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Congratulations to Chibuike Udenigwe, Associate Professor in the School of Nutrition Sciences on being selected for membership in the Global Young Academy

The GYA membership will allow Dr. Udenigwe to pursue his goal of fostering the global food system from a multidisciplinary perspective. Dr. Udenigwe hopes to provide expertise in food and nutritional sciences in developing transversal strategies for addressing the Zero Hunger target of the GYA and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Nutrition and mental health knowledge exchange day

Posted on Wednesday, January 22, 2020

“On Jan 11th, the School of Nutrition Sciences hosted a Nutrition and Mental Health Knowledge exchange day at Roger Guindon Hall, uOttawa, which included live streaming of the Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS) annual thematic conference "Advances in Nutrition

Fall 2019 Convocation Ceremony: Honored to have one of our students, Anna Ly-Kirkwood, deliver the Valedictorian Speech.

Posted on Friday, December 13, 2019

We were proud to hear the inspiring farewell speech of this year’s valedictorian by Anna Ly-Kirkwood, a graduate of the School of Nutritional Sciences, at the graduation ceremony held on November 1, 2019.
The inaugural uOttawa Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Excellence Award is presented to Professor Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson for her pioneering initiative in optimizing folic acid intake during pregnancy

The Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Award (KMbE Award) is designed to recognize researcher’s excellence in knowledge mobilization.
Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson and Alex Dumas are awarded an operating grant from the Fonds National de Recherche du Consortium National de Formation en Santé (CNFS)

Posted on Monday, May 6, 2019

Knowledge from this project will help provide a better access to a continuum of perinatal nutritional and health services in French to improve nutrition as well as maternal and infantile health among francophone people in minority settings.
UROP 2019

Posted on Monday, March 25, 2019

Ten students from the School of Nutrition Sciences have participated to the 9th Annual symposium of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) on March 20th 2019.
The School of Nutrition Sciences wins the 2019 MENU competition

Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Congratulations to all for this victory!

Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson is awarded the 2018-2019 Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Award for the Outstanding National or International Knowledge Mobilization category

Posted on Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The award, offered by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, recognizes excellence in knowledge mobilization among researchers who were successful in promoting and facilitating the use of research outside academic settings.
Professor Chibuike Udenigwe awarded the University Research Chair in Food Properties and Nutrient Bioavailability

Posted on Friday, December 7, 2018

Building on his extensive experience in protein and peptide chemistry, structure and function, Professor Udenigwe will chair a research program that supports the development of innovative approaches to the use of plant-derived proteins and peptides in the food industry.
Florence Lavergne has received the Morgan Award from the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research

Posted on Thursday, July 26, 2018

Florence was chosen for the Award for her independent dedication to her research project on the evaluation of commercially available protein supplements for use by varsity athletes. Her research results are being used in a sports nutrition course and to educate varsity athletes at the University of Ottawa.