Arthur Bomke

University of Saskatchewan, 1983, DSc, Animal Nutrition

University of Aberdeen, 1960, PhD

Glasgow University, 1956, BSc, Agriculture (Hons Zoology)

Blair, R. 2007, 2013. Pig Farming. In: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation of Canada.

Blair, R. 2007. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Pigs. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau International (CABI), Wallingford, Oxford, UK, 322 pages.

Blair, R. 2008. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry. CABI, Wallingford, Oxford, UK, 314 pages.

Blair, R. 2009. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Pigs (In Chinese). CABI-China Agricultural Publishing House, Beijing, 260 pages.

Blair, R. 2011. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle. CABI, Wallingford, Oxford, UK, 293 pages.

Blair, R 2011. Organic Production and Food Quality: A Down to Earth Analysis, Wiley-Blackwell, USA, 282 pages.

Blair, R. 2013. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry (In Chinese). CABI-China Agricultural Publishing House, Beijing, 250 pages.

Blair, R. 2015 with J. M. Regenstein, Genetic Modification and Food Quality: A Down to Earth Analysis (Wiley-Blackwell, U.K.), 284 pages.

Blair, R. 2016 A Practical Guide to the Feeding of Organic Farm Animals (5M Publishing, U.K.), 226 pages.

Blair, R. 2017. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Pigs 2nd ed. (CABI, UK), 272 pages.

Blair, R. 2018. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Poultry 2nd edn (CABI UK, 256 pages,

Blair, R. and Regenstein, J.M. 2020. 'GM food and human health' in 'Genetically modified and irradiated food-Controversial issues- facts versus perceptions' Elsevier, Amsterdam, 318 pages.

Blair, R. 2021. Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle 2nd ed. CABI, Wallingford, Oxford, UK, 229 pages.

Blair, R. 2022. New Encyclopedia of Animal Nutrition, CABI, Wallingford, Oxford, UK, (in press), associate editor and contributor.

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Hennie van Vuuren

July 17, 2018

Hennie van Vuuren

Professor Emeritus, Food, Nutrition and Health

604–822–0418

hennie.vanvuuren@ubc.ca

FNH 231, 2205 East Mall

State University of Ghent, Ph.D, Microbiology

University of Stellenbosch, MSc, Microbiology

University of Stellenbosch, BSc, Honours Microbiology

Dr. van Vuuren is a pioneer in the field of metabolic enhancement of wine yeasts. The first two genetically engineered wine yeasts to receive Generally Regarded As Safe (GRAS) status from the US FDA were constructed in his laboratory. The malolactic wine yeast, ML01, degrades malic acid to lactic acid during the alcoholic fermentation, prevents spoilage of wines by other microorganisms and prevents or limits the formation of bioamines (allergens) in wines. S. cerevisiae ML01 is both the first genetically enhanced wine yeast to receive GRAS status from the US FDA and to be commercialized by the wine industry. Notifications have been submitted to regulatory bodies in other wine producing countries to obtain permission for commercialization of ML01.

Novel urea-degrading wine yeasts that will significantly limit the formation of ethyl carbamate (urethane) in wines and brandy have recently been engineered in Dr. van Vuuren’s laboratory.

This naturally occurring compound can be found in many fermented foods and beverages. Ethyl carbamate is considered potentially dangerous to humans, as it exhibits carcinogenic activity in a variety of laboratory animals. Ethyl carbamate is genotoxic in vitro and in vivo. In 2004, the NTP released a report based on an extensive study and found that ethyl carbamate increased the rates of cancer of the liver, lung, harderian gland, and of hemangiosarcomas in both female and male mice. Ethyl carbamate also increased the rates of cancer of the mammary gland and ovaries in female mice and the rates of skin cancer and cancer of the forestomach in male mice. The urea-degrading red wine yeast developed in his laboratory has also received FDA GRAS status (link) and is currently being commercialized.

Fundamental research in the van Vuuren laboratory focuses on the metabolic adaptation of wine yeast to stresses during wine fermentation. A systems biology approach (transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) is used to study how yeast cells adapt to nutrient depletion, increasing ethanol concentration and fermentation stress in general. The function of a number of orphan genes expressed only during the late stages of alcoholic fermentation in S. cerevisiae, is being elucidated.

Professor van Vuuren is currently Scientific Director of Creatus Biosciences Inc. in Vancouver.

Zara, H.J.J. van Vuuren, I. Mannazzu, S. Zara and M. Budroni. 2019. Transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae during fermentation under oleic acid and ergosterol depletion. Fermentation 5: 57 https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5637/5/3/57?type=check_update&version=1

Bejaei, M.A. Cliff, L.L. Madilao and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2019. Modelling changes in volatile compounds in British Columbian varietal wines that were bottle aged for up to 120 months. Beverages. 5, 57 https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/facultyresearchandpublications/52383/items/1.0380946

Luo, H.J.J. van Vuuren, A.G. DeBono and A.T. Ferguson. 2019. Xylitol producing Metschnikowia species. US Patent 10,435,721 B2. October 8, 2019.

Roach MJ, Johnson DL, Bohlmann J, van Vuuren HJJ, Jones SJM, Pretorius IS, et al. (2018) Population sequencing reveals clonal diversity and ancestral inbreeding in the grapevine cultivar Chardonnay. PLoS Genet 14(11): e1007807.

Terrell, E., M.A. Cliff and H.J. J. van Vuuren. 2015. Functional Characterization of Individual- and Mixed-Burgundian Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolates for Fermentation of Pinot Noir. Molecules. Molecules 20:3 5112-5136.

