Isabelle Giroux
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Biography

Isabelle Giroux, Ph.D., R.D. is a Fellow of Dietitians of Canada and a Professional Home Economist. She is a Full Professor of the School of Nutrition Sciences at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Ottawa. She was previously Director of the School of Nutrition Sciences (2021-2024), as well as Vice-Dean Academic–student and professional affairs at the Faculty of Health Sciences (2019-2021) of the University of Ottawa. She has also been Assistant Director–Undergraduate Studies of the School of Nutrition Sciences (2015-2019). She is actively involved in professional affairs as a dietetic educator (2000–), national dietetic program evaluator (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 2015-2021 (and co-chair 2016-2018, 2020-2021). She also contributes as a Board Member of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (2024-) and as appointed Member of the Accreditation Decision Committee of Accreditation Canada’s EQual Health Education Accreditation Program (2024-). She is a researcher of the Institut du Savoir Montfort and does interdisciplinary research in the prevention and management of obesity and diabetes with at risk populations. In addition, as co-lead 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, she also does research to evaluate the impact of experiential learning on the development of professional competencies, including interprofessional collaboration competencies and active offer of health services in French. Her publications include over 55 peer-reviewed manuscripts, three books and six book chapters.

Research interests

• Eating behaviours and food literacy
• Nutrition care, prevention and management of chronic diseases
• Nutrition, physical and mental health, women’s health
• Learning and evaluation of professional competencies
• Interprofessional collaboration, learning with simulation
• Active offer and access to French-language services