Vicky Drapeau, PhD, RD (DtP)
Professor (Associate)
Université Laval
Vicky Drapeau, PhD, DtP holds a bachelor degree in nutrition and a doctorate in kinesiology from Université Laval. She is a Professor of Nutrition at the Faculty of Education, the co-director of the Clinique Équilibre-Santé at Université Laval and a researcher at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute and the NUTRISS/Institute on Nutrition and Functional Foods research centers. Her research program is related to eating behaviors and appetite control, healthy weight management and health education/promotion. She is currently leading RCTs aimed to promote healthy eating and sustainable health.
Benoît Lamarche, PhD
Professor at the School of Nutrition
Scientific Director of the Research Center NUTRISS Université Laval
Benoît Lamarche is Professor at the School of Nutrition and Scientific Director and founder of the FRQS-funded Research Center on Nutrition, santé et société (NUTRISS). He has published more than 450 peer-reviewed papers on physiological, clinical, epidemiological and public health issues related to nutrition, food and health. His research has been funded by CIHR uninterruptedly for the last 28 years. He currently leads NutriQuébec, the largest population-based study on nutrition and health funded by the Gouvernement du Québec. He has contributed to the training of more than 70 MSc, PhD students and postdocs. He has received numerous awards, including awards from the Société Québécoise de lipidologie, nutrition et métabolisme (Prix des Fondateurs, 2013) and the Canadian Nutrition Society (the Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award, 2020, Canadian Nutrition Society Fellow, 2024). He has co-written two books with the acclaimed Chef Jean Soulard on the topics of nutrition, sport and health. Benoît Lamarche is an Olympian (1984, 1988) in long track speed skating.
G. Harvey Anderson, PhD
Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Physiology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Dr. G. Harvey Anderson is Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. He holds a BSc and MSc from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alberta and PhD, Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Illinois and completed postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Director of the NSERC University-Industry Program in Food Safety, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs (PFSNRA) and past-Director of the Child Centre for Nutrition, Health, and Development. He has served the University as Associate Dean School of Graduate Studies; Dean and Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine; Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences; and as an elected member of the Governing Council.