Walkey, C.J., D.D. Kitts, Y. Liu and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2015. Bioengineering yeast to enhance folate levels in wine. Process Biochem. 50:205–210.

Saberi, S., M. Cliff and H.J.J. van Vuuren. Comparison of Genetic and Enological Characteristics of New and Existing S. cerevisiae Strains for Chardonnay Wine Fermentations. Food Biotech. 28:195–215.

Bessonov, K., C.J. Walkey, B.J. Shelp, H.J.J. van Vuuren, D. Chiu and G. van der Merwe. 2013. Functional analyses of NSF1 in wine yeast using interconnected correlation clustering and molecular analyses. PLoS One. Oct 9;8(10):e77192. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077192.

Luo, Z., C.J. Walkey, L.L. Madilao, V. Measday and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2013. Functional improvement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to reduce volatile acidity in wine. FEMS Yeast 13(5):485-94.

Walkey, C.J., Z. Luo, L.L. Madilao and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2012. The Fermentation Stress Response Protein Aaf1p/Yml081Wp Regulates Acetate Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS ONE 7(12):e51551.

Saberi, S., M.A. Cliff and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2012. Impact of mixed S. cerevisiae strains on the production of volatiles and estimated sensory profiles of Chardonnay wines. Food Res. Internat. 48:725-735.

Walkey, C.J., Z. Luo, C.H. Borchers, V. Measday and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2011. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation stress response protein Igd1p/Yfr017p regulates glycogen levels by inhibiting glycogen debranching enzyme. FEMS Yeast Res. 11:499-508.

Deed, N.K., H.J.J. van Vuuren and R.C. Gardner. 2011. Effects of nitrogen catabolite repression and di-ammonium phosphate addition during wine fermentation by a commercial strain of S. cerevisiae. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 89:1537-1549.

Dahabieh, M., J. I. Husnik and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2010. Functional enhancement of Sake yeast strains to minimize the production of ethyl carbamate in Sake wine. J. Appl. Microbiol. 109:963-973.

Adams, C. and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2010. The timing of diammonium phosphate addition to fermenting grape must affects the production of ethyl carbamate in wine. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 61:125-129.

Dahabieh, M. and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2009. Functional expression of the DUR3 gene in a wine yeast strain to minimize ethyl carbamate in Chardonnay wine. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 60:537-541.

Luo, Z. and H. J. J. van Vuuren. 2009. Functional analyses of PAU genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microbiology 155:4036-4049.

Erasmus D. J. and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2009. Genetic Basis for Osmosensitivity and Genetic Instability of the Wine Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae VIN7. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 60:145-154.

Lou, Z. and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2008. Stress-induced production, processing and stability of a seripauperin protein, Pau5p, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res. 8:374-385.

Van Vuuren, H.J.J., J.I. Husnik and C. Adams. 2008. Metabolically enhanced yeasts that conduct the malolactic fermentation and limit ethyl carbamate in wine. Proceedings of the Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. 2008:171-177.

Marks, V.D., S.J. Ho Sui, D. Erasmus, G.K. van der Merwe, J. Brumm, W.W. Wasserman, J. Bryan and H. J. J. van Vuuren. 2008. Dynamics of the yeast transcriptome during wine fermentation reveals the Fermentation Stress Response. FEMS Yeast Res. 8:35-52.

Supplementary data, Marks et al. 2008

Husnik, J.I., P.J. Delaquis, M.A. Cliff and H. J.J. van Vuuren. 2007. Functional Analyses of the Malolactic Wine Yeast ML01. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 58:42-52.

Volschenk, H., H.J.J. van Vuuren & M. Viljoen-Bloom. 2006. Malic Acid in Wine: Origin, Function and Metabolism during Vinification. S. Afr. J. Enol. Vitic. 27(2) 123-136.

Coulon, J., J. I. Husnik, D. L. Inglis, G. K. van der Merwe, A. Lonvaud, D. J. Erasmus and H. J.J. van Vuuren. 2006. Metabolic Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to minimize the production of ethyl carbamate in wine. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 57:113-24.

Husnik, J.I., H. Volschenk, J. Bauer, D. Colavizza, Z. Luo, Z. and H. J. J. van Vuuren, 2006. Metabolic engineering of malolactic wine yeast. Metabolic Eng. 8:315-323.

Greatrix, B. W. and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2006. Expression of the HXT17, HXT13 and HXT15 genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; stabilization of the HXT1, GPD1 and HTB1 gene transcripts by sugar-induced osmotic stress. Curr. Genetics. 49:205-217.

Van Staden, J., H. Volschenk, H.J.J. van Vuuren and M. Viljoen-Bloom. 2005. The Effect of Skin Contact on Malic Acid Degradation by Recombinant Malo-ethanolic Wine Yeast Strains. S. Afr. J. Enol. Vitic. 26:16-20.

Volschenk, H., M. Viljoen-Bloom, J. van Staden, J. Husnik and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2004. Genetic engineering of an industrial strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for L-malic acid degradation via an efficient malo-ethanolic pathway. S. Afr. J. Enol. Vitic. 25:63-73.

Erasmus, D.J., M. Cliff and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2004. Impact of yeast strain on the production of acetic acid, glycerol and the sensory attributes of icewine. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 55:371-378.

Subden, R.E., J.I. Husnik, R. van Twest, G.K. van der Merwe and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2003. Autochthonous microbial population in a Niagara Peninsula icewine must. Food Res. Int. 36:747-751.

Volshenk, H., H.J.J. van Vuuren and M. Viljoen-Bloom. 2003. Malo-ethanolic fermentation in Saccharomyces and Schizosaccharomyces. Curr. Genetics. 43: 379-391.

