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Faculty Directory

Professor — Status Only

Johane Allard MD

Research Interests

nutrition and gastrointestinal disorders, microbiome, parenteral nutrition, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, nutrition care in hospitals
Professor  |  Director, NSERC Program in Food Safety, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs

Harvey Anderson PhD

Research Interests

food intake regulation, obesity and metabolic diseases, maternal diets and genetic programming, molecular and genetic determinants of chronic disease, food components and crops for healthy diets, nutrient requirements through the lifespan
Associate Professor — Status Only

JoAnne Arcand PhD, RD

Research Interests

public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, dietetics, food policy, chronic disease prevention and management, cardiovascular disease, program and policy evaluation, patient-oriented research, implementation science, dietary sodium, dietary assessment, knowledge translation
Professor Emeritus  |  NOT ACCEPTING NEW STUDENTS

Michael Archer PhD, DSc

Research Interests

diet and cancer, genetics
Professor — Status Only

Elizabeth Asztalos MD

Research Interests

infant nutrition, paediatric nutrition, perinatal and neonatal health, clinical trials, epidemiology, clinical nutrition
Associate Professor — Status Only

Robert Bandsma MD, PhD

Research Interests

malnutrition, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Professor  |  Associate Chair, Research and Innovation | Canada Research Chair in Brain Lipid Metabolism

Richard Bazinet PhD

Research Interests

nutritional neuroscience, brain lipid metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, genomics, neurodegenerative disease
Assistant Professor

Jacqueline Beaudry PhD

Research Interests

energy homeostasis, adipose tissue, fat metabolism, type 2 diabetes, obesity
Professor — Status Only

Zulfiqar Bhutta MBBS, PhD

Research Interests

maternal health, infant, child and adolescent health, epidemiology, non-communicable disease, infectious and enteric disease, humanitarian crises
Professor — Status Only

Catherine S. Birken MD, MSc, FRCPC

Research Interests

paediatric nutrition, childhood obesity, child health