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“From knowledge to
the power to act”

Food is Care

International scientific legitimacy

Scientific committees

A discipline is not decreed — it is built. At the heart of Culinary Medicine, two expert committees bring together nine people from both continents.

Scientific committee

Quebec Scientific Committee

Physicians, researchers, experts in health and organoleptics. Clinicians who carry the discipline forward in education and research.

Dr. Sylvie Dodin-Dewailly

Dr. Sylvie Dodin-Dewailly

Gynecologist · Université Laval

Dr. Catherine Bouchard

Dr. Catherine Bouchard

Family physician

Dr. Arianne Ouellet-Décoste

Dr. Arianne Ouellet-Décoste

Preventive medicine and women's health

Dr. Émily Fiset

Dr. Émily Fiset

Emergency physician

Dr. Johannes Frasnelli

Dr. Johannes Frasnelli

Neuroscientist and physician · Professor, Department of Anatomy, UQTR

Dr. Valérie Labbé

Dr. Valérie Labbé

Pediatrician

Scientific committee

Europe Scientific Committee

Francophone researchers, communicators and chefs who carry the discipline forward in Europe and make it the transatlantic bridge.

Simon Ferniot

Simon Ferniot

Entrepreneur · Food innovation consultant

Christophe Lavelle

Christophe Lavelle

Researcher in culinary science · MNHN / Sorbonne / CNRS / INSERM

Anthony Berthou

Anthony Berthou

Nutritionist · Francophone media figure

A foundation

Prof. Michel Lucas

Prof. Michel Lucas — Founder

PhD in nutritional epidemiology (Université Laval), postdoctoral fellowship in nutritional epidemiology (Harvard), graduate chef (École hôtelière de la Capitale) and full professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval. Initiator of the two scientific committees and coordinator of the endeavor.

Learn more about Michel Lucas's journey →

Institutional alliances

Academic partners

Culinary Medicine is developed and taught in alliance with:

Université Laval — Faculty of Medicine, MED-1939.
CHU de Québec — Research and scientific validation.
École hôtelière de la Capitale — Immersive workshops.