McGill Desautels Faculty of Management - MCCHE News

Tata Consultancy Services to grow AI and analytics capabilities in Montreal

McGill University — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:43:15 +0000

Headquartered in Mumbai, the Tata Group is a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with operations in more than 100 countries. Their information technology services arm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its operations in Montreal. They’re investing in a state-of-the-art IT services delivery facility that will provide TCS customers with a range of technology solutions, including AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and advanced analytics.

BCom alum’s paper on the financial literacy of immigrants an FCAC finalist

McGill University — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:33:59 +0000

McGill Desautels graduate Avneet Bhabra (BCom’23)’s research paper “23% and Counting, but Not ‘One Size Fits All’: Helping Canada’s Immigrants Strengthen Their Financial Knowledge” has been published by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Canada.ca. Focusing on financial literacy amongst immigrants in Canada, the paper was selected as a finalist in the undergraduate category of the FCAC’s 2023 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge.

Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains

McGill University — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:21:59 +0000

One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence—and the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.

McGill-led MiXR platform will connect Canada’s food and beverage sector

McGill University — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:04:24 +0000

Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient. Led by Professor Laurette Dubé, Scientific Director of the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), MiXR will optimize resources throughout the food and beverage sector.

COVID-19 pandemic creates new opening for innovation in primary care

McGill University — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:08:59 +0000

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight weak points in global healthcare systems, Professor Laurette Dubé identifies an opportunity for large-scale innovation with primary care at the centre.

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Strengthening the economy through convergence and innovation

McGill University — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 20:10:46 +0000

Professor Laurette Dubé joins The Future Economy to discuss how convergence and innovation can work together to build Canada’s economy.

Quebec’s new COVID-19 ad campaign exposes virus impact

McGill University — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:30:06 +0000

The Quebec government is rolling out a new public health campaign featuring individuals who have first-hand experience with the severity of COVID-19. Professor Laurette Dubé comments on the polarizing responses to fear campaigns.

Toward a more resilient convergence economy

McGill University — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:08:58 +0000

Contrary to the prevailing model, a convergence economy emphasizes resilience over hyper-competitiveness, writes Professor Laurette Dubé in an op-ed for the Montreal Gazette.

MCCHE heading to Mexico for sustainable development symposium

McGill University — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:28:16 +0000

The McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) is an international strategic partner for the upcoming Innovation for Sustainable Development Network symposium to be held in Mexico on November 12–15, 2019.

Samuel Compton, operations director of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN), will present on the ongoing creation of the Food Convergence Platform in Canada, a joint initiative between GODAN and MCCHE.

Professor Dubé awarded funding for new study

McGill University — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:33:14 +0000

The Government of Canada has announced funding of $1.2 million for 17 projects to be led by researchers across the country that will analyze baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

McGill annonce que le prix Manuvie 2019 pour la promotion d'une santé active est décerné à Kerry S. Courneya, Ph.D.

McGill University — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:32:16 +0000

La bourse de 50 000 $ est remise à un pionnier de la recherche qui place l’exercice physique à l’avant‑plan dans le traitement du cancer

McGill announces Dr. Kerry S. Courneya as the 2019 Winner of the Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health

McGill University — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:30:41 +0000

$50,000 award recognizes a trailblazing researcher who put exercise front and centre in cancer treatment

Montreal – April 1, 2019 McGill University, in association with Manulife and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the University of Alberta and pioneer in the field of physical activity (PA) and cancer survivorship, is the winner of the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

Does social capital moderate the association between children's emotional overeating and parental stress? A cross-sectional study of the stress-buffering hypothesis in a sample of mother-child dyads

McGill University — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 20:17:06 +0000

Authors: Jennifer Mandelbaum, Spencer Moore, Patricia P. Silveira, Michael J. Meaney, Robert D. Levitan, and Laurette Dubé

Publication: Social Science and Medicine, Forthcoming

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Multi-behavioral obesogenic phenotypes among school-aged boys and girls along the birth weight continuum

McGill University — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 20:11:18 +0000

Authors: Andre Krumel Portella, Catherine Paquet, Adrianne Rahde Bischoff, Roberta Dalle Molle, Aida Faber, Spencer Moore, Narendra Arora, Robert Levitan, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Laurette Dubé

Publication: PLoS ONE, 14(2): February 2019, e0212290

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Call for applications: Queen Elizabeth Scholars

McGill University — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:38:26 +0000

The Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) program is a network of interdisciplinary, solution-oriented researchers that aims to improve the livelihoods and food and nutrition security of women farmers in rural Ghana.