Erasmus, D.J., G.K. van der Merwe and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2003. Genome-wide expression analyses: Metabolic adaptation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to high sugar stress. FEMS Yeast Res. 3:375-399.

Marks, V., G.K. van der Merwe and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2003. Transcriptional profiling of wine yeast in fermenting grape must: Regulatory effect of diammonium phosphate. FEMS Yeast Res. 3:269-287.

van der Merwe G.K., T.G. Cooper and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2001. Ammonia regulates VID30 expression and Vid30p function shifts nitrogen metabolism towards glutamate formation especially when Saccharomyces cerevisiae is grown in low concentrations of ammonia. J. Biol. Chem. 276:28659-28666.

van der Merwe G.K., H.J.J. van Vuuren and T.G. Cooper. 2001. Cis-acting sites contributing to expression of divergently transcribed DAL1 and DAL4 genes in S. cerevisiae: a word of caution when correlating cis-acting sequences with genome-wide expression analyses. Curr. Genetics. 39:156-165.

Volschenk, H., M. Viljoen-Bloom, R.E. Subden and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 2001. Malo-ethanolic fermentation in grape must by recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast. 18:963-970.

Saayman, M., H. J. J. van Vuuren, W. H. van Zyl and M..Viljoen-Bloom. 2000. Differential uptake of fumarate by Candida utilis and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:792-798.

Viljoen M., H. Volschenk, R.A. Young and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 1999. Transcriptional regulation of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe malic enzyme gene, mae2. J. Biol. Chem. 272:9969-9975.

Subden, R.E., A. Krizus, C. Osothsilp, M. Viljoen and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 1998. Mutational analysis of malate pathways in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Food Res. Int. 31:37-42.

Viljoen, M., M. van der Merwe, R.E. Subden and H.J.J. van Vuuren 1998. Mutation of Gly-444 Inactivates the S. pombe Malic Enzyme. FEMS Lett. 167:157-162.

Volschenk, H., M. Viljoen, J. Grobler, F. Bauer, R.E. Subden, A. Lonvaud, M. Denayrolles and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 1997. Malolactic fermentation in grape musts by a genetically engineered strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 48:193-197.

Volschenk, H., M. Viljoen, J. Grobler, B. Petzold, F. Bauer, R.E. Subden, R.A. Young, A. Lonvaud, M. Denayrolles and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 1997. Engineering pathways for malate degradation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nature Biotechnol. 15:253-257.

Liao, S.M., J. Zhang, D.A. Jeffery, A.J. Koleske, C.M. Thompson, M. Viljoen, H.J.J. van Vuuren and R.A. Young. 1995. A kinase-cyclin pair in the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. Nature 374:193-196.

Grobler, J., F. Bauer, R.E. Subden and H.J.J. van Vuuren. 1995. The mae1 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a permease for malate and other C4 dicarboxylic acids. Yeast 11:1485-1491.

Sutherland, M.H., H.J.J. van Vuuren and M.M. Howe. 1994. Cloning, sequence and in vitro transcription/translation analysis of a 3.2-kb EcoRI-HindIII fragment of Leuconostoc oenos bacteriophage L10. Gene. 148:125-129.

Viljoen, M., R.E. Subden, A. Krizus & H.J.J. van Vuuren. 1994. Molecular analysis of the malic enzyme gene (mae2) of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Yeast 10:613-624.

Awards & Honours

Before he immigrated to Canada, Dr. van Vuuren was head of the Department of Microbiology and Founding Director of the Institute for Biotechnology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. In 1997 he was recruited as Professor and Senior NSERC/Industrial Research Chair in the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at Brock University. In 1999 he was appointed to The Blythe and Violet Eagles Chair in Food Biotechnology in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. He was the Founding Director of the Wine Research Centre at UBC in 1999.

South African Society for Enology and Viticulture: most outstanding contribution in the field of Enology, paper in Nature Biotechnology (1997)
American Society for Enology and Viticulture: most outstanding contribution in the field of Enology, paper in the American Journal of Enology & Viticulture (1998)
Canada Foundation for Innovation: award for innovation and research excellence (1999)
Nominated by the Globe and Mail as one of six scientists in Canada to watch this year (2011)
Recognized by the BC Provincial Government as “Leading Researcher for the Year of Science” (2011)

Additional Information

Professor van Vuuren was the Founding Director and served as Director of the Wine Research Centre (WRC) from 1999-2016. He was Associate Dean Research and member of the Core Team for the Faculty of LFS from 2003-2012. He served on the UBC Senate and UBC Senate Admissions Committee during 2003-2004 and the VPR Committee of Associate Deans Research 2007- 2012. Professor van Vuuren also served as a member of the UBC Senate Senior Appointments Committee 2015-2017. He raised $14,8 million in research funding and funded renovation of two of the three research laboratories, he established the Core UBC Microarray facility, established the Core Mass Spectrometry Laboratory in the WRC along with Professor Joerg Bohlmann and established the UBC Wine Library in 2001.

