Claire Tugault-Lafleur

MA, RD, PhD

Affiliate Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Assistant Professor, School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Ottawa

Dr. Tugault-Lafleur's research program emphasizes healthy eating in children and youth and is shaped by her background as a registered dietitian, fusing methods and theory from nutrition education, public health, behavioural and implementation sciences. Her doctoral research focused on characterizing the dietary quality of Canadian children on school days and identifying factors associated with nutritional outcomes among children and youth using nationally representative dietary survey data. After her doctoral degree, professor Tugault-Lafleur completed a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute from 2019-2020.

Dr. Tugault-Lafleur's current research seeks to better understand children's nutrition and physical activity environments, and how they are linked with eating and physical activity behaviours. She also has a strong interest in better designing and evaluating interventions at various levels (the family, community, and policy-level) to promote optimal health outcomes for the Canadian population.

She is a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) with the College of Dietitians of Ontario, and a member of the Canadian Nutrition Society, Dietitians of Canada, and the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.