The QES program has funded LINkIN-Ghana, a McGill University-University of Ghana program to strengthen the capacity of researchers who work with farmers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and local institutions to develop solutions to agriculture and food and nutrition security.

Deadline Extended: 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health

McGill University — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:33:31 +0000

McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) announced the call for applications for the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health in early October.

The deadline to apply has been extended to Friday, December 7, 2018.

Meet our Queen Elizabeth Scholars!

McGill University — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:32:59 +0000

As of October 2018, the McGill QES LINkIN program has incorporated eight awardees into the team coming from different disciplines and countries. Five are doctoral student researchers at McGill. Four of them are in the School of Human Nutrition (two Canadians, Mona and Loloah, with training in Public Health; a Ghanaian, Priscilla, who has a background in Forest Conservation; and a Nigerian, Aishat, who has a background in Nutrition).

Call for Applications: 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health

McGill University — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:01:19 +0000

McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

A glowing victory at HEC case competition

McGill University — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:30:50 +0000

MONTREAL, Quebec. On the evening of the HEC Social Business Creation competition, McGill start-up Kajou delivered, coming home with the First place prize of $15,000 for their business venture. Their business makes apple juice – with the apple of the cashew tree.

McGill Student Team NutriPulse wins third place at 2018 Food Security Social Innovation Challenge

McGill University — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 17:33:53 +0000

By Nii Addy

At the 2018 Social Innovation Challenge (SIC) held in Toronto on July 12, 2018, McGill team NutriPulse was adjudged the third place winner among eight finalists, with a $10,000 cash prize.

Yu Ma, Laurette Dubé and Nathan Yang awarded 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant

McGill University — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:46:54 +0000

Congratulations to Yu Ma, Associate Professor in Marketing, Laurette Dubé, Professor in Marketing and Nathan Yang, Assistant Professor in Marketing, on being awarded the 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant “An Empirical Investigation of Digital Goods Consumption and Its Impact on Word-of-Mouth Marketing”.

Desautels and FAES interdisciplinary research with McGill food startup and Montreal community organization highlighted at the 2018 Montreal Summit on Innovation (MSI)

McGill University — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:10:35 +0000

Joëlle Rondeau, Research Assistant, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE)

As part of C2 Montreal, the 2018 Montreal Summit on Innovation (MSI) showcased the social impacts of 10 collaborative research projects through an interactive circuit on May 23.

Low birth weight is associated with increased fat intake in school-aged boys

McGill University — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:32:37 +0000

Authors: Adrianne R. Bischoff, André K. Portella, Catherine Paquet, Roberta Dalle Molle, Aida Faber, Narendra Arora, Robert D. Levitan, Patrícia P. Silveira and Laurette Dubé

Publication: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 119, No. 11, June 2018

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Meet the 2018 Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize Winner

McGill University — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:17:10 +0000

By Joëlle Rondeau, Research Assistant, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics

McGill Food Startups Connecting with Montreal’s Food and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

McGill University — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 14:41:58 +0000

By Joëlle Rondeau, Research Assistant, McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics

On the evening of March 21, 2018, McGill students and entrepreneurs from diverse horizons gathered at Esplanade, a collaborative space dedicated to entrepreneurship and social innovation in Montreal’s Mile-Ex neighbourhood.

CSR types and the moderating role of corporate competence

McGill University — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:09:03 +0000

Authors: Xiaoye Chen, Rong Huang, Zhiyong Yang, Laurette Dube

Publication: European Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming

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This paper aims to investigate the impact of different types of corporate social responsibility (CSR; i.e. value-creating CSR, promotional CSR and philanthropic CSR) on consumer responses and the moderating role of corporate competence.

Takeaways from the 2018 Manulife Prize winner

McGill University — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:50:15 +0000

Distinguishing between healthy living and fitness fads

At this year’s Manulife Prize ceremony, hosted at Maison Manuvie in collaboration with the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), Manulife Prize winner Professor Jean-Pierre Després presented an overview of his research, emphasizing the prevailing gap between science and so-called healthy living practices. According to him, the difference between what we know and what we do is staggering.

Manulife Prize presented to researcher on a mission to combat lifestyle diseases

McGill University — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:38:57 +0000

Dr. Jean-Pierre Després, Professor of Kinesiology at Université Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, was presented with the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health at a breakfast hosted my Manulife and in collaboration with the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) on April 10, 2018.

Professor Després hopes that this prize will help bridge the gap between sound scientific research and the practice of healthy living.

