The Earle W. Crampton Award is given in recognition of Distinguished Service in fields dealing with Nutrition and Food, and consists of an inscribed plaque and an honorarium. The recipient will deliver the Crampton Award Lecture on the Macdonald Campus during the spring semester of each academic year; the lecture is open to the public.
The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, in conjunction with McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre, presents the award annually in recognition of merit in any academic, research, administrative or industry/community activities which result in significant progress in knowledge, and /or development of programmes and/or services that enhance nutrition and the quality of food for humans and/or animals. The Award is open to candidates in Canada or elsewhere in the world.
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THE EW CRAMPTON AWARD AND LECTURE
MARCH 8, 2012
2011-2012 Recipient
Dr. Mary L'Abbé
Earle W. McHenry Professor and Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Mary R. L’Abbé, PhD, is the Earle W. McHenry Professor and Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, a position she took up in 2009. She currently leads a research group on Food and Nutrition Policy for Population Health at the University.
Dr. L’Abbé is an expert in public health nutrition, nutrition policy, and food and nutrition regulations. Her research examines the nutritional quality of the Canadian food supply, food intake and consumer surveys investigating the factors influencing consumers’ understanding of nutrition, their food choices related to obesity and chronic disease, and research in the area of minerals and trace elements. She is currently leading a Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canadian Stroke Network funded study to evaluate the impact of Canada's sodium reduction strategy and has other health and industry foundation supported research.
Before joining the University of Toronto, Dr. L’Abbé worked for many years as a research scientist and then Director of the Bureau of Nutritional Sciences at Health Canada, where she was responsible for the leadership of Health Canada’s nutrition laboratory research, surveillance, scientific evaluation and regulatory programs aimed at the maintenance and improvement of the nutritional health of Canadians and the quality of the food supply. She also served as Canadian Head of Delegation to the Codex Alimentarius Committees on Nutrition and on Food Labelling and coordinated Canada’s role with the US in the development of the Dietary Reference Intakes.
Dr. L’Abbé was co-chair of the Canadian Trans Fat Task Force (2004-2006), led the Canadian Trans Fat Monitoring Program (2004-2009), and was a member of the PAHO Task Force on Trans Fat in the Americas and vice-chair of the WHO Scientific Update on Trans Fatty Acids. She was Chair and vice-Chair of the Canadian Sodium Working Group (2007-2010) which developed the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada (2010). She is a member of the PAHO regional expert group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction and a member of the World Health Organization Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group (NUGAG) on Diet and Health (2009-2012).
Dr. L'Abbé holds a PhD in nutrition from McGill University and has authored over 120 peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters and government reports.
Some of the Previous Recipents
2010-2011: Dr. Diane Finegood, Simon Fraser University
2009-2010: Dr. Ian Munro, Cantox Health Sciences International
2008-2009: Dr. Michael S. Kramer, McGill University
2007-2008: Dr. Tom Clandinin, University of Alberta
2006-2007: Dr. Steve Leeson, University of Guelph
2005-2006: Dr. Errol Marliss, McGill University
2004-2005: Dr. Claude Bouchard, Louisiana State University
2003-2004: Dr. Paul Pencharz, University of Toronto
2002-2003: Dr. John J. Kennelly,University of Alberta
2001-2002: Dr. Harriet V. Kuhnlein, McGill University
2000-2001: Dr. R.E. Smith, Nabisco Inc.
1999-2000: Dr. G. Harvey Anderson, University of Toronto