Le corps professoral

Formation postdoctorale en biochimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada                           

Projet: Genome-wide DNA methylation and expression analyses in placenta of newborn exposed to gestational diabetes.

Formation postdoctorale en kinésiologie, The University of Western Ontario, Canada         

Projet: A family-based Nutrition & Exercise Lifestyle Intervention Program (NELIP) during first year postpartum to prevent long term obesity and type 2 diabetes in the gestational diabetic mother and her infant.  

Doctorat en kinésiologie, Université Laval, Canada                                                                 

Thèse de doctorat: Étude des déterminants génétiques et des interactions gène-gène et gène-environnement associés à l'homéostasie glucidique.

Habitudes de vie; obésité; santé reproductive; infertilité; santé maternelle; programmation fœtale; épigénétique; origines développementales de la santé et des maladies.

Articles publiés (avec révision par les pairs)

Girard MP, Marchand AA, Stuge B, Ruchat SM, Descarreaux M. French-Canadian Version of the Pelvic Girdle Questionnaire: A Cross-Cultural Adaptation. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2016 Aug

Ruchat SM, Allard C, Doyon M, Battista MC, Ardilouze JL, Perron P, Bouchard L, Hivert MF. Timing of excessive weight gain during pregnancy modulates newborn anthropometry. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2016 Feb;38(2):108-17

Houde AA*, Ruchat SM*, Allard C, Baillargeon JP; St-Pierre J, Perron P, Gaudet D, Brisson D, Hivert MF, Bouchard L. LRP1B, BRD2 and CACNA1D: New candidate genes in fetal metabolic programming of newborns exposed to maternal hyperglycemia.Epigenomics. 2015 Oct;7(7):1111-22. *contribution égale au travail

Ruchat SM, Bouchard L and Hivert MF. Early Infant Nutrition and Metabolic Programming: What Are the Potential Molecular Mechanisms? Current Nutrition Rep 2014 3:281–288

van Poppel MN, Ruchat SM, Mottola MF. Physical activity and gestational diabetes mellitus. Med Sport Sci. 2014;60:104-12

Ruchat SM, Hivert MF, Bouchard L Epigenetic programming of obesity and diabetes by in utero exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus. Nutrition Reviews 2013; 71(S1): 88-94 (FI=4.472)

Ruchat SM*, Houde AA*, Voisin G, St-Pierre J, Perron P, Baillargeon JP, Gaudet D, Hivert MF, Brisson D, Bouchard L. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Epigenetically Affects Genes Predominantly Involved in Metabolic Diseases. Epigenetics. 2013; 18;8(9); 935-43 (FI=4.58)* contribution égale au travail

Davenport MH, Ruchat SM, Giroux I, Sopper MM, Mottola MF. Timing of excessive pregnancy-related weight gain and offspring adiposity at birth. Obstet Gynecol. 2013;122(2, PART 1):255-61 (FI=4.730)

Ruchat S-M and Mottola MF. The important role of physical activity in the prevention and management of gestational diabetes mellitus.Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2013 Jul;29(5):334-46 (FI=3.373)

Ruchat S-M and Mottola MF. Preventing long-term risk of obesity for two generations: Prenatal physical activity is part of the puzzle. J Pregnancy. doi: 10.1155/2012/470247. Epub 2012 Dec 17 (FI=.)

Ruchat SM, Davenport MH, Giroux I, Hillier M, Batada A, Sopper MM, McManus R, Hammond JA, Mottola MF. Effect of exercise intensity and duration on capillary glucose responses in pregnant women at low and high risk for gestational diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2012 Nov;28 (8) : 669-78 (FI=3.373)

Ruchat SM, Davenport MH, Giroux I, Hillier M, Batada A, Sopper MM, Hammond JMS, Mottola MF. Nutrition and exercise reduce excessive gestational weight gain in normal weight women. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012;44 (8) : 1419-26 (FI=4.431)

Ruchat SM, Davenport MH, Giroux I, Hillier M, Batada A, Sopper MM, Hammond JA, Mottola M. A Walking Program of Low or Moderate Intensity During Pregnancy Confers an Aerobic Benefit. Int J Sports Med. 2012;33 (8) : 661-66 (FI=2.433)

