Cardiovascular risk and dairy products: lessons from the food matrix


Date:  Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 ET


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Webinar description:

Learning Objectives:

  1. Better understand the complexity of the nutrient-based approach to healthy eating
  2. Having an up-to-date perspective on the SFA-CVD risk debate
  3. Understand how the use of metabolomics can further advance our understanding of the health effects of dairy products.

Speakers:
Benoît Lamarche, PhD FAHA, Directeur scientifique, Centre NUTRISS, Université Laval - "Where are we regarding saturated fat and cardiovascular health?"

Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, PhD (Université Laval) - "The plasma metabolomics footprint of dairy products: a reflection of consumption and a window to their cardiometaoblic effects"

Moderator: Rajavel Elango, PhD (University of British Columbia)


About the Speakers:

Benoît Lamarche is Full Professor at the School of Nutrition and Scientific Director of the FRQS-funded Research Center on Nutrition, santé et société (NUTRISS). He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers on physiological, clinical, epidemiological and public health issues related to food and health. He has contributed 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 (Centrum New Investigator Award, 2011 and the Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award, 2020). 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.


Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, RD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Faculté de pharmacie at Université Laval and researcher in the Centre Nutrition, Santé et Société (NUTRISS) of the Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF). Dr. Drouin-Chartier is also a registered dietitian, member of the Ordre des Diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec. He obtained a MSc in nutrition and a PhD in experimental medicine from Laval University before pursuing a postdoctoral training in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with the support of a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. His research focuses on the prevention and management of cardiometabolic diseases with diet and medication. His work leverages clinical, epidemiological, and metabolomics approaches. 


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