Carla Taylor, PhD
University of Manitoba
St Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre

Carla Taylor, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences at the University of Manitoba. She obtained her PhD at the University of Guelph and completed post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the University of Washington, Seattle. Her laboratory is located at the St. Boniface Albrechtsen Research Centre and she was Director of the Canadian Centre for Agri-food Research in Health and Medicine from 2016-2022. She holds funding from both NSERC and CIHR. Earlier in her career, she received the International Life Sciences Institute Future Leader Award in Nutrition, and the Canadian Society of Nutritional Sciences - Centrum Foundation New Scientist Award. She is currently finishing her term as a Senior Associate Editor for Lipids. Dr. Taylor's research program investigates how dietary components, such as lipids (from oilseed and marine sources), protein (from plant and animal sources), and bioactive compounds (in pulses and buckwheat) may be beneficial for prevention and management of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The research approach employs dietary interventions in animal models of disease to investigate mechanisms, and clinical studies to apply the findings to humans. Dr. Taylor provides the nutritional sciences expertise in multi-disciplinary projects.