Distinguished Visitors to Professor van Vuuren’s laboratory and the UBC Wine Library: 2001-2017

Nobel Laureates

Dr. Randy Sheckman, University of California, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Dr. Paul Nurse, Director and Chief Executive, Francis Crick Institute, London UK

Dr. Sydney Brenner, Salk Institute La Jolla, USA

Dr. John Sulston, University of Manchester, UK

Other important visitors

Dr. Gerald Fink, MIT

Dr. Mike Snyder, Yale

Dr. David Botstein, Princeton

Dr. Jim Broach, Princeton

Dr. Denis Dubourdieu, University of Bordeaux, Owner Doisy-Daëne and Barsac

Dr. Michael Stevenson, President, Simon Frazer University

Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President NSERC

James Halliday, Master of Wine, Australia

John Salvi, Master of Wine, France

Dr. Linda Bisson, UC Davis

Dr. Sakkie Pretorius, VP Academic, Macquarie University, Australia

Dr. Dan Johnson, Director, Australian Wine Research Institute

Dr. Richard Gardener, University of Auckland, NZ

Dr. Terrance Cooper, University of Memphis

Dr. Mark Thomas, CSIRO-Adelaide, Australia

Dr. Reinhard Topfer, Geiweilerhof Siebeldingen, Germany

Dr. Keith Mitchelson, Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Dr. Charlie Boone, Banting and Best Institute, University of Toronto

Dr. Brenda Andrews, Banting and Best Institute, University of Toronto

Dr. Ritchie Younger, Facial Plastic Surgeon, Younger Facial Plastic Surgery Centre, Vancouver

Dr. Bruce Forster, Professor in the Department of Radiology, UBC and Head of MRI, Vancouver Coastal Region

Dr. Larry Stefan, President Stefan Frazer and Associates

Dr. Doyle Rogers, Physician, Entrepreneur, Monaco

Sid Cross, Lawyer and wine specialist

David Leslie, Australia

Dr. Steve Oliver, University of Manchester

Art Caputti, Director E&J Gallo

Philippe Bascaules, Head Wine Maker, Ch. Margaux

Ike Barber, Entrepreneur, Order of Canada and Order of British Columbia

Stu and Marilyn Blusson, Bbusinessman and Philanthropist

Anthony von Mandle, CEO Mark Anthony Group, Order of Canada and Order of British Columbia

Dr. Jay Keeling, UC Berkeley

Ken Cross, Entrepreneur

Haig Farris, Entrepreneur, President Fractal Capital, Order of Canada

Spud Matthews, Entrepreneur and Director

Canadian Government

The Hon. Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of National Defence

The Hon. Michelle Rimple, Federal Member of Parliament

Senior executives at UBC

Dr. Stephen Toope

Dr. Arvind Gupta

Dr. John Hepburn

Dr. David Farrar

Dr. Don Brooks

Deans at UBC

Dr. Murray Isman, LFS

Dr. Dan Muzyka, Sauder School of Business

Dr. Michael Coughtrie, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. John Innes, Forestry

Dr. Dermot Kelleher, Medicine

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Susan Barr

July 17, 2018

Susan Barr

Professor Emerita, Food Nutrition and Health

604–822–6766

susan.barr@ubc.ca

FNH 244, 2205 East Mall

University of Minnesota, 1982, PhD, Human Nutrition

University of British Columbia, 1976, BHE, Home Economics

At the broadest level, my research interests relate to how women’s cognitions about food, eating, and body weight may have physiological implications for their health. In the eating attitudes area, I have a particular interest in cognitive dietary restraint, which reflects the perception that food intake is constantly being limited in an effort to control body weight. The perceptual nature of restraint and similar eating attitudes is key, as food intake and relative weight are generally similar between groups of women with high versus low scores for restraint. We have shown that high levels of cognitive dietary restraint are associated with subclinical menstrual disturbances: In addition to implications for fertility, these disturbances are associated with bone loss in premenopausal women. We have also found that women with negative eating attitudes have slightly higher blood pressure. We hypothesize that dietary restraint and similar eating attitudes may be a subtle but frequently-encountered stressor, leading to changes in hormones that can influence health outcomes.

I also have an interest in dietary policy. I was involved in the development of the Dietary Reference Intakes (nutrient reference standards for Canada and the United States), and have also been a member of Health Canada committees working on revision of Canada’s Food Guide and on dietary sodium reduction. Finally, I have an interest in dietary practices and dietary survey data. Recent work in this area has examined the contribution of breakfast to nutrient adequacy of Canadians, and the perceptions and practices of Canadians with regard to milk product intake.

Teaching

Sport Nutrition (undergraduate)
Current Issues in Applied Nutrition (graduate)

Barr SI, DiFrancesco L, Fulgoni VL III. Associations of breakfast consumption with nutrient intakes and nutrient adequacy of Canadian children. British Journal of Nutrition (in press, accepted July 7, 2014).

Yang PHW, Black JL, Barr SI, Vatanparast H. Examining differences in nutrient intake and dietary quality on weekdays versus weekend days in Canada. Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism (accepted June 23, 2014).

Watts AW, Mâsse LC, Barr SI, Lovato CY, Hanning RM. Parent-child associations in selected food group and nutrient intakes among overweight and obese adolescents. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2014;114(10):1580-1586.

Li D, Hitchcock CL, Barr SI, Yu T, Prior JC. Subclinical ovulatory disturbances and negative changes in bone mineral density – a meta-analysis of prospective data in premenopausal women. Epidemiological Reviews 2014;36(1):137-147.doi: 10.1093/epirev/mxt012. Available at: http://epirev.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/1/137.abstract

Trumbo PR, Barr SI, Murphy SP, Yates AA. Dietary Reference Intakes: Cases of appropriate and inappropriate uses. Nutrition Reviews 2013; 71(10):657-664.

Barr SI, DiFrancesco L, Fulgoni VL III. Associations of breakfast consumption with nutrient intakes and nutrient adequacy in adult Canadians. Journal of Nutrition 2013;143(1):86-92. doi: 10.3945/jn.112.167098 Available at: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/143/1/86.full.pdf+html

Murphy SP, Barr SI. Steps forward in assessing populations. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2013;97:1-2, doi:10.3945/ajcn.112.053652Editorial (peer-reviewed).

