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St茅phanie Chevalier, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Human Nutrition Associate Member of the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine MUHC-Research Institute 1001, boul. D茅carie, E2.7226, Montr茅al, QC, H4A 3J1 Tel: 514-934-1934 ext. 35019 stephanie.chevalier [at] mcgill.ca |
Biographical Sketch
EDUCATION
B.Sc. Nutrition, Registered Dietitian (1986-1989), M.Sc. (1990-1992), Ph.D. Nutrition (1992-1997), Universit茅 de Montr茅al.听
Postdoctoral Fellowship (1998-2004) 91社区, Nutrition & Food Science Centre.
DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
FRSQ-Chercheur-boursier Junior 2 (2011-2015) and Junior 1 (2007-2011)
Helen McCall Hutchison Award in Geriatric Medicine (2010)
CDA and FRSQ Postdoctoral Fellowships听听听
CURRENT PROJECTS听
- Nutritional supplement to improve physical performance in Geriatric Day Hospital participants: a pilot study (MUHC Geriatric Medicine and FRQ-S R茅seau Qu茅b茅cois de recherche sur le vieillissement)
- Dairy intakes of older adults of the NuAge longitudinal study: impact on body weight and composition, physical and cognitive function and metabolic profile (Dairy Farmers of Canada)
- Exploring sarcopenia as a predictive factor for the development of cognitive dysfunction (Co-PI: S. Wing)
- Comparison of gut microbial composition in fibromyalgia patients vs. healthy individuals. (Louise and Alan Edwards Foundation, PI: Y. Shir)
MEMBERSHIP
Ordre professionnel des di茅t茅tistes du Qu茅bec (OPDQ), Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS), American Society of Nutrition (ASN), R茅seau qu茅b茅cois de recherche sur le vieillissement (RQRV) du FRSQ,听Canadian Geriatric Society, R茅seau de recherche en sant茅 cardiom茅tabolique, diab猫te, ob茅sit茅 du FRQS
CONTRIBUTIONS
Leader of Nutrition Axis of the R茅seau qu茅b茅cois de recherche sur le vieillissement du FRQS (2013-present), Chair of Canadian Geriatric Society Symposium on Sarcopenia (2015), Organizer of Canadian Nutrition Society Symposium on Nutrition and Aging (2017), Reviewer for numerous grant agencies and scientific journals.听听
RESEARCH TRAINEES: 20 in career, 3 current
Keywords
Nutrition, protein metabolism and requirements, aging, sarcopenia, muscle health and function, insulin resistance, cancer cachexia, body composition, hyperinsulinemic clamp, stable isotope tracers.听
Research Activities
My research program has 3 central themes:
The role of dietary protein in age-related muscle and physical function loss: Data analysis from large cohorts of older adults and intervention trials to test protein supplements specifically tailored to improve muscle mass and function of frail older adults, patients with cancer and those undergoing surgery.听
Protein metabolism in aging and metabolic disorders such as cancer cachexia and type 2 diabetes: Studies involve administering glucose and amino acids labelled with stable isotopes for in vivo kinetic measurement under different feeding conditions.
Comprehensive metabolic phenotyping: Measuring body composition, nutritional status, dietary intake, functional capacity and insulin resistance (using the insulin clamp) allows to characterize metabolic and nutritional conditions and test the impact of interventions.听
Selected Recent Publications
Farsijani S, Payette H, Morais JA, Shatenstein B, Gaudreau P and Chevalier S.听 Even mealtime distribution of protein intake is associated with greater muscle strength, but not with 3-year decline, in free-living older adults: The NuAge Study.听 Am J Clin Nutr 106(1): 113-124, 2017.PMID: 28515070.听 Editorial PMID: 28592608
Labonte CC, Farsijani S, Marliss EB, Gougeon R, Morais JA, Pereira S, Bassil M, Winter A, Murphy J, Combs TP and Chevalier S.听 Plasma amino acids versus conventional predictors of insulin resistance measured by the hyperinsulinemic clamp.听 Journal of the Endocrine Society 1(7): 861-873, 2017. PMID: 29264537
Farsijani S, Morais JA, Payette H, Gaudreau P, Shatenstein B, Gray-Donald K, Chevalier S. Relation between mealtime distribution of protein intake and lean mass loss in free-living older adults of the NuAge study. Am J Clin Nutr 104(3):694-703, 2016.听 PMID: 27465379
Chevalier S, Burgos SA, Morais JA, Gougeon R, Bassil M, Lamarche M and Marliss EB.听 Protein and glucose metabolic responses to hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia and hyperaminoacidemia in obese, glucose tolerant men. Obesity 23 (2): 351-8, 2015. PMID: 25452199
Phillips SM, Chevalier S, Leidy HJ.听 Protein 鈥渞equirements鈥� beyond the RDA: implications for optimizing health.听听 Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 41(5): 565-72, 2016.听 Invited review. PMID: 26960445
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