In addition to being a regular researcher at the CHU Research Center of Québec-Laval University and a professor at Laval University’s School of Nutrition, Dr. Morisset is also a researcher at the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods. After completing her doctoral studies on maternal health, metabolism and nutrition under the direction of Dr. André Tchernof, Ms. Morisset was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. William D. Fraser’s laboratory, where she worked with very large cohorts of national and provincial births (MIREC study and 3D study). Dr. Morisset also holds a graduate degree in Business Administration, which gives her expertise in project management.

Nutrition, gestational weight gain, and maternal health

Since joining the Research Center in 2015, her program has focused on optimizing nutrition and gestational weight gain during pregnancy. Knowing that about half of Canadian and Quebec women exceed weight gain recommendations during pregnancy, and that this is associated with short and long-term negative consequences for mothers and children (e.g., diabetes, obesity, etc.), it appears necessary to better intervene with these women. In the coming years, Dr. Morisset aims to: 1) accurately characterize dietary intake and weight gain in each trimester of pregnancy, in combination with current recommendations; 2) understand the association between weight gain, diet, and metabolic factors during pregnancy; 3) identify the most important factors influencing gestational weight gain (e.g., social support, psychological factors, eating behaviors, etc.) and finally, 4) develop and implement effective interventions during pregnancy to promote healthy eating and weight gain.

In the longer term, Dr. Morisset wants to improve multidisciplinary clinical management during pregnancy and facilitate its accessibility, so that the health of future generations can be improved.

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Fisher M, Marro L, Arbuckle TE, Potter BK, Little J, Weiler H, Morisset AS, Lanphear B, Oulhote Y, Braun JM, Kumarathasan P, Walker M, Borghese MM, Ashley-Martin J, Shutt R, Fraser WD

Association between toxic metals, vitamin D and preterm birth in the Maternal-Infant research on environmental chemicals study

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Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 2023.

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St-Laurent A, Plante AS, Lemieux S, Robitaille J, MacFarlane AJ, Morisset AS

Higher Than Recommended Folic Acid Intakes Is Associated with High Folate Status Throughout Pregnancy in a Prospective French-Canadian Cohort

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J Nutr, 2023.

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Bernier E, Plante AS, Robitaille J, Lemieux S, Girard M, Bujold E, Gagnon C, Weisnagel SJ, Tchernof A, Morisset AS

First-trimester diet quality in association with maternal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue thicknesses and glucose homeostasis during pregnancy

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Int J Food Sci Nutr, 2023.

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Gagnon M, Plante AS, Turcotte M, Bégin C, Michaud A, Provencher V, Morisset AS

Determinants of weight gain and body changes during pregnancy: A qualitative study of French-Canadian pregnant people

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J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod, 52 (2), 2023.

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Bernier E, Lachance A, Plante AS, Lemieux P, Mourabit Amari K, Weisnagel SJ, Gagnon C, Michaud A, Tchernof A, Morisset AS

Trimester-Specific Serum Fructosamine in Association with Abdominal Adiposity, Insulin Resistance, and Inflammation in Healthy Pregnant Individuals

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Nutrients, 14 (19), 2022.

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Belan M, Gélinas M, Carranza-Mamane B, Langlois MF, Morisset AS, Ruchat SM, Lavoie K, Adamo K, Poder T, Gallagher F, Pesant MH, Jean-Denis F, Baillargeon JP,

Protocol of the Fit-For-Fertility study: a multicentre randomised controlled trial assessing a lifestyle programme targeting women with obesity and infertility

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BMJ Open, 12 (4), 2022.

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St-Laurent A, Savard C, Plante AS, Gagnon M, Robitaille J, Lemieux S, Ruchat SM, Morisset AS

Health-Related Preconception Factors: Adherence to Guidelines and Associations with Weight Status

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J Acad Nutr Diet, 122 (10), 2022.