Addressing Complex Societal Problems: Enabling Multiple Dimensions of Proximity to Sustain Partnerships for Collective Impact in Quebec

McGill University — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:17:28 +0000

Authors: Nii Addy and Laurette Dubé

Publication: Sustainability, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 2018

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Jean-Pierre Després wins 2018 Manulife Prize

McGill University — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:13:11 +0000

$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it

McGill annonce que le docteur Jean-Pierre Després est le lauréat 2018 du Prix Manuvie 2018 pour la promotion d’une santé active

McGill University — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:06:26 +0000

Le prix, d'une valeur de 50 000 $, récompense le pionnier de la recherche pour la détection et la prévention de l'obésité abdominale

McGill announces Dr. Jean-Pierre Després as the 2018 Winner of the Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health

McGill University — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:05:24 +0000

$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it

Montreal - March 22, 2018

McGill University, in association with Manulife and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Jean-Pierre Després, Professor at the Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, is the winner of the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

Convergent Innovation in Food through Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Societal-Scale Inclusive Growth

McGill University — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:27:50 +0000

Authors: Laurette Dubé, Pan Du, Cameron McRae, Neha Sharma, Srinivasan Jayaraman, Jian-Yun Nie

Publication: Technology Innovation Management Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, February 2018

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Desautels researchers figure prominently in Innovation Superclusters Initiative

McGill University — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:30:48 +0000

McGill University will participate in two of the five “superclusters” selected by the Government of Canada for funding under its Innovation Superclusters Initiative.

Fostering the Catalyst Role of Government in Advancing Healthy Food Environments

McGill University — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:14:28 +0000

Authors: Raphael Lencucha, Laurette Dubé, Chantal Blouin, Anselm Hennis, Mauricio Pardon and Nick Drager

Publication: International Journal of Health Policy and Management, Vol. 7, No. 6, June 2018

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Engaging Students with Food Industry and Community Stakeholders to Explore Innovation that Addresses Food Insecurity

McGill University — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:22:34 +0000

By Nii Addy and Joëlle Rondeau

The McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) and Impact Hub Montreal (IHM) supported Enactus McGill to organize the first Food Convergent Innovation Forum on November 30, 2017.

2018 Manulife Prize: Call for Applications

McGill University — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:45:07 +0000

Are you leading research that promotes Active Health?

Apply for a chance to be recognized

McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

Social capital and obesity among adults: Longitudinal findings from the Montreal neighborhood networks and healthy aging panel

McGill University — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:00:56 +0000

Authors: Yun-Hsuan Wu, Spencer Moore and Laurette Dubé

Publication: Preventive Medicine, Vol. 111, June 2018

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MCCHE helps food companies stay ahead of technology

McGill University — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:30:22 +0000

Rapid technological advancement is disrupting the status quo across numerous domains, including in agriculture and food markets.

In response, the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) and the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) are hosting a series of relevant executive development programs from December 5-6.

Fetal growth interacts with multilocus genetic score reflecting dopamine signaling capacity to predict spontaneous sugar intake in children

McGill University — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:03:21 +0000

Authors: P.P. Silveira, I. Pokhvisneva, H. Gaudreau, L. Atkinson, A.S. Fleming, M.B. Sokolowski, M. Steiner, J.L. Kennedy, Laurette Dubé, R.D. Levitan, M.J. Meaney, MAVAN research team

Publication: Appetite, Vol. 120, January 2018

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MCCHE is at the centre of efforts to support Indian pulse production

McGill University — Thu, 11 May 2017 13:39:25 +0000

The Pulse Innovation Platform of the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) brings new methods of food production and marketing to India.

New Pulse Platform launched to boost health and wealth in India

McGill University — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:35:56 +0000

To develop new ways to innovate and support food enterprises in the pulse supply chain, the McGill Centre of for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) has launched the Pulse Innovation Platform (PIP)-India in New Delhi on March 9th, 2017.

Gene and environment interaction: Is the differential susceptibility hypothesis relevant for obesity?

McGill University — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:48:13 +0000

Authors: Mollea, R.D., Fatemia, H., Dagherb, A., Levitanc, R.D., Silveirad, P.P., Dubé, L.

Publication: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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The evolution of an ICT platform-enabled ecosystem for poverty alleviation: The case of Ekutir

McGill University — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:34:25 +0000

Authors: Jha, S.K., Pinsonneault, A., Dubé, L.

Publications: MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

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Companies and universities tackle obesity through pulses

McGill University — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:08:45 +0000

To discover new ways of promoting pulses like lentils and peas to tackle obesity and undernutrition, the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University has launched a platform that enables companies and institutes to work together towards improving the nutrition of food products.

