France Rioux
France Rioux
Full professor
Assistant director, Undergraduate studies

1993: PhD, Nutrition, University of British Columbia
1988: MSc, Nutrition, Université de Montréal
1986: BSc, Dietetics, Université Laval

Room
LEE 420J


Biography

France Rioux has been a professor at the School of Nutrition Sciences since 2009. She earned a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from Université Laval (1986), a master’s in nutrition from the Université de Montréal (1988) and a PhD in nutrition from the University of British Columbia (1993). After her doctoral degree, Professor Rioux completed a postdoctoral fellowship at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in Vancouver. She began her academic career at the Université de Moncton.

Research interests

  • Iron deficiency
  • Anemia
  • Pregnancy
  • Offspring
  • Children
  • Development of the central nervous system

Research

Professor Rioux focuses on iron nutritional status among specific groups at a high risk of iron deficiency or iron-deficiency anemia, including pregnant women, and impacts on child health and development. She is also investigating iron deficiency among female high-performance athletes.

Publications