Isabelle Giroux PhD, RD, BEd, PHEc

Biography

Isabelle Giroux, Ph.D., is a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) and a Professional Home Economist (P.H.Ec.). She is a full professor of nutrition at the School of Nutrition Sciences and vice-dean academic (student and professional affairs) at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Ottawa. She was assistant director – undergraduate studies of the School of Nutrition Sciences (2015-2019). She is actively involved in professional affairs as a dietetic educator (since 2000), dietetic program surveyor (since 2008), member of the Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice (PDEP) of Canada Accreditation Standards Development Working Group (2012-2014), Chair of the French Network of Dietitians of Ontario and Canada (2007-2015), and member of the PDEP Steering Committee as a dietetic educators’ representative since 2015 (co-chair 2016-2018, 2020-).  She is a researcher of the Institut du Savoir Montfort and does interdisciplinary research in the prevention and management of obesity and diabetes across the lifecycle, including at risk populations. She also does research to evaluate the impact of experiential learning on the development of professional competencies. She is a researcher of the GREFOPS (Groupe de recherche sur la formation et les pratiques en santé et en service social en contexte francophone minoritaire) of the University of Ottawa.