Dr. Valerie Marcil is a professor at the Department of Nutrition, Universite de Montreal, a researcher at the Research Center of Sainte-Justine UHC since 2014 and a registered nutritionist. She holds FRQS Research Scholars Junior 1 and Junior 2 since 2017. She has a strong expertise in metabolic health in complex diseases, in inflammatory and oxidative processes, in the role of nutrition and gut microbiota in disease development, as well as in nutritional evaluation and interventions.