Research Axis
Metabolic and Cardiovascular Health Axis
Research Theme
Cardiometabolic and vascular health: from genetics to environmental approaches
Address
CHUSJ - Centre de Recherche
Phone
514 345-4931 #7783
Fax
514 345-4999
Career Summary
Dr Emile Levy is a Full Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal. He was the Director of the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center from May 1996 to January 2006. He is now the Research Director of the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit at the CHU Sainte-Justine, where he heads an important research team, and the Director of the Lipidology, Metabolism and Nutrition Laboratory. In 2006, he was awarded the J.A. DeSève Research Chair in Nutrition.
His studies undertaken over the past 25 years have considerably advanced our understanding of digestion, lipid absorption and metabolism, as well as their related diseases, including intestinal malabsorption, development disorders, primary and secondary hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, malnutrition, obesity, type 2 diabetes as well as inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, Dr Levy conducts research on infant development using nutrigenomic and proteomic approaches.