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Fisher M, Potter B, Little J, Oulhote Y, Weiler HA, Fraser W, Morisset AS, Braun J, Ashley-Martin J, Borghese MM, Shutt R, Kumarathasan P, Lanphear B, Walker M, Arbuckle TE

Blood metals and vitamin D status in a pregnancy cohort: A bidirectional biomarker analysis

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Environ Res, 211 , 2022.

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Gagnon G, Carreau AM, Plante AS, Savard C, Lemieux S, Weisnagel SJ, Gagnon C, Veillette J, Michaud A, Marceau S, Biertho L, Tchernof A, Morisset AS

Dietary intakes in pregnant women with previous bariatric surgery

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Eat Weight Disord, 27 (6), 2022.

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Gagnon G, Carreau AM, Cloutier-Langevin C, Plante AS, John Weisnagel S, Marceau S, Biertho L, Simon Hould F, Camirand-Lemyre F, Tchernof A, Morisset AS

Trimester-specific gestational weight gain in women with and without previous bariatric surgeries

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Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol, 270 , 2022.

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Active projects

  • Développement et validation d’un outil bref d’évaluation de la qualité alimentaire durant la grossesse chez des femmes enceintes vivant en situation de vulnérabilité, from 2022-08-24 to 2023-08-23
  • Évaluation de l’alimentation et des besoins de consultation en nutrition chez les patients atteints de maladies inflammatoires de l’intestin, from 2022-10-12 to 2023-03-31
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2017-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Saveurs divines: religions, spiritualités, idéologies et nourritures, from 2022-07-01 to 2023-06-30
  • Subvention d’établissement de jeune chercheur - Anne-Sophie Morisset, from 2018-07-01 to 2023-06-30

Recently finished projects

  • Algues marines et grossesse: Évaluer la qualité d’une ressource locale méconnue, from 2022-02-01 to 2023-01-31
  • DE´TERMINANTS DE LA PRISE DE POIDS GESTATIONNELLE : QU’EN DISENT LES ME`RES?, from 2020-11-09 to 2021-11-08
  • Effets d'une intervention visant l'amélioration de qualité alimentaire chez les femmes à risque de diabète gestationnel : une étude pilote, from 2021-10-28 to 2022-12-31
  • Effets d’une intervention visant l’amélioration de qualité alimentaire chez les femmes à risque de diabète gestationnel : une étude pilote, from 2021-09-08 to 2022-03-31
  • Effets d’une intervention visant l’amélioration de qualité alimentaire chez les femmes à risque de diabète gestationnel : une étude pilote, from 2021-04-01 to 2022-03-31
  • Effets d’une intervention visant l’amélioration de qualité alimentaire chez les femmes à risque de diabète gestationnel – Élaboration de capsules nutritionnelles, from 2021-08-30 to 2022-08-29
  • En santé pour bébé - Essai randomisé contrôlé évaluant l'efficacité d'une intervention clinique et technologique pour améliorer les habitudes de vie des femmes en surpoids et de leurs partenaires en préconception., from 2020-06-15 to 2022-06-15
  • Évaluation de la dépense énergétique durant la grossesse : associations le gain de poids gestationnel et variables nutritionnelles, from 2018-04-01 to 2021-03-31
  • Évaluation nutritionnelle et métabolique durant la grossesse : vers une meilleure santé des générations futures, from 2019-07-01 to 2021-12-31
  • Nutrition périnatale et gain de poids gestationnel : vers une grossesse en santé, from 2018-07-01 to 2022-06-30
  • Perinatal research unit for a sustainable health of mother and child, from 2018-03-01 to 2021-12-31
  • Promoting healthy eating in early pregnancy in women at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus : does it improve glucose homeostasis ?, from 2022-03-01 to 2023-02-28
  • The Fit-for-Fertility Multicenter Randomized-Controlled Trial: Improving Reproductive, Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Women with Obesity and Infertility, from 2018-04-01 to 2022-03-31
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