Ruchat SM, Vohl MC, Weisnagel SJ, Rankinen T, Bouchard C, Pérusse L. Combining information from genetic markers to clinical risk factors improves the risk assessment of impaired glucose metabolism. Annals of medicine, 2010;42(3) : 196-206 (FI=4.323)

Ruchat SM, Elks CE, Loos RJ, Vohl MC, Weisnagel SJ, Rankinen T, Bouchard C, Pérusse L. Evidence of interaction between type 2 diabetes susceptibility genes and dietary fat intake for adiposity and glucose homeostasis-related phenotypes. Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics, 2009;2 : 225-34 (FI=1.14)

Ruchat SM, Rankinen T, Weisnagel SJ, Rice T, Rao DC, Bergman RN, Bouchard C, Pérusse L. Improvements in glucose homeostasis in response to regular exercise are influenced by PPARG Pro12Ala variant: results from THE HERITAGE FAMILY STUDY. Diabetologia, 2010;53 (4) : 679-89 (FI=6.973)

Ruchat SM, Weisnagel SJ, Vohl MC, Rankinen T, Bouchard C, Pérusse L. Evidence for Interaction between PPARG Pro12Ala and PPARGC1A Gly482Ser Polymorphisms in Determining Type 2 Diabetes Intermediate Phenotypes in Overweight Subjects. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 2009;117 (9) : 455-59 (FI=1.685)

Ruchat SM, Weisnagel JS, Rankinen T, Bouchard C, Vohl MC, Pérusse L. Interaction between HNF4A polymorphisms and physical activity in relation to type 2 diabetes-related traits: results from the Quebec Family Study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 2009;84 (3) : 211-18 (FI=2.16) 

Ruchat SM, Elks CE, Loos RJ, Vohl MC, Weisnagel SJ, Rankinen T, Bouchard C, Pérusse L.Association between insulin secretion, insulin sensitivity and type 2 diabetes susceptibility variants identified in genome-wide association studies. Acta Diabetol, 2009;46 (3) : 217-26 (FI=1.549)

Ruchat SM, Girard M, Weisnagel SJ, Bouchard C, Vohl MC, Pérusse L. Association between mu-opioid receptor-1 102T>C polymorphism and intermediate type 2 diabetes phenotypes: results from the Quebec Family Study (QFS). Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2008;35 (9) : 1018-22 (FI=2.196)

Ruchat SM, Després JP, Weisnagel SJ, Chagnon YC, Bouchard C, Pérusse L.Genome-wide linkage analysis for circulating levels of adipokines and C-reactive protein in the Quebec Family Study (QFS). J Hum Genet. 2008;53 (7):  629-36 (FI=2.431)

Ruchat SM, Loos RJ, Rankinen T, Vohl MC, Weisnagel SJ, Després JP, Bouchard C, Pérusse L. Associations between glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion phenotypes and polymorphisms in adiponectin and adiponectin receptor genes in the Quebec Family Study. Diab Med 2008;25 (4) : 400-06 (FI=3.172)

Loos RJ, Ruchat S, Rankinen T, Tremblay A, Pérusse L, Bouchard C.Adiponectin and adiponectin receptor gene variants in relation to resting metabolic rate, respiratory quotient and adiposity-related phenotypes in the Quebec Family Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;85 (1) : 26-34 (FI=6.603)

Binnert C, Ruchat S, Nicod N, Tappy L. Dexamethasone-induced insulin resistance shows no gender difference in healthy humans. Diabetes Metab 2004;30 (4) : 321-26 (FI=1.396)

Microprogramme de 3e cycle en pédagogie de l'enseignement supérieur, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

Certificat de formation continue en nutrition humaine, Université de Lausanne, Suisse

18 crédits ECTS, 5 modules d'enseignement et de travaux pratiques (22 journées de formation) et présentation d'un travail personnel (mémoire et défense orale)

Certificat de formation continue en réadaptation cardiovasculaire , Groupe suisse de travail pour la réadaptation cardiovasculaire, Suisse

12 crédits ECTS, 2 modules d'enseignement et de travaux pratiques (12 journées de formation) et un stage de 80 heures