Summary of  Affiliations, and Interests of NSAC Members

Purpose

The following summarizes details regarding the affiliations and interests relevant to the Nutrition Science Advisory Committee mandate declared by committee members. Health Canada considered these declarations as part of the selection process and has made this summary available as part of its commitment to be transparent about the membership of its advisory bodies.

Members are asked on an ongoing basis to declare the following affiliations and interests:

1. Direct Financial Interests

  1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares or bonds, with the regulated industry.

2. Indirect Financial Interests

  1. Within the past five years, payment from regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts or consulting; or financial support including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.
  2. Within the past five years, payment from regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts or consulting; or financial support including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.
  3. Within the last three years, grants or other funding from the regulated industry to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision-making.

3. Intellectual Interests

  1. Within the last five years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the NSAC.
  2. Within the last five years, any published or publicly stated point of view on issues of relevance to the NSAC mandate.
  3. Within the last five years, any published or publicly stated point of view on issues of relevance to the NSAC mandate.

4. Other

  1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation.

Summary of affiliations and interests

The table below provides a summary of the responses to each corresponding question from committee members as of November 18, 2020.

Name Summary of Responses

Dr. Leah Gramlich, MD, FRCP(C) Co-chair

1.
No

2. (a)
Yes

2. (b)
No

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
No

3. (b)
No

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Received Honoria for speaking at pharmaceutical industry and patient advocacy conferences. Past consultant for Shire Agricultural Consulting. Co-chair of the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force, Advisor for the Canadian Nutrition Society, and Board Member of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition.

Dr. Véronique Provencher, PhD, RD Co-chair

1.
No

2. (a)
Yes

2. (b)
No

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
No

3. (b)
No

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Received honorarium for serving as a Grant Reviewer for the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Participated to a research funded by the Consortium for Research, Innovation and Transformation of Agrifood at McGill University. Scientific Director of the Food Quality Observatory (funded by the Government of Quebec); provides advice to governments and industry groups.

Dr. Karen Davison, PhD, RD, CHES

1.
No

2. (a)
No

2. (b)
No

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
No

3. (b)
No

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Member of Dietitians of Canada.

Dr. Russell de Souza, ScD, RD

1.
No

2. (a)
Yes

2. (b)
Yes

2. (c)
Yes

3. (a)
Yes

3. (b)
Yes

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Received a research grant and a project grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and completed a research contract for Health Canada. Served on external advisory groups for the WHO and received compensation for travel expenses. Independent Director of the Helderleigh Foundation. Published numerous editorials on the role of saturated fat in heart disease. Member of the College of Dietitians of Ontario, Dietitians of Canada, American College of Nutrition, American Society for Nutrition, and a collaborator with NutriRECs. Member of the Canadian Nutrition Society ; Served as grant reviewer for the Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization (HAHSO) Innovation Fund.

Dr. Mahsa Jessri, PhD, RD (c)

1.
No

2. (a)
No

2. (b)
No

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
No

3. (b)
No

3. (c)
No

4.
No

Comments: n/a

Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick, PhD, RD

1.
No

2. (a)
Yes

2. (b)
Yes

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
Yes

3. (b)
Yes

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Completed research contracts for Health Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit/Public Health Ontario Locally Developed Collaborative Projects. Provided expert witness testimony to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food. Participated in numerous government advisory committees, including the State of Food Literacy in Ontario Advisory Committee; the Healthy Kids Communities Challenge Scientific Reference Committee (Public Health Ontario); Alberta’s Tomorrow Project Scientific Steering Committee; and served as an External Advisor to Health Canada on the Development of Healthy Eating Patterns for the Revision of Canada’s Food Guide. Grant reviewer for the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Member of the following professional associations: CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes Institute Advisory Board, College of Dietitians of Ontario; Obesity Canada; Canadian Nutrition Society; and the American Society of Nutrition. In-press and published manuscripts include examinations of policy and/or recommendations related to policies to support healthy eating and food security, as well as surveillance/monitoring needs.

Dr. Catherine Mah, MD, FRCPC, PhD

1.
No

2. (a)
No

2. (b)
No

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
Yes

3. (b)
Yes

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Regularly provides voluntary expert advice to federal, provincial and municipal governments. Provided expert witness testimony to the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the Toronto Licensing and Standards Committee. Member of advisory committees to government and not-for-profit community organizations, including the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Prevention Policies Steering Committee; Heart and Stroke Foundation Nova Scotia Provincial Research Engagement Committee; Nova Scotia Health Authority Nutrition and Food Services; Food First NL; and past member of St. John’s Food Policy Council and the Toronto Food Policy Council. Member of the Canadian Public Health Association, the Public Health Association of Nova Scotia, the International Public Policy Association and past member of the Canadian Nutrition Society. Serves on Expert Advisory Board for the Food for Life Report magazine.

Céline Plante MSc, RD

1.
Yes

2. (a)
No

2. (b)
No

2. (c)
No

3. (a)
No

3. (b)
No

3. (c)
Yes

4.
No

Comments: Scientific advisor for the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ). Spouse employed at the Régie de l'assurance-maladie du Québec (RAMQ). Member of the Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec (OPDQ) and of the Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance (CARRFS).

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