Postgraduate students

Jill has supervised 63 Masters students (2 MSc, 61 MDiet), four as primary supervisor.

She has supervised 18 PhD students to completion/graduation and currently supervises 1 PhD student, advising many more.

Six of Jill’s PhD graduates have had their thesis put on the list of ‘exceptional theses’ at the University of Otago.

PhD graduates

2025

Shay-Ruby Wickham

The BED study: How do electronic devices influence mental wellbeing in children?

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Prof Tamlin Conner, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard

Jennifer Gale

Impact of regular activity breaks in the evening

Supervisors:  Dr Meredith Peddie, Assoc Prof Jill Haszard, Assoc Prof Elaine Hargreaves, Prof Rachel Brown

2024

Ioanna Katiforis

Impacts of living in a food insecure household on New Zealand infants 7.0 – 9.9 months of age and their primary carer

Supervisors:  Prof Anne-Louise Heath, Dr Sara Styles, Dr Claire Smith, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard, Dr Claudia Leong

Bradley Brosnan

The BED study: How do electronic devices influence sleep in children?

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Assoc Prof Kim Meredith-Jones, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard, Prof Barbara Galland

Mona Elbalshy

Do-It-Yourself continuous glucose monitoring in type 1 diabetes

Supervisors:  Prof Ben Wheeler, Prof Barbara Galland, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard, Dr Sara Styles

Alice Cox

Appetite, weight status and style of complementary feeding in New Zealand infants

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Prof Anne-Louise Heath, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard

Rosie Jackson

Does not getting enough sleep change movement behaviour and what children eat? The DREAM study.

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Prof Barbara Galland, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard

2023

Neve McLean

Baby food pouches and baby-led weaning: What impact do they have on nutrient intake and iron status in New Zealand infants?

Supervisors:  Prof Anne-Louise Heath, Prof Rachael Taylor, Dr Lisa Daniels, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard

Lou Fangupo

Supporting the development of a novel, culturally relevant sleep intervention for whānau (families) with pēpi (infants) in Aotearoa New Zealand

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Dr Justine Camp, Prof Rose Richards, Assoc Prof Jillian Haszard

2022

Silke Morrison

The effect of mild sleep loss on dietary intake and movement behaviour in children: A randomised crossover trial

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Dr Jillian Haszard, Prof Barbara Galland

Caleb Robinson

Effect of wholegrain particle size on breath metabolites in type 2 diabetes and normoglycaemia

Supervisors:  Dr Graham Eyres, Dr Lisa Te Morenga, Dr Tracy Perry, Dr Jillian Haszard

2021

Melanie Thompson

The influence of psychosocial predictors on weight status in a longitudinal cohort of middle-age women: A mixed methods approach

Supervisors: Dr Sara Styles (Prof Caroline Horwath, retired), Dr Jillian Haszard, Dr Jean Hay-Smith

Evelyn Mete

The effect of wholegrains on carbohydrate metabolism

Supervisors:  Dr Lisa Te Morenga, Prof Jim Mann, Dr Tracy Perry, Prof Indrawati Oey, Dr Jillian Haszard

2019

Claudia Leong

Microbiota and diet in infants and young children

Supervisors:  Assoc Prof Anne-Louise Heath, Prof Rachael Taylor, Dr Jillian Haszard, Prof Gerald Tannock, Dr Ewa Szymlek-Gay

Sue MacDonell

Optimising the nutritional status of older New Zealand adults in residential care

Supervisors:  Assoc Prof Lisa Houghton,Dr Jillian Haszard, Dr Debra Waters

2018

Aly Diana

Adequacy of micronutrient intakes and status of breastfed Indonesian infants fed traditional complementary foods

Supervisors:  Assoc Prof Lisa Houghton, Prof Rosalind Gibson, Dr Jillian Haszard

Rebecca Harding

Sleep-disordered breathing in children: prevalence, risk factors and developmental trajectories related to academic performance

Supervisors:  Assoc Prof Barbara Galland,Dr Elizabeth Schaughency, Dr Jillian Haszard

2017

Pouya Saeedi

The Physical activity, Energy, Diet and Lifestyle Study (PEDALS)

Supervisors:  Dr Paula Skidmore, Assoc Prof Sheila Skeaff, Dr Katherine Black, Dr Jillian Haszard

Current PhD students

Chao Gu

In the hour before bed: What should kids be doing?

Supervisors:  Prof Rachael Taylor, Assoc Prof Jill Haszard, Assoc Prof Kim Meredith-Jones, Assoc Prof Justine Camp