Faculty Members
Adjunct Professor — Status Only
Contact Info
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
T: (519) 780-8031
Johane AllardMD, FRCPC
Professor
Contact Info
Toronto General Hospital
T: (416) 340-5159
Research Interests
Nutrition and gastrointestinal disorders.
Professor
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5356
T: (416) 978-1832
F: (416) 978-5882
Research Interests
Food intake regulation; carbohydrates, sweeteners, appetite and health; proteins, amino acids and food intake; dietary control of peptide hormone and neurotransmitter metabolism. Food composition, dietary status, and chronic disease.
JoAnne ArcandPhD, RD
Assistant Professor — Status Only
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University of Ontario Institute of Technology
T: (905) 721-8668 3796
Professor Emeritus
Research Interests
Role of dietary factors and susceptibility genes in cancer development.
Robert BandsmaMD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Contact Info
Hospital for Sick Children
T: (416) 813-7733
Research Interests
Malnutrition; non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Associate Professor
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5358
T: (416) 946-8276
F: (416) 978-5882
Research Interests
The regulation and role of brain lipid metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Zulfiqar BhuttaPhD, MBBS, FRCPCH, FAAP
Professor
Contact Info
Hospital for Sick Children
T: (416) 813-7654 302928
Catherine BirkenMD, M.Sc., FRCPC
Associate Professor — Status Only
Contact Info
Hospital for Sick Children
T: (416) 813-4930
F: (416) 813-5979
Beatrice BoucherBSc, MHSc
Assistant Professor — Status Only
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5253A
Robert BrucePhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5253A
Research Interests
Dietary factors and the origin of cancer.
Associate Professor
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5344
T: (416) 946-7366
F: (416) 978-5882
Research Interests
Functional genomics on the gastrointestinal tract; probiotics. Relationship between diet, gut microbiota, and health. Linking gut microbiota, intestinal barrier, and the metabolic syndrome. How the establishment of the gut microbiota in early life may be linked to developing this condition in later life.
Glenda Courtney-MartinMSc, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor — Status Only
Contact Info
Hospital for Sick Children
T: (416) 813-5744
F: (416) 813-8471
Research Interests
Protein and amino acid requirement and metabolism across the lifespan, protein quality of foods for human consumption.
Russell de SouzaBA, BASc, MSc, ScD
Associate Professor — Status Only
Contact Info
McMaster University
T: (905) 525-9140 22109
Research Interests
nutrition epidemiology, clinical nutrition, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, design and analysis of randomized controlled trials of diet interventions, dietary interventions for weight loss, dietary interventions for cardiovascular risk reduction, validation of dietary measurement instruments
Professor
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5326A
T: (416) 946-5776
F: (416) 978-5882
Research Interests
Research program in nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics aims to understand how genetic and dietary factors interact to regulate various metabolic and biochemical pathways involved in the development of cardiometabolic disease as well as athletic performance.
Gail EyssenBSc, MSc, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5253A
T: (416) 978-2020
Research Interests
Epidemiology of nutrition and cancer
Bibiana García-BailoPhD, MS
Adjunct Professor — Status Only
Contact Info
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.
T: (905) 212-8030
Professor Emeritus
Contact Info
Medical Sciences Building, 5th Floor, Room 5253A
Research Interests
Role of diet in the retention of cognitive function with aging; impact of type 2 diabetes