Stan Kubow

Degrees

BSc, School of Food Science, McGill University, 1978
MSc, Nutrition, University of Toronto, 1980
PhD, Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, 1984

Short Bio

Stan Kubow obtained his PhD in 1984 from University of Guelph after obtaining undergraduate and graduate degrees at McGill University and University of Toronto. He carried out postdoctoral studies at University of Guelph and University of Toronto from 1984-1987 prior to joining the School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at McGill University as an Assistant Professor in 1987. He has been an Associate Professor since 1993 and served as Acting Director from 1993-1994. He participates as a grant panel member of Tri-council funding agencies including Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

Active Affiliations

Honorary Associate Professor - Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
Honorary Associate Professor - The School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity Research Network
McGill Centre for Microbiome Research
Editorial Board Member, Nutrients
Editorial Board Member, Foods
Editorial Board Member, Microorganisms

Research Interests

Dr. Kubow’s research is highly interdisciplinary (nutritional science, food science, toxicology, agricultural and biomedical sciences) with an emphasis in the study of nutritional status and interventions counteracting metabolic disorders and environmental pollutant toxicities. His investigations involve human clinical and population studies, animal models and tissue/cell culture to investigate the role of nutrition interventions on various inflammatory diseases.  This research regularly encompasses nutritional issues affecting vulnerable populations (indigenous, pediatric and maternal, autism spectrum disorders, eating disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, cystic fibrosis, osteogeness imperfecta). 

Current Research

Dr. Kubow’s ongoing research involves human clinical studies, animal models and cell culture to investigate the role of nutrition interventions on inflammatory diseases, post-operative surgical recovery, pollutant toxicities and autism. He has active collaborations with various School and McGill Faculty (Biomedical Engineering, Bioresource Engineering, Family Medicine, McGill Centre for Microbiome Research, McGill Genome Centre Microbiology & Immunology, Physiology). He currently has collaborations with researchers at national (Health Canada, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laval University, University of Alberta, Université du Quebec à Montréal) and international (Australia, Austria, Finland, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Norway, and United States) institutions. 

1. Nutrition and the microbiome 

• Biotransformation of pollutants by gut microbial and host metabolism: impact on inflammation and toxicity 
• Polyphenol and probiotic interventions for neurocognitive benefits in autism: a systems biology approach 
• Omics and functional assessments of bacterial extracellular vesicles from probiotic and gut bacteria 
• Polyphenol, prebiotic and probiotic protection against pollutant-induced gut dysbiosis and host inflammation 
• Personalized fiber-based prebiotics to improve gut health and cancer immunotherapy 
• Impact of probiotics on gut microbial and host metabolism of carotenoids  
• Gut microbial biotransformation of polyphenols to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory microbial metabolites 
• A multi-omics approach to study the impact of cannabidiol on gut microbiota microbial metabolites 
• Protective role of anthocyanins against invasion rates of the gut microbiome by mobile antibiotic-resistant genes from environmental sources 

2. Characterization of anti-inflammatory peptides derived from collagen hydrolysate digestion and their chondroprotective potential 

3. Pre-habilitative dietary and exercise clinical intervention trials of surgical patients: proteomic assessment of biomarkers 

4. Osteogenesis imperfecta: investigation of intestinal alterations in a brittle bone disease 

5. An online simulator to promote healthy eating 

Courses

Publications

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