Barr SI. Perceived lactose intolerance in adult Canadians: a national survey. Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 2013;38(8):830-835, http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full/10.1139/apnm-2012-0368#.Ufmxu9Jwq3E.

Green TJ, Li W, Jahani M, Barr SI, Chapman GE. Vitamin D supplementation is associated with higher serum 25OHD in Asian and White infants living in Vancouver, Canada. Maternal and Child Nutrition Article. First published online: 15 OCT 2012 DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12008

Krempien J, Barr SI. Eating attitudes and behaviours in elite Canadian athletes with a spinal cord injury. Eating Behaviours. 2012;13:36-41. Doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.11.005. Available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471015311001085

Bedford JL, Barr SI. Higher urinary sodium, a proxy for intake, is associated with increased calcium excretion and lower hip bone density in healthy young women with lower calcium intakes. Nutrients 2011;3(11):951-961. http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/3/11/951/

Crocker B, Green TJ, Barr SI, Beckingham B, Bhagat R, Dabrowska B, Douthwaite, Evanson C, Friesen R, Hydamaka K, Li W, Simmons K, Tse L. Very high vitamin D supplementation rates among infants aged 2 months in Vancouver and Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. BMC Public Health 2011,11:905. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-905. Available at http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/905

Krempien J, Barr SI. Risk of nutrient inadequacies in elite Canadian athletes with spinal cord injury. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 2011;21:417-425.

Murphy SP, Barr SI. Practice Paper of the American Dietetic Association: Using the Dietary Reference Intakes. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2011;111:762-770.

Li W, Green TJ, Innis SM, Barr SI, Whiting SJ, Shand A, von Dedelszen P. Suboptimal vitamin D levels in pregnant women despite supplement use. Can J Pub Health 2011;102:308-312.

Langsetmo L, Hanley DA, Prior JC, Barr SI, Anastassiades T, Towheed T, Goltzman D, Morin S, Poliquin S, Kreiger and the CaMos Research Group . Dietary patterns and incident low-trauma fractures in postmenopausal women and men aged 50 y: a population-based cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011;93:192-199. doi:10.3945/ajcn.110.002956.

Bedford JL, Linden W, Barr SI. Negative eating and body attitudes are associated with increased daytime ambulatory blood pressure in healthy young women. International Journal of Psychophysiology 2011;79:147-154.

Bedford JL, Prior JC, Barr SI. A prospective exploration of cognitive dietary restraint, subclinical ovulatory disturbances, cortisol and change in bone density over two years in healthy young women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2010;95:3291-9.

Bedford JL, Barr SI. The relationship between 24-hr urinary cortisol and bone in healthy young women. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2010;17:207-215. DOI 10.1007/s12529-009-9064-2.

Green TJ, Barr SI, Chapman GE. The majority of older British Columbians use supplements containing vitamin D. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2010;101:246-250.

Barr SI. Reducing dietary sodium intake. The Canadian context. Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism 2010; 35:1-8.

Rideout CA, Barr SI. Dieting and dietary restraint have different associations with body mass index and disinhibition in postmenopausal women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2009;109:890-893.

Barr SI. Calcium and body fat in peripubertal girls: cross-sectional and longitudinal observations. Obesity 2007;15:1302-1310. (Obesity Society Award for Outstanding Journal Article Published in Obesity, 2007).

Murphy SP, Barr SI. Food Guides reflect similarities and differences in dietary guidance in three countries (Japan, Canada, and the United States). Nutrition Reviews 2007;65:141-148.

Rideout CA, McKay HA, Barr SI. Lifetime physical activity and current bone mineral density in healthy postmenopausal women: the importance of teen physical activity. Calc Tiss Int 2006;79:214-222.

Murphy SP, Barr SI, Yates AA. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) should not be abandoned: an individual is both an individual and a member of a group. Nutr Rev 2006;64:313-315.

Rideout CA, Lynden W, Barr SI. High cognitive dietary restraint is associated with increased urinary cortisol excretion in healthy postmenopausal women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2006; 61A: 628-633

Murphy SP, Barr SI. Recommended Dietary Allowances should be used to set Daily Values for nutrition labeling. Am J Clin Nutr 2006;83:1223S-1227S..

Barr SI. Introduction to Dietary Reference Intakes. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2006;31:61-65.

Barr SI. Applications of Dietary References Intakes in dietary assessment and planning. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2006;31:66-73.

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Eunice C.Y. Li-Chan

July 10, 2018

Eunice Li-Chan

Professor Emerita, Food, Nutrition and Health

604–822–6182

eunice.li-chan@ubc.ca

FNH Building, 2205 East Mall

University of British Columbia, 1981, PhD, Food Science

University of Alberta, 1977, MSc, Biochemistry

University of British Columbia, 1975, BSc (Agr), Food Science

The long-term objective of my research program is to gain a basic understanding of the molecular properties of food components, which will enable a systematic approach to food quality control, process improvement and new product development.

