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