Jacqueline Beaudry

Dr. Jacqueline Beaudry is an Assistant Professor in the department of Nutritional Sciences since July 2020. She received her PhD from the department of Kinesiology and Health Science at York University in September 2013 under the supervision of Dr. Michael Riddell. Dr. Beaudry was the recipient of the 2014 Governor General’s Medal for her PhD thesis on the role of stress hormones and high fat diet on diabetes development in rats.

Following her PhD, she joined Dr. Daniel Drucker’s laboratory at the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Centre at Sinai Health Systems in Toronto. She was the recipient of the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre (BBDC