My main research interests are:

application of spectroscopic methods to study food systems
structure-function characterization of food peptides and proteins with specific bio-activity, health-enhancing or techno-functional properties

Teaching

Previously taught

FNH 200 Exploring our Food
FNH 302 Food Analysis
FNH 425 Food Science laboratory III
FOOD 510 – Advances in Food Science
FOOD 500/600 – Food Science graduate seminar

Selected publications from 2010-present

Sangsawad, P., Choowongkomon, K., Kitts, D.D., Chen, X.-M., Li-Chan, E.C.Y. and Yongsawatdigul., J. 2018. Transepithelial transport and structural changes of chicken angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides through Caco-2 cell monolayers. Journal of Functional Foods 45:401-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2018.04.020

Sangsawad, P., Roytrakul, S., Choowongkomon, K., Kitts, D.D., Chen, X.-M., Meng, G., Li-Chan, E.C.Y. and Yongsawatdigul, J. 2018. Transepithelial transport across Caco-2 cell monolayers of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides derived from simulated in vitro gastrointestinal digestion of cooked chicken muscles. Food Chemistry 251: 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.01.047

Loewen, A., Chan, B. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2018. Optimization of vitamins A and D3 loading in re-assembled casein micelles and effect of loading on stability of vitamin D3 during storage. Food Chemistry 240: 472-481. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.07.126

Jenkelunas, P.J., and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2018. Production and assessment of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) hydrolysates as cryoprotectants for frozen fish mince. Food Chemistry 239:535-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.06.148

Lacroix, I. M.E., Chen, X-M., Kitts, D.D., and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2017. Investigation into the bioavailability of milk protein-derived peptides with dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitory activity using Caco-2 cell monolayers. Food & Function 8:701-709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6FO01411A

Cheung, I.W.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2017. Enzymatic production of protein hydrolysates from steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) skin gelatin as inhibitors of dipeptidyl-peptidase IV and angiotensin-I converting enzyme. Journal of Functional Foods 28:254-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2016.10.030 http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61083

Lacroix, I.M.E., and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2016. Food-derived dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitors as a potential approach for glycemic regulation –Current knowledge and future research considerations. Trends in Food Science & Technology 54 (2016): 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2016.05.008 http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61193

Lacroix, I.M.E., Meng, G., Cheung, I.W.Y., and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2016. Do whey protein-derived peptides have dual dipeptidyl-peptidase IV and angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activities? Journal of Functional Foods 21: 87-96 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2015.11.038 http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61180

Siriangkanakun, S., Li-Chan, E.C.Y. and Yongsawatdigul, J. 2016. Identification and characterization of alpha-I-proteinase inhibitor from common carp sarcoplasmic proteins. Food Chemistry 192: 1090-1097. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.07.099

Hu, H., Zhu, X., Hu, T., Cheung, I.W.Y., Pan, S. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2015. Effect of ultrasound pre-treatment on formation of transglutaminase-catalysed soy protein hydrogel as a riboflavin vehicle for functional foods. Journal of Functional Foods 19:182-193. http://dx.doi.org//10.1016/j.jff.2015.09.023

Zhang, P., Hu, T., Feng, S., Xu, Q, Zheng, T., Zhou, M. Chu, X., Huang, X., Lu, X., Pan, S.,Li-Chan, E.C.Y. and Hu, H. 2016. Effect of high intensity ultrasound on transglutaminase-catalyzed soy protein isolate cold set gel. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 29:380-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.10.014

Gao, F., Hu, Y., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Grant, E. and Lu, X. 2015. Determination of Sudan I in paprika powder by molecularly imprinted polymers-thin layer chromatography-surface enhanced Raman spectroscopic biosensor. Talanta 143: 344-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2015.05.003

Lee, J.K., Li-Chan, E.C.Y. & Byun, H.-G. 2015. Characterization of β-secretase inhibitory peptide purified from skate skin protein hydrolysate. European Food Research and Technology 240:129-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00217-014-2314-9

Lacroix, I.M.E. & Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2015. Comparison of the susceptibility of porcine and human recombinant dipeptidyl-peptidase IV to inhibition by protein-derived peptides. Peptides 69:19-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2015.03.016

Hu, H., Cheung, I.W.Y., Pan, S. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2015. Effect of high intensity ultrasound on physicochemical and functional properties of aggregated soybean β-conglycinin and glycinin. Food Hydrocolloids 45: 102-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2014.11.004

Cheung, L.K.Y., Aluko, R.E., Cliff, M.A. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2015. Effects of exopeptidase treatment on antihypertensive activity and taste attributes of enzymatic whey protein hydrolysates. Journal of Functional Foods 13: 262-275. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jff.2014.12.036

Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2015. Bioactive peptides and protein hydrolysates: research trends and challenges for application as nutraceuticals and functional food ingredients. Current Opinion in Food Science 1:28-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cofs.2014.09.005 http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61195

Hu, Y., Feng, S., Gao, F., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Grant, E. and Lu, X. 2015. Detection of melamine in milk using molecularly imprinted polymers-surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Food Chemistry 176:123-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.12.051

Whitfield, K.C., Karakochuk, C.D., Liu, Y., McCann, A., Talukder, A., Kroeun, H., Ward, M., McNulty, H., Lynd, L.D., Kitts, D.D., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., McLean, J. and Green, T.J. 2015. Poor thiamin and riboflavin status is common among women of childbearing age in rural and urban Cambodia. The Journal of Nutrition. http://dx.doi.org/10.3945/j.114.203604

Gao, F., Feng, S., Chen, Z., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Grant, E. and Lu, X. 2014. Detection and quantification of chloramphenicol in milk and honey using molecularly imprinted polymers-Canadian penny based SERS nano-biosensor. J Food Sci 79:N2542-2549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.12705

Lacroix, I.M.E. & Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2014. Peptide array on cellulose support – a screening tool to identify peptides with dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitory activity with the sequence of α-lactalbumin. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 15:20846-20858. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms151120846

