Caroline Richard
Associate Professor
Caroline Richard
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Immunology
University of Alberta
Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Immunology
University of Alberta
Dr. Caroline Richard is a RD, PhD and an Associate Professor of Nutritional Immunology in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Caroline Richard is a RD, PhD and an Associate Professor of Nutritional Immunology in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Alberta.
She completed her BSc and internship in Nutrition and then her PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism at Universite Laval. She then completed her postdoctoral studies in nutritional immunology at the University of Alberta.
She completed her BSc and internship in Nutrition and then her PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism at Universite Laval. She then completed her postdoctoral studies in nutritional immunology at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Richard’s research interests focus on understanding how specific nutritional interventions can mitigate immune dysfunction related to chronic diseases including obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. She was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Immunology and was the recipient of the CIHR-INMD/CNS New Investigator Award in 2019. She is currently funded by CIHR, NSERC, Dairy Farmers of Canada and Egg Farmers of Canada.
Dr. Richard’s research interests focus on understanding how specific nutritional interventions can mitigate immune dysfunction related to chronic diseases including obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. She was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Nutritional Immunology and was the recipient of the CIHR-INMD/CNS New Investigator Award in 2019. She is currently funded by CIHR, NSERC, Dairy Farmers of Canada and Egg Farmers of Canada.
