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 takes a holistic, 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, political, legal and educational barriers to optimal perinatal nutrition and health. Professor Fontaine-Bisson seeks to offer nutritional services adapted to critical periods of development, from conception to early childhood. Her primary goal is to reduce social inequality by improving the nutrition, health and wellness of the mother-child dyad, as well as the rest of the family living with material and social insecurity.
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, national or international category (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), the Institut du savoir Montfort and the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS).
Professor Perron is currently accepting new students for thesis supervision.