Siriangkanakun, S., Li-Chan, E.C.Y. and Yongsawadigul, J. 2014. Identification by GeLC-MS/MS of trypsin inhibitor in sarcoplasmic proteins of three tropical fish and characterization of their inhibitory properties. Journal of Food Science 79:C1305-1314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.12521

Solowiej, B., Cheung, I.W.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2014.Texture, rheology and meltability of processed cheese analogues prepared using rennet or acid casein with or without added whey proteins. International Dairy Journal 38:87-94 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idairyj.2014.03.003

Lacroix, I.M.E. & Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2014. Isolation and characterization of peptides with dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitory activity from pepsin-treated bovine whey proteins. Peptides 54:39-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.peptides.2014.01.002

Lacroix, I.M.E. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2014. Investigation of the putative associations between dairy consumption and incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 54(4): 411-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2011.587039 http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61194

Cheung, I.W.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2014. Application of taste sensing system for characterisation of enzymatic hydrolysates from shrimp processing by-products. Food Chemistry 145: 1076-1085. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.09.004

Lacroix, I.M.E. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2014. Overview of food products and dietary constituents with anti-diabetic properties and their putative mechanisms of action – a natural approach to complement pharmacotherapy in the management of diabetes. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 58:61-78 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201300223

Lacroix, I.M.E. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2013. Inhibition of dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-IV and α-glucosidase activities by pepsin-treated whey proteins. J. Agric. Food Chem. 61: 7500-7506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf401000s

Hu, H., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Wan, L., Tian, M. and Pan S. 2013. The effect of high intensity ultrasonic pre-treatment on the gelation properties of soybean protein isolate gel induced by calcium sulfate. Food Hydrocolloids 32:303-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2013.01.016

Ho, T.C.W., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Skura, B.J., Higgs, D.A. and Dosanjh, B. 2013. Pacific hake (Merluccius productus Ayres, 1855) hydrolysates as feed attractants for juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Walbaum, 1792). Aquaculture Research 2012, 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/are.12056

Korzeniowska, M.. Cheung, I.W.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2013. Effects of fish protein hydrolysate and freeze-thaw treatment on physicochemical and gel properties of natural actomyosin from Pacific cod. Food Chemistry 138:1967-75.

Hu, H., Wu, J., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Zhu, L., Zhang, F., Xu, X., Fan, G., Wang, L., Huang, X. and Pan, S. 2013. Effects of ultrasound on structural and physical properties of soy protein isolate (SPI) dispersions. Food Hydrocolloids 30:647-655.

Cheung, L.K.Y., Cheung, I.W.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2012. Effects of production factors and egg-bearing period on the antioxidant activity of enzymatic hydrolysates from shrimp (Pandalopsis dispar) processing byproducts. J. Agric. Food Chem. 60: 6823-6831.

Cheung, I.W.Y., Cheung, L.K.Y., Tan, N.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2012. The role of molecular size in antioxidant activity of peptide fractions from Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) hydrolysates. Food Chemistry 134:1297-1306.

Lacroix, I.M.E. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2012. Evaluation of the potential of dietary proteins as precursors of dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-IV inhibitors by an in silico approach. J. Functional Foods 4:403-422.

Lacroix, I.M.E. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2012. Dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-IV inhibitory activity of dairy protein hydrolysates. International Dairy Journal 25:97-102.

Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2012. Proteins: Basic concepts. In “Food Chemistry: Principles and Applications”. Hui, Y.H., editor. Science Technology System, West Sacramento, CA.

Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Huang, S.-L., Jao, C.-L., Ho, K.-P. and Hsu, K.-C. 2012. Peptides derived from Atlantic salmon skin gelatin as dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitors. J. Agric. Food Chem. 60:973-978.

Samaranayaka, A.G.P. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2011. Food-derived peptidic antioxidants: A review of their production, assessment, and potential applications. J. Functional Foods 3:229-254.

Hsu, K.-C., Li-Chan, E.C.Y., and Jao, C.-L. 2011. Antiproliferative activity of peptides prepared from enzymatic hydrolysates of tuna dark muscle on human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Food Chemistry 126: 617-622.

Mine, Y., Li-Chan, E. and Jiang, B. (editors) 2010. Bioactive Proteins and Peptides As Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. IFT Book Series, publisher Wiley-Blackwell IFT Book Series. ISBN 978-0-813-81311-0.

Li-Chan, E.C.Y., Griffiths, P.R. and Chalmers, J.M. (editors) 2010. Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopy in Food Science, Volumes 1 and 2. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-74299-0.

Cheung, I.W.Y. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2010. Angiotensin-I converting enzyme inhibitory activity and bitterness of enzymatically-produced hydrolysates of shrimp (Pandalopsis dispar) processing byproducts investigated by Taguchi design. Food Chemistry 122:1003-1012.

Samaranayaka, A.G.P., Kitts, D.D. and Li-Chan, E.C.Y. 2010. Antioxidative and angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory potential of a Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) fish protein hydrolysate subjected to simulated gastrointestinal digestion and Caco-2 cell permeation. J. Agric. Food Chem. 58:1535-1542.

