improving Student Self-Efficacy in Research in Human Nutrition through Collaboration |
C Field
R Bell
L McCargar
V Mazurak
T Clandinin
D Mager
C Basualdo
P Robson
L Gramlich |
$114,561 |
2009-2010 |
Selected Recent Publications (2005-present)
Linder J, McLaren L, Csizmadi I, Lo Siou G, Robson PJ. The epidemiology of weight perception: Perceived versus self-reported actual weight status among Albertan adults. Canadian Journal of Public Health (in press)
Li FX, Robson PJ, Ashbury F, Hatcher J, Bryant HE. Smoking frequency, prevalence and trend, and their sociodemographic associations in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2009 (in press)
Duffy EM, Bonham MP, Wallace JMW, Chang C-K, Robson PJ, Myers GJ, Davidson PW, Clarkson TW, Shamlaye CF, Strain JJ. Iron status in pregnant women in the Republic of Seychelles. Public Health Nutrition (in press)
Hill TR, Cotter AA, Mitchell S, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone relationship in adolescents and its association with bone health parameters: Analysis of the Northern Ireland Young Hearts Project. Osteoporosis International 2009 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
Livingstone MBE, Kelly M, Wallace JMW, Robson PJ, Rennie K, Welch R, Hannon-Fletcher M, Brennan S, Fletcher A. Increased portion size leads to a sustained increase in energy intake over four days in normal weight and overweight men and women. British Journal of Nutrition Feb 16:1-8. [Epub ahead of print].
Li FX, Robson PJ, Chen Y, Qiu Z, Lo Siou G, Bryant HE. Prevalence, trends and sociodemographic associations of five modifiable risk factors for cancer in Alberta and Canada. Cancer Causes and Control, 2009;20(3):395-407.
Bonham M, Robson P, Duffy E, Strain JJ, Wallace J, Shamlaye C, Myers G, Davidson P, Clarkson T, Livingstone M. Contribution of fish to intakes of micronutrients important for fetal development: a dietary survey of pregnant women in the Republic of Seychelles. Public Health Nutrition, 2008; 6:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]
Livingstone MBE, Kelly M, Rennie K, Wallace JMW, Robson PJ, Welch R, Hannon-Fletcher M. Associations between the portion size of food groups consumed and measures of adiposity in the British National Diet and Nutrition Survey. British Journal of Nutrition, 2009;101(9):1413-20.
Robson PJ, Lo Siou G, Ullman R, Bryant HE. Socio-demographic, health and lifestyle characteristics reported by discrete groups of adult dietary supplement users in Alberta, Canada: findings from The Tomorrow Project. Public Health Nutrition, 2008;11(12):1238-47.
Neilson HK, Robson PJ, Friedenreich CM, Csizmadi I. Estimating activity energy expenditure: how valid are physical activity questionnaires? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008; 87: 279-291.
Strain JJ, Davidson PW, Bonham MP, Duffy EM, Stokes-Riner A, Thurston SW, Wallace JM, Robson PJ, Shamlaye CF, Georger LA, Sloane-Reeves J, Cernichiari E, Canfield RL, Cox C, Huang LS, Janciuras J, Myers GJ, Clarkson TW. Associations of maternal long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, methyl mercury, and infant development in the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study. Neurotoxicology. 2008 Jun 11. [Epub ahead of print]
Bonham MP, Duffy EM, Wallace JMW, Robson PJ, Myers G, Davidson PW, Clarkson TW, Shamlaye CF, Strain JJ. Habitual fish consumption does not prevent a decrease in LCPUFA status in pregnant women (the Seychelles Child Development Nutrition Study). Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 2008; 78(6): 343-50.
Cashman KD, Hill TR, Cotter AA, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M. Low vitamin D status adversely affects bone health parameters in adolescents. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2008: 87: 1039-44.
Hill T, Cotter A, Mitchell S, Boreham C, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Robson PJ, Wallace JMW, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman K. Vitamin D status and its determinants in adolescents from the Northern Ireland Young Hearts 2000 cohort. British Journal of Nutrition, 2008; 99: 1061-1067.
Gallagher AM, Robson PJ, Livingstone MBE, Cran GW, Strain JJ, Murray LJ, Savage JM, Boreham CAG. Tracking of energy and nutrient intakes from adolescence to young adulthood: the experiences of the Young Hearts Project, Northern Ireland. Public Health Nutrition, 2006; 9(8): 1027-1034.
Bryant H, Robson PJ, Ullman R, Friedenreich CM, Dawe U. Population-based cohort development in Alberta, Canada: A feasibility study. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 2006; 27(2): 55-63.
McCarthy SN, Robson PJ, Livingstone MB, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cran GW, Gibney MJ. Associations between daily food intake and excess adiposity in Irish adults: towards the development of food-based dietary guidelines for reducing the prevalence of overweight and obesity. International Journal of Obesity, 2006; 30(6):993-1002.
Logan CM, McCaffrey TA, Wallace JM, Robson PJ, Welch RW, Dunne A, Livingstone MBE. Investigation of the medium-term effects of OlibraTM fat emulsion on food intake in non-obese subjects. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; 60(9):1081-91.
Barnes MS, Robson PJ, Bonham MP, Strain JJ, Wallace JM. Effect of vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D status and bone turnover markers in young adults. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; 60(6):727-33.
Elwood PC, Strain JJ, Robson PJ, Fehily AM, Hughes J, Pickering J, Ness A. Milk consumption, stroke and heart attack risk: evidence from the Caerphilly Cohort of Older Men. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2005; 59(6):502-5.
Watkins DC, Murray LJ, McCarron P, Boreham CAG, Cran GW, Young IS, McGartland C, Robson PJ and Savage JM. Ten-year trends for fatness in Northern Irish adolescents: the Young Hearts Projects repeat cross-sectional study. International Journal of Obesity, 2005; 29: 579-585.
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