Wikipedia

Nicole Roy

Nicole Clémence Roy is a Canadian–New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in nutrition and digestive health, including gastrointestinal physiology and microbiome–host interactions. She is a Fellow of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.

Nicole Roy
Academic background
Alma materLaval University
Theses
  • Effects of somatostatin immunoneutralization, somatocrinin use and their combination on serum somatotropin concentrations and zootechnical performance of grain-fed calves (1991)
  • Protein Metabolism in Growing Barrows Fed Diets Adequate or Deficient in Lysine (1997)
Doctoral advisorJean Bernier
Academic work
InstitutionsMassey University - Manawatū Campus, Massey University - Manawatū Campus, University of Auckland, Massey University - Manawatū Campus, Laval University, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Laval University, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, University of Otago

Academic career

edit

Roy completed a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and a PhD all at Laval University. Her doctoral thesis was titled Protein Metabolism in Growing Barrows Fed Diets Adequate or Deficient in Lysine and was supervised by Jean F. Bernier.[1][2] Roy did her postdoctoral research at the Rowett Institute in Scotland.[3][4] Roy worked at AgResearch from 1998, and was appointed Principal Scientist in 2011.[4] Roy was a professor in the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland, and since 2016 is an adjunct professor in the Riddet Institute Centre of Research Excellence at Massey University.[5] Roy joined the faculty of the Department of Nutrition at the University of Otago in 2020, and was appointed head of department in 2024.[4]

Roy's research focuses on nutrition and gut health. She was a founding member of the High Value Nutrition National Science Challenge, based at the University of Auckland, and leads the Digestive Health research programme.[6][5] Through this she is part of a team studying the effect of resistant starch additives to baby food on infant microbiomes, sleep and immune health.[7] Roy has received funding from MBIE and Marsden grants, and in 2023 Roy received a grant from the Health Research Council to investigate associations between gut health, gut microbiomes and the Aotearoa New Zealand diet.[8][5]

As a Fellow of Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Roy is one of 24 experts providing advice to the government agency.[9]

Selected works

edit
 
Scholia has a profile for Nicole Roy (Q79996281).

References

edit
  1. ^ Roy, Nicole C. (1991). Effects of somatostatin immunoneutralization, somatocrinin use and their combination on serum somatotropin concentrations and zootechnical performance of grain-fed calves (MSc thesis). Laval University. ISBN 978-0-315-63078-9. OCLC 1131519021.
  2. ^ Roy, Nicole C. (1997). Protein Metabolism in Growing Barrows Fed Diets Adequate or Deficient in Lysine (PhD thesis). Laval University. ISBN 978-0-612-25258-5.
  3. ^ "Foodomics Speaker Profiles". High-Value Nutrition. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Nutrition, Department of Human (7 May 2020). "Professor Nicole Roy". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Prof. Nicole Roy". riddet.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Digestive Health". High-Value Nutrition. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Meet The Team". thesunstudy.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ Board, Otago Bulletin (4 July 2023). "HRC grants $51 million to Otago researchers". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "FSANZ Fellows | Food Standards Australia New Zealand". www.foodstandards.gov.au. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicole_Roy&oldid=1233666699"