Awards & Honours

Canadian Institute of Food Science & Technology, Fellow of the Institute , 2008

American Chemical Society, Agricultural and Food chemistry Division Fellow , 2009

Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology, William J Eva Award , 2010

Killam Teaching Prize , 1998

Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Emeritus Award , 2018

Additional Information

Research lab members & their projects (2010-2017):

Papungkorn Sangsawad (visiting PhD student 2016 from Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand; PhD 2017) – ACE inhibitory peptides from Korat chicken

Isabelle Lacroix (PhD 2015) – DPP-IV inhibitors from dairy and other food proteins

Imelda Cheung (research technician) – Functional ingredients from food protein hydrolysates

Guangtao Meng (research associate) – Functional ingredients from food protein hydrolysates; spectroscopic analysis of food protein systems

Anisa Loewen (MSc 2014) – Re-assembled casein micelles as fat-soluble vitamin vehicles for fluid milk fortification

Hao Hu (visiting student, PhD 2014) – Effects of high intensity ultrasound treatment on properties of soy proteins

Lennie Cheung (MSc 2014) – Enzymatic debittering of whey protein hydrolysates with ACE-inhibitory properties

Susan Yang Liu (MSc 2013) – Vitamin D content and stability in fortified fluid milk

Peter Jenkelunas (MSc 2013) – Fish protein hydrolysates as cryoprotective agents for frozen fish mince

Siriporn Siriangkanakun (visiting PhD student 2012) – Properties of a proteinase inhibitor isolated from common carp muscle

Lennie Cheung (summer student 2011) – Antioxidative properties of protein hydrolysates from shrimp byproducts

Kuo-Chiang Hsu (visiting Associate Professor 2010) – DPP-IV inhibitors from fish processing byproducts

Malgorzata Korzeniowska (visiting Dekaban Scholar 2010) – Muscle protein-antioxidative ingredient interactions

Nina Tan (NSERC USRA 2010) – FPH as antioxidative ingredients in fish products

Anusha Samaranayaka (PhD 2010) – Bioactive peptides with antioxidant properties from Pacific hake protein hydrolysates

Reihaneh Noorbakhsh (visiting PhD student 2010) – Spectroscopic analysis of pistachio protein processed for reduced allergenicity

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Sugar loss during baking means calorie counts could be off

May 31, 2018

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Gerry Kasten receives the 2018 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture Award

May 28, 2018

Gerry Kasten, Adjunct Professor, receives the 2018 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture Award

Gerry Kasten RD, MSc, FDC, an adjunct professor with the Faculty, has been chosen as the recipient of the 2018 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture Award by the Board of Directors of Dietitians of Canada (DC). The Ryley-Jeffs Award is the highest recognition that the Board of Dietitians of Canada can bestow on a DC member. Recipients exemplify dedication to the profession and a proven ability to chart new directions in the field of dietetics.

Gerry loves food – it empowers all he does. For nearly three decades, Gerry has enhanced people’s lives with practical and pragmatic advice on how to enjoy the deliciousness of food to improve their health. His passion for advocacy has led him to be a trailblazer in public health nutrition, culinary arts, teaching and media.

Gerry will present the 2018 Ryley-Jeffs Memorial Lecture at the DC National Conference in Vancouver on June 8th, at 9 am. A video recording of the conference presentation will be available on the DC website and a version of Gerry’s lecture will be published in the fall issue of the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research.

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Jeff Holmes receives Undergraduate Research Excellence Award

May 24, 2018

Jeff Holmes receives Undergraduate Research Excellence Award

Congratulations to Jeff Holmes, an undergraduate student in the Food, Nutrition and Health program, on receiving the Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism Undergraduate Research Excellence Award.

Jeff’s research project is titled ‘Serum zinc, copper, and selenium concentrations after 12 weeks of multiple micronutrient supplementation with or without iron,’ and was part of his directed studies with assistant professor Dr. Crystal Karakochuk. Jeff presented his research at the Canadian Nutrition Society Conference in Halifax, from May 3-6, 2018.

Along with a certificate and monetary award, Jeff’s research will be profiled on the Canadian Science Publishing blog.

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UBC Animal Welfare Program wins national award

May 17, 2018

UBC Animal Welfare Program wins national award

On April 22, 2018, at the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (CFHS) Animal Welfare Leadership & Innovation Awards Dinner in Calgary, the UBC Animal Welfare Program was presented with the award for “Leadership and Innovation in Animal Welfare Science”.

Receiving the award were Prof. David Fraser accompanied by Ms. Raegan Ahlbaum (Petsecure, host organization of the dinner) and Mr. Craig Daniell (CEO, BC SPCA) with Program graduates Nicole Fenwick (BC SPCA), Elisabeth Ormandy (Animals in Science Policy Institute), Erin Ryan (BC SPCA) Jeffrey Spooner (Agralytics, Ottawa), Catherine Schuppli (UBC), Sara Dubois (BC SPCA), and Lee Neil (University of Guelph). The dinner, attended by over 300, was organized by CFHS (‘Humane Canada’), as part of their annual animal welfare conference.

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James Vercammen

May 3, 2018

James Vercammen

Professor, Food and Resource Economics (jointly appointed with the Sauder School of Business)

604–822–5667

james.vercammen@ubc.ca

MacMillan 335, 2357 Main Mall

University of California, Berkeley, 1991, PhD, Agriculture and Resource Economics

University of Saskatchewan, 1988, MSc, Agricultural Economics

University of Saskatchewan, 1986, BSA, Agricultural Economics

James conducts research in the general area of commodity prices and environmental policy. Of particular interest is the use of time series methods to examine the link between energy prices and food prices. In a second strand of research James examines how Canada’s federal carbon tax impacts the price of agricultural commodities. More recently, James has been using machine learning models to analyze commodity prices in various agri-energy applications. James was co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics from 2008 – 2013 and the American Journal of Agricultural Economics from 2013 – 2017.

Teaching

James teaches primarily at the graduate level in the Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) program: FRE 501 Strategic Economic Analysis of Agri-Food Markets.