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Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson
Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson
Associate professor

2008: PhD Nutrition, University of Toronto
2003: BSc Nutrition, Université Laval

Room
LEE 420H


Biography

Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson is an associate professor in the School of Nutrition Sciences and a professional dietitian. She received a PhD in nutrition sciences (specialization in nutrigenetics) from the University of Toronto and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in genetic epidemiology at the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) in Paris. Her research program in perinatal social nutrition, in collaboration with Professor Alex Dumas (School of Human Kinetics), takes a socially-engaged approach focused on nutritional equity during pregnancy and early childhood. Perinatal social nutrition is based on theories and methodologies of the sociology of social inequality, to address social, cultural, organizational and political barriers to optimal perinatal nutrition and health. The research program uses mixed methods and seeks to offer nutritional services adapted to critical periods of development, from conception to early childhood. The primary goal is to reduce social inequality by improving the nutrition, health and wellness of families living with material and social insecurity.

Professor Fontaine-Bisson is accepting new students for thesis supervision.

Research interests

  • Perinatal nutrition (pregnancy and infancy)
  • Maternal health and well-being
  • Child health and development
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Food insecurity
  • Breastfeeding
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Knowledge mobilization

Research

Bénédicte Fontaine-Bisson is an affiliated researcher with the Institut du savoir Montfort (Montfort Hospital) and the LIFE Research Institute. She has received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Faculty of Health Sciences (University of Ottawa) and a Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Excellence Award (University of Ottawa), as well as research funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Sodexo, the Institut du savoir Montfort and the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS).

Publications

  • Dumas A, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Nutrition, la revue de l’Ordre professionnel des diététistes nutritionnistes du Québec, 2024, Hiver, 3(1), 38-44.
  • Carbonneau É*, Dumas A, Lepage S, Dumas A, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 2024, Feb 22.
  • Charpentier N*, Dumas A, Morisset AS, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Canadian journal of dietetics research and practice, 2023 May 23:1-10.
  • Michaud-Létourneau I, Gayard M, Lauzière J, Beaudry M, Pascual L, Chartier I Herzhaft-LeRoy J, Chiasson S, Fontaine-Bisson B, Pound C, Gaboury I, , Canadian Medical Education Journal, 2022; 13(3); 91-104.
  • Carbonneau É*, Dumas A, Brodeur-Doucet A, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Nutrients, 2022 (14) 6; 2-13.
  • Campeau* M, Philippe S, Martini R, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Nutrition Bulletin, 2021; (46); 476-485.
  • Mida LM*, della Zazzera V, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Preventative Medicine Report, 2021, (22) 101327, 1-9.
  • Savard C, Lebrun A, O’Connor S, Fontaine-Bisson B, Haman F, Morisset AS, , Nutrition Reviews, 2021; 79(4); 394-409.
  • Lebrun A, Plante AS, Savard C, Dugas C, Fontaine-Bisson B, Lemieux S, Robitaille J, Morisset AS, , Nutrients, 2019, 11(9).
  • Tessier F*, Fontaine-Bisson B, Lefebvre JF, El-Sohemy A, Roy-Gagnon MH, , Frontiers in Genetics-Applied Genetic Epidemiology, 2019, 10 (151), 1-10.
  • Bauman-Fortin J*, Ma D, Mutch D, Abdelmagid S, Badawi A, El-Sohemy A, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2019, 9 (13), 1-13.
  • Lamers Y, MacFarlane AJ, O’Connor DL, Fontaine-Bisson B, , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2018, 108 (6), 1357-1368.
  • Lauzière J, Michaud-Létourneau I, Beaudry M, Wassef J, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Nutrition Science en évolution, Revue de l’Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec, Hiver 2018, volume 15, p.31-32.
  • Dubois L, Diasparra M, Bédard B, Colapinto CK, Fontaine-Bisson B, Tremblay RE, Fraser WD, , British Journal of Nutrition, 2018, 120 (3), 335-344.
  • Savard C, Lemieux S, Weisnagel SJ, Fontaine-Bisson B, Gagnon C, Robitaille J, Morisset AS, , Nutrients, 2018, 10 (6), 768, 1-14.
  • McGee M*, Bainbridge-Whiteside S, Fontaine-Bisson B, , Nutrition Reviews, 2018, 76 (6):469-478.
  • Dubois L, Diasparra M, Bédard B, Colapinto CK, Fontaine-Bisson B, Morisset AS, Tremblay RE, Fraser WD, , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2017, 106 (2), 541-548.
  • Dumais V*, Lumingu J, Bédard M, Paquet L, Verma S, Fontaine-Bisson B, , The Breast Journal, 2017, 23 (4), 482-483.
  • Dubois L, Diasparra M, Bogl L, Fontaine-Bisson B, Bédard B, Tremblay R, Kaprio J, Boivin M, , Twin Research in Human Genetics, 19 (1), 47-59, 2016.
  • Ahmed T*, Fellus I, Gaudet J, MacFarlane AJ, Fontaine-Bisson B, Bainbridge S, , Placenta, 37, 7-15, 2016.
  • Burkett KM, Roy-Gagnon MH, Lefebvre JF, Wang C, Fontaine-Bisson B, Dubois L, , Frontiers in Immunology, 19 (6), 589:1-10, 2015.
  • Fontaine-Bisson B, Thorburn J, Gregory A, Zhang H, Sun G, , American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 99(2), 384-391, 2014.
  • Dubois L, Diasparra M, Bédard B, Kaprio J, Fontaine-Bisson B, Tremblay RE, Boivin M, Pérusse D, , International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10(134), 1-12, 2013.
  • Dubois L, Diasparra M, Bédard B, Kaprio J, Fontaine-Bisson B, Pérusse D, Tremblay R, Boivin M, , Physiology and Behavior, 119, 30-37, 2013.