The Global Pulse Innovation Platform (PIP) aims to boost consumption of protein-rich pulses, a sustainable food product that helps prevent and manage chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Une nouvelle plateforme aide les entreprises et les universités à lutter contre l’obésité grâce aux légumineuses

McGill University — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:05:45 +0000

MONTRÉAL, 10 mars 2016 – Pour découvrir de nouvelles façons de promouvoir les légumineuses comme les lentilles et les pois, et lutter contre l’obésité et la dénutrition, la Faculté de gestion Desautels de l’Université McGill a lancé une plateforme qui permet aux entreprises et aux instituts de collaborer afin d’améliorer la valeur nutritive des produits alimentaires.

New Platform Helps Companies and Universities Tackle Obesity through Pulses

McGill University — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:57:19 +0000

MONTREAL, Mar. 10, 2016 – To discover new ways of promoting pulses like lentils and peas to tackle obesity and undernutrition, the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University has launched a platform that enables companies and institutes to work together towards improving the nutrition of food products.

The Global Pulse Innovation Platform (PIP) launches today to boost consumption of protein-rich pulses, a sustainable food product that helps prevent and manage chronic diseases such as diabetes.

2016: Year of the pulse

McGill University — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:11:08 +0000

Pulses – legumes, beans and peas – are poised to become the food of 2016 thanks to a massive global marketing effort. The McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) is closely involved with the pulse community, and will shortly launch the global Pulse Innovation Platform (PIP), the convening body for pulse-based food innovation globally, serving as catalyst for a novel model of business engagement in bringing solution at scale to challenges at the nexus of farm, food and health systems.

Using food as reinforcer to shape children's non-food behavior: The adverse nutritional effect doubly moderated by reward sensitivity and gender

McGill University — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:14:00 +0000

Authors: Ji Lu, Suhong Xiong, Narendra Arora, Laurette Dubé

Publication: Eating Behaviours

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Using foods high in sugar, fat as rewards can lead to obesity in children

McGill University — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:33:36 +0000

You’re late getting out the door and your six-year-old isn’t co-operating. You know it isn’t the best parental decision you’ve ever made but you offer him a treat if he agrees to obediently put on his shoes and get into the car. What’s the harm in that?

A study co-authored by Laurette Dubé of McGill University’s Desautel Faculty of Management suggests there could be long-term consequences to these types of actions, especially if they become a regular routine.

Using food as reinforcer to shape children's non-food behavior: The adverse nutritional effect doubly moderated by reward sensitivity and gender

McGill University — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:11:59 +0000

Authors: Lu, J., Xiong, S., Arora, N., and Dubé, L.

Publication: Eating Behaviors

Whole-of-society approach for public health policymaking: a case study of polycentric governance from Quebec, Canada

McGill University — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:12:33 +0000

Authors: Addy, N. A., Poirier, A., Blouin, C., Drager, N. and Dubé, L.
Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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An Innovative Approach to Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Knowledge-Based Infrastructure for Supporting Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Decision-Making in Quebec, Canada

McGill University — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:00:39 +0000

Authors: Addy, N. A., Shaban-Nejad, A., Buckeridge, D. L., and Dubé, L.
Publication: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Civil Society appeals to policymakers to declare malnutrition as a medical emergency

McGill University — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:15:32 +0000

Almost eight million children in India are severely malnourished and have nine times higher risk of death compared to normal children. These children deserve to live. In January 2015 over 100 organisations and individuals collectively urged the government to take action and save the lives of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) through the Generation Nutrition Campaign.

Parental attachment insecurity predicts child and adult high-caloric food consumption

McGill University — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 18:26:16 +0000

Authors: Faber, A., Dubé, L.

Publication: Journal of Health Psychology

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Policy insights from the nutritional food market transformation model: The case of obesity prevention

McGill University — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 16:26:35 +0000

Authors: Struben, J., Chan, D., Dubé, L.

Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2014

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Convergent innovation for sustainable economic growth and affordable universal health care: Innovating the way we innovate

McGill University — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:40:30 +0000

Authors: Laurette Dubé, Srivardhini Jha, Aida Faber, Jeroen Struben, Ted London, Archisman Mohapatra, Nick Drager, Chris Lannon, P. K. Joshi and John McDermott

Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2014

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L'épidémie d'obésité: un échec de la médecine?

McGill University — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:14:07 +0000

Depuis 30 ans, les approches médicales et diététiques ont montré leurs limites.

