Dr. Anne-Julie Tessier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal, a Researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute and a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also a Registered Dietitian (RD). In 2017, Dr. Tessier co-founded Keenoa, an organization that creates state-of-the-art technologies involving image-based food recognition for dietary assessment in dietetics practice and research.
Her research focuses on the impact of nutrition on healthy longevity, particularly on muscle and brain health. She integrates innovative technologies such as metabolomics, proteomics, and mobile applications to better understand underlying mechanisms and identify nutritional biomarkers. Dr. Tessier is a co-investigator of the NIH-funded Multiethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities (MOSAAIC) study.
RD, 01/2016, Dietetics and Human Nutrition
McGill University, Montreal
PhD, 12/2021, Human Nutrition
McGill University, Montreal
Academic Gold Medal
Governor General of Canada
PhD Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research contributing to the Degree Of PhD
Canadian Nutrition Society
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Doctoral Training for Applicants with a Professional Degree
Fonds de recherche - Santé du Québec (FRQS)
Wang F, Glenn AJ, Tessier AJ, Mei Z, Haslam DE, Guasch-Ferré M, Tobias DK, Eliassen AH, Manson JE, Clish C, Lee KH, Rimm EB, Wang DD, Sun Q, Liang L, Willett WC, Hu FB.
Nat Metab. 2024 Sep. 6(9):1807-1818. PMID: 39138340
Tessier AJ, Cortese M, Yuan C, Bjornevik K, Ascherio A, Wang DD, Chavarro JE, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Willett WC, Guasch-Ferré M.
JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01. 7(5):e2410021. PMID: 38709531
Tessier AJ, Wang F, Liang L, Wittenbecher C, Haslam DE, Eliassen AH, Tobias DK, Li J, Zeleznik OA, Ascherio A, Sun Q, Stampfer MJ, Grodstein F, Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Balasubramanian R, Clish CB, Martínez-González MA, Chavarro JE, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M.
Med. 2024 Mar 08. 5(3):224-238.e5. PMID: 38366602
Wang F, Tessier AJ, Liang L, Wittenbecher C, Haslam DE, Fernández-Duval G, Heather Eliassen A, Rexrode KM, Tobias DK, Li J, Zeleznik O, Grodstein F, Martínez-González MA, Salas-Salvadó J, Clish C, Lee KH, Sun Q, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M.
Nat Commun. 2023 09 16. 14(1):5744. PMID: 37717037
Tessier AJ, Moyen A, Lawson C, Rappaport AI, Yousif H, Fleurent-Grégoire C, Lalonde-Bester S, Brazeau AS, Chevalier S.
JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2023 03 30. 9:e43786. PMID: 36848226
Guasch-Ferré M, Tessier AJ, Petersen KS, Sapp PA, Tapsell LC, Salas-Salvadó J, Ros E, Kris-Etherton PM.
Nutrients. 2023 Jan 23. 15(3). PMID: 36771303
Moyen A, Rappaport AI, Fleurent-Grégoire C, Tessier AJ, Brazeau AS, Chevalier S.
J Med Internet Res. 2022 11 21. 24(11):e40449. PMID: 36409539
Tessier AJ, Wing SS, Rahme E, Morais JA, Chevalier S.
JAMA Netw Open. 2022 07 01. 5(7):e2219926. PMID: 35796211
Tessier AJ, Presse N, Rahme E, Ferland G, Bherer L, Chevalier S.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 11 15. 76(12):2223-2231. PMID: 34115853
Tessier AJ, Lévy-Ndejuru J, Moyen A, Lawson M, Lamarche M, Morais JA, Bhullar A, Andriamampionona F, Mazurak VC, Chevalier S.
PLoS One. 2021. 16(8):e0256386. PMID: 34424934
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