Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences
Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada
Dr. Mary R. L’Abbé is Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences in the Food Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, a position she took up in December 2003. As Director, she is responsible for the leadership of Health Canada’s nutrition research, surveillance and scientific evaluation programs aimed at the maintenance and improvement of the nutritional quality of the Canadian food supply such as nutrition labelling and food fortification. Dr. L’Abbé is also co-chair, with Sally Brown of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, of the Trans Fat Task Force.
Dr. L’Abbé holds a Ph.D. in nutrition from McGill University. She is currently the president of the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences and has held executive positions with several nutrition organizations and has served on or chaired numerous national and international nutrition committees for the USDA, WHO and PAHO. She is the recipient of several Canadian awards, including the Centrum Foundation Research Award for Young Nutrition Scientists, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, as well as government awards in the area of nutrition policy and research.
Dr. L’Abbé continues to maintain an active research program in nutrition, focusing on the absorption and regulation of trace minerals at the cellular and molecular levels, and on dietary interactions.
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Labelling and Task Force on Trans Fat
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