Expert Committee

The Fondation Olo Scientific Committee members are leading experts in their various fields. Their fields of expertise cover a wide range of aspects of the Olo program. The Scientific Committee overseas the foundation’s programs to ensure that they meet the needs of pregnant women and their babies.

  • Emilie Audy, Ph.D.
    Specialized Scientific Advisor, Editor-in-Chief, From Tiny Tot to Toddler, Institut national de santé publique du Québec
  • Élise Boyer, M.Sc.
    General Manager, Fondation Olo
  • Laurence Charton, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor and Researcher, Urbanisation Culture Société Research Centre
  • Marie-Jean Cournoyer, Dt.P.
    Coordonnatrice, affaires professionnelles, Ordre des diététistes-nutritionnistes du Québec
  • Julie Deschamps, Dt.P. M.Sc.
    Nutritionist and manager of the health practitioners and professionals chapter
  • Mylène Duplessis Brochu, Dt.P. M.Sc.
    Nutritionist and manager of the communities and families chapters
  • Roxane Fafard
    Director, practices and social impact, Fondation Olo
  • Sandy Fontaine Dt.P.
    Chef de service périnatalité et petite enfance, CIUSSS de l’Estrie
  • Bénédicte Fontaine Bisson, Dt.P., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor and Researcher, School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa
  • Catherine Herba, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor and Researcher, Department of Psychology, Université du Québec
  • Élise Jalbert-Arsenault, Dt.P. M.Sc.
    Scientific Advisor, From Tiny Tot to Toddler, Perinatal information portal, Institut national de santé publique du Québec
  • Lucie Lapierre Ph.D.
    Analyst and Researcher, Unité de la capacité en santé publique et gestion du savoir, Public Health Agency of Canada, region of Quebec
  • Lucie Liard, Dt.P.
    Nutritionist and Olo Practitioner, Youth Program Direction du programme jeunesse, CISSS des Laurentides
  • Anne-Sophie Morisset, Dt.P., Ph.D.
    Associate Professor and Researcher, Sciences agricultures et alimentation, École de nutrition, Université Laval
    Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec – UL et Centre de recherche NUTRISS, INAF
  • Julie Paquette MBA, Dt.P.
    General Manager, The Montreal diet Dispensary
  • Julie Poissant, Ph.D.
    Researcher and professor, Département d’éducation et formation spécialisées, Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Stephanie-May Ruchat, Ph.D.
    Professor and Researcher, Département des sciences de l’activité physique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Julie Strecko, Dt.P., M.Sc.
    Nutritionist, research and analysis, Fondation Olo
  • Cathy Vaillancourt, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor and Researcher, Directrice RISUQ, INRS-Centre Armand Frappier Santé Biotechnologie