... "Derrière chaque obèse, il y a un individu, et cet individu ne peut être dissocié de l'écosystème dans leque il se trouve.", ajoute Laurette Dubé, professeure à la faculté de Management Desautels et présidente et présidente fondatrice et directrice scientifique du Centre de la convergence en santé et économie de l'Université McGill.

Christine Lagarde, Joe Oliver, Christian Noyer, Lawrence H. Summers, Jean-Claude Trichet, Philippe Couillard and Several other Political and Economic Leaders to Open the 20th Conference of Montreal

McGill University — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:30:39 +0000

Organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas, the 20^th edition of the Conference of Montreal will begin on June 9, 2014, under the theme of “Economy, Governance and Pension“.

Farm to Family (and, Hopefully, Health and Wealth)

McGill University — Wed, 21 May 2014 15:55:05 +0000

When you think about efforts to improve global health, your mind is likely to turn to medical interventions: vaccines, health worker training, supplies, health infrastructure improvements and the like. But ensuring the health and well-being for low-income and vulnerable communities throughout the world often requires much more.

eKutir’s VeggieLite Gains Gates Foundation Grant

McGill University — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:15:53 +0000

eKutir’s new project VeggieLite is a recipient of Grand Challenges India 2014, supported by the Gates Foundation, USAID and DBT, the Indian government’s anti-poverty scheme.

Silver Bullet solutions are not the answer to tackling obesity

McGill University — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:34:53 +0000

Isolated attempts to curb the growing obesity pandemic are doomed to fail to reach their potential, according to recent research from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University.

"Policy Insights from the Nutritional Food Market Transformation Model: the Case of Obesity Prevention," Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

McGill University — Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:45:23 +0000

Authors: Struben, Jeroen; Chan, Derek; Dube, Laurette

Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Surveiller les habitudes alimentaires afin de promouvoir une alimentation plus saine

McGill University — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 20:11:47 +0000

Des chercheurs utilisent les données enregistrées à la caisse de supermarchés de certains quartiers afin d’améliorer les habitudes alimentaires

Tracking Neighborhood Eating Habits to Promote Healthier Diets

McGill University — Tue, 11 Mar 2014 19:57:04 +0000

Using checkout grocery data from Montreal neighborhoods as tool to combat unhealthy food choices

"Beyond the "i" in the Obesity Epidemic: A Review of Social Relational and Network Interventions on Obesity," Journal of Obesity

McGill University — Fri, 27 Sep 2013 20:08:50 +0000

Authors: Leroux, Janette S.; Moore, Spencer D.; Dubé, Laurette

Publication: Journal of Obesity, 2013

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Why do anti-hunger and anti-obesity initiatives always fall short?

McGill University — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:18:12 +0000

To view the article, please click here.

With widespread hunger continuing to haunt developing nations, and obesity fast becoming a global epidemic, any number of efforts on the parts of governments, scientists, non-profit organizations and the business world have taken aim at these twin nutrition-related crises. But all of these efforts have failed to make a large dent in the problems, and now an unusual international collaboration of researchers is explaining why.

“Feedback dynamic between emotional reinforcement and healthy eating: An application of the reciprocal Markov model,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science

McGill University — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:53:04 +0000

Authors: Ip, Edward; Zhang, Qiang; Lu, Ji; Mabry, Patricia L.; Dubé, Laurette

Publication: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2013

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Neurobehavioural correlates of body mass index and eating behaviours in adults: A systematic review

McGill University — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:22:02 +0000

Authors: Vainik, Uku; Dagher, Alain A.; Dubé, Laurette; Fellows, Lesley K.

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Professor Laurette Dubé receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

McGill University — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:41:58 +0000

Professor Laurette Dubé has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in February 2013 for her dedication to her peers, her community, and to Canada. This commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is a tangible way for Canada to honour Her Majesty for her service to this country. At the same time, it serves to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.

Dubé to World Health Summit: More collaboration needed to tackle non-communicable diseases

McGill University — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:02:06 +0000

Addressing the World Health Summit in Berlin in October, Professor Laurette Dubé warned that the current dominant approach to combating an exploding global epidemic of diabetes and heart disease is too narrowly focused to succeed.

A model of food reward learning with dynamic reward exposure

McGill University — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:46:34 +0000

Authors: Hammond, Ross A.; Ornstein, Joseph T.; Fellows, Lesley K.; Dubé, Laurette; Levitan, Robert N.; Dagher, Alain

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McGill Green Revolution 2.5 workshop to boost Gates global food effort

McGill University — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:11:35 +0000