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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Morisset AS, Dube MC, Cote JA, Robitaille J, Weisnagel SJ, Tchernof A

Circulating interleukin-6 concentrations during and after gestational diabetes mellitus

Journal Article

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 90 (5), 2011.

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Morisset AS, Dube MC, Drolet R, Robitaille J, Weisnagel SJ, Tchernof A

Sex hormone-binding globulin levels and obesity in women with gestational diabetes: relationship with infant birthweight

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Gynecol Endocrinol, 27 (11), 2011.

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Morisset AS, St-Yves A, Veillette J, Weisnagel SJ, Tchernof A, Robitaille J

Prevention of gestational diabetes mellitus: a review of studies on weight management

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Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 26 (1), 2010.

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Morisset AS, Lemieux S, Veilleux A, Bergeron J, John Weisnagel S, Tchernof A

Impact of a lignan-rich diet on adiposity and insulin sensitivity in post-menopausal women

Journal Article

Br J Nutr, 102 (2), 2009.

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Morisset AS, Huot C, Legare D, Tchernof A

Circulating IL-6 concentrations and abdominal adipocyte isoproterenol-stimulated lipolysis in women

Journal Article

Obesity (Silver Spring), 16 (7), 2008.

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Morisset AS, Blouin K, Tchernof A

Impact of diet and adiposity on circulating levels of sex hormone-binding globulin and androgens

Journal Article

Nutr Rev, 66 (9), 2008.

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Tchernof A, Bélanger C, Morisset AS, Richard C, Mailloux J, Laberge P, Dupont P

Regional differences in adipose tissue metabolism in women: minor effect of obesity and body fat distribution

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Diabetes, 55 (5), 2006.

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  • Développement d'outils éducatifs adaptés et accessibles pour la prise en charge du diabète gestationnel immédiatement après le diagnostic, from 2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30
  • 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 2024-03-31
  • Improving Food Eco-Efficiency in Canadian Food Services: Conceptualizing Meals with Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Reduced Waste and Balanced Nutritional Quality, from 2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2017-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Promoting healthy eating in early pregnancy in women at risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: does it improve glucose homeostasis?, from 2023-04-01 to 2027-03-31
  • Promotion de la saine alimentation chez les femmes à risque ou avec un diabète gestationnel, from 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
  • Usage du cannabis et ses effets sur le déroulement et l'issue de la grossesse, la santé et le développement de l'enfant d'âge préscolaire, from 2023-04-01 to 2028-03-31

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  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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