Isabelle Giroux

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Isabelle Giroux , PhD, RD, FDC, PHEc

Full Professor

2000 B.Ed. University of Western Ontario
1999 Ph.D. Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Western Ontario
1995: MSc Human Nutrition, Université Laval
1993: BSc Human Nutrition, Université Laval

Room

LEES 420A

[email protected]

Biography

Isabelle Giroux is a Registered Dietitian, a fellow of Dietitians of Canada and a Professional Home Economist. She is a full professor of nutrition in the School of Nutrition Sciences, in which she served as director from 2021 to 2024 and assistant director, undergraduate studies, from 2015 to 2019. She was also vice-dean academic (student and professional affairs) for the Faculty from 2019 to 2021. Professor Giroux has been actively involved in professional affairs as a dietetic educator (since 2000), national program evaluator (since 2008), member of the Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice (PDEP) of Canada Accreditation Standards Development Working Group (2012–2014) and chair of the Regroupement des diététistes francophones of Canada (2007–2015). She was a member of the PDEP Steering Committee as a dietetic educators’ representative from 2015 to 2021 (and co-chair from 2016 to 2018 and in 2020 and 2021). Since 2024, she has also been a member of the steering committee of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative and the Accreditation Canada EQual health education accreditation program Decision Committee.

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Research Interests

Food behaviour and literacy

Nutritional care, chronic disease prevention and management

Nutrition, mental and physical health, women’s health

Interprofessional collaboration, learning through simulation

Learning and assessment of professional competencies

Active offer and access to services in French

Research

As a member of the Institut du Savoir Montfort, Professor Giroux conducts interdisciplinary research on prevention and management of obesity and diabetes among at-risk populations. As co-leader of the Groupe de recherche sur la formation et les pratiques en santé et en service social en contexte francophone minoritaire (GReFoPS) at the University of Ottawa, she also studies the impact of experiential learning on acquisition of professional skills, including interprofessional collaboration and active offer of health-care services in French. She has published over 65 peer-reviewed articles, as well as three books and seven book chapters.

Nutrition Behaviour and Health Lab

Publications

See Isabelle Giroux’s publications

GIROUX, I., Laroche-Nantel, R., Shaw, J., Murphy, J., Madarasz, W., Adler, J., Smith, M.A., Tsang, D., Beber, S., Bailey, L., Tyerman, J. (2025) Exploring Registered Dietitians’ Contributions and Educational Needs in Primary Care: Insights for Healthcare Leaders. Healthcare Management Forum. Vol. 38 (No.4). July issue. Pp.1-6.

Dubois, N., GIROUX, I. (2025) Bidirectional Relationship Between Nutrition and Mental Health and Its Impact on the Health of Canadian Immigrants: An Integrative Review. Healthcare journal. Vol. 13. No. 8. Pp.1-29.

Vincent, C., Ménard, A., GIROUX, I. (2025) Cultural Determinants of Body Image: What About the Menopausal Transition? Healthcare journal. Vol 13 (No. 1). Pp.1-21.

Rosa, M., Bodnaruc, A., GIROUX, I. (2024 e-first) Dietetic Students’ Perceived Anxiety towards Simulation Activities: A Mixed-methods Pilot Study. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. Pp. 1-7.

Bodnaruc, A.; Roberge, M.; GIROUX, I.; Aguer, C. (2024) The Bidirectional Link between Major Depressive Disorder and Type 2 Diabetes: The Role of Inflammation. Endocrines 2024, Vol. 5, Issue 4. Pp. 478-500.

Vincent C, Bodnaruc, Al, Prud’homme, D., Guenette, J., GIROUX, I. (2024) Disordered Eating Behaviours During the Menopausal Transition: A Systematic Review. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, pp. 1286-1308. e-First.

Bodnaruc AM, Tarraf D, Blanchet R, Sanou D, Nana CP, Batal M, GIROUX I. (2024) Food insecurity and diet quality in migrant sub-Saharan African and Caribbean households in Ottawa, Canada. Nutrire. Vol. 49. No. 29. Pp.1-22.

Savard, J., Benoit, J., Cormier, M., Muray, M., Dorion, M, Vincent C, GIROUX, I. (2024) La formation à l’offre active : design pédagogique, défis et avenues pour le futur. Minorités linguistiques et société / Linguistic Minorities and Society. Numéro thématique : La santé des francophones en contexte linguistique minoritaire : 20 ans de recherche. Numéro 22, pp. 1-19.

Vincent C, Bodnaruc AM, Olson V, Prud'homme D, GIROUX, I. (2023) Associations Between Menopause and Body Image: A Systematic Review. Women’s Health. Jan-Dec, Volume 19, pp. 1-19.

Bodnaruc AM, Duquet M, Prud’homme D, GIROUX, I. (2023) Diet and Depression during Peri- and Post-Menopause: A Scoping Review Protocol. Methods and Protocols. 6(5):91.

Bodnaruc AM, Vincent C, Soto C, Duquet M, Prud’homme D, GIROUX I. (2023) Gathering the evidence on diet and depression: a protocol for an umbrella review and updated meta-analyses. Methods and Protocols Journal, Section Public Health Research, Vol. 6 (No. 78), pp. 1-19.

Vincent, C., Bodnaruc, A.M., Savard, J., Kengneson, C., Benoît, J., GIROUX, I. (2023). Évaluation de la fidélité interjuges d’une grille d’observation des comportements d’offre active de services en français dans le cadre d’activités d’apprentissage par simulation. Minorité linguistique et société/Linguistic Minority and Society. 21, Pp.1-25.

Rosa, M., GIROUX, I. (2022). Dietetic Students’ Perceptions of Learning Professional Competencies with Four Simulations Throughout a Semester. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. Vol. 83 (No. 3), pp. 139-143.

Lavergne, F., Laroche-Nantel, R., Prud’homme, D., GIROUX, I. (2022). Facteurs influençant l’apport alimentaire en rations des soldats canadiens dans l’Arctique : Un sondage national. Revue canadienne de la pratique et de la recherche en diététique / Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, pp. 1-4.

Pouliot, C., Biagé, A., Prud’homme, D., GIROUX, I. (2022). Changes in Adolescents’ Dietary Intake Following the Initiation of an 8-Week Exercise Program. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. Vol. 83, Issue 1, March 2022. Publié en ligne e-First le 28 septembre 2021, pp. 1-7.

Kengneson, C.-C., Blanchet, R., Sanou, D., Batal, M., GIROUX, I. (2021). Factors influencing feeding practices of Black immigrant mothers of African and Caribbean origin living in Ottawa, Canada. Appetite Journal. Volume 167, August 2021, pp. 1-9.

Vignola Lavergne, F., Prud’homme, D., GIROUX, I. (2021). Soldiers’ Perception of Combat Ration Use During Arctic Training: A Qualitative Study. Military Medicine. Oxford University Press. Volume 186, Issue 2, January-February 2021, pp. 127-136.

AbouEid, S., R. Ahmed, M. Jasinska, B.J. Hermosura, C. Pouliot, I. Bourgeault, I. GIROUX. (2020). Weight Communication: How do health professionals communicate about weight with their patients in primary care settings? Health Communication Journal. 7 pages. Publié en ligne le 14 décembre 2020.

Azzi JL, Azzi S, Lavigne-Robichaud M, Vermeer, A., Barresi T, Blaine S, GIROUX I. (2020). Participant Evaluation of a Prediabetes Intervention Program for Rural Adults. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, Vol. 81 (Issue 2) June 2020, pp. 80-85.

Book chapters

GIROUX, I, J. Shaw, S. Beber, W. Madarasz, J. Tyerman, J. Murphy, R. Laroche-Nantel, D. Tsang, M.A. Smith, J. Adler. (2025). Dietitians, in: Compendium of Roles in Primary Care. IL. Bourgeault, S. Miles and D. McMurchy, Editors. Canadian Health Workforce Partners, Ottawa. Pp 24-27. ISBN: 978-1-7774168-6-7.

Aboueid, S., I. GIROUX, avec S. Ratti, B.J. Hermosura. (2023). Diététistes, dans: Introduction aux métiers de la santé au Canada. I. Bourgeault, Éditrice. Réseau Canadien des personnels de santé, Ottawa. 18 pages. ISBN: 978-1-7774168-3-6.