Anne-Julie Tessier

Biography

Dr. Anne-Julie Tessier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Montreal, a Researcher at the Montreal Heart Institute and a Visiting Scientist in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is also a Registered Dietitian (RD). In 2017, Dr. Tessier co-founded Keenoa, an organization that creates state-of-the-art technologies involving image-based food recognition for dietary assessment in dietetics practice and research.
Her research focuses on the impact of nutrition on healthy longevity, particularly on muscle and brain health. She integrates innovative technologies such as metabolomics, proteomics, and mobile applications to better understand underlying mechanisms and identify nutritional biomarkers. Dr. Tessier is a co-investigator of the NIH-funded Multiethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities (MOSAAIC) study.

Education and Training

• RD, Dietetics and Human Nutrition
  McGill University
• PhD, Human Nutrition
  McGill University

Awards and Honors

• Academic Gold Medal, 2022
  Governor General of Canada
• PhD Dissertation Award for Outstanding Research contributing to the Degree Of PhD, 2022
  Canadian Nutrition Society
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2022 - 2024
  Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Doctoral Training for Applicants with a Professional Degree, 2019 - 2021
  Fonds de recherche - Santé du Québec (FRQS)

Publications

• Dietary plant-to-animal protein ratio and risk of cardiovascular disease in 3 prospective cohorts.

  Glenn AJ, Wang F, Tessier AJ, Manson JE, Rimm EB, Mukamal KJ, Sun Q, Willett WC, Rexrode KM, Jenkins DJ, Hu FB. Am J Clin Nutr 2024

  PMID: 39631999

• Integration of epidemiological and blood biomarker analysis links haem iron intake to increased type 2 diabetes risk.

  Wang F, Glenn AJ, Tessier AJ, Mei Z, Haslam DE, Guasch-Ferré M, Tobias DK, Eliassen AH, Manson JE, Clish C, Lee KH, Rimm EB, Wang DD, Sun Q, Liang L, Willett WC, Hu FB. Nat Metab 2024

  PMID: 39138340

• Cardiac Rehabilitation for Prediabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Remission: Impact of Ultraprocessed Food-Intake Reduction and Time-Restricted Eating in the DIABEPIC-1 Study.

  Iglesies-Grau J, Dionne V, Latour É, Gayda M, Besnier F, Gagnon D, Debray A, Gagnon C, Tessier AJ, Paradis A, Klai C, Martin N, Pelletier V, Simard F, Nigam A, L'Allier PL, Juneau M, Bouabdallaoui N, Bherer L. CJC Open 2024

  PMID: 39582705

• Consumption of Olive Oil and Diet Quality and Risk of Dementia-Related Death.

  Tessier AJ, Cortese M, Yuan C, Bjornevik K, Ascherio A, Wang DD, Chavarro JE, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB, Willett WC, Guasch-Ferré M. JAMA Netw Open 2024 05 01

  PMID: 38709531

• Plasma metabolites of a healthy lifestyle in relation to mortality and longevity: Four prospective US cohort studies.

  Tessier AJ, Wang F, Liang L, Wittenbecher C, Haslam DE, Eliassen AH, Tobias DK, Li J, Zeleznik OA, Ascherio A, Sun Q, Stampfer MJ, Grodstein F, Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Balasubramanian R, Clish CB, Martínez-González MA, Chavarro JE, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M. Med 2024 Mar 08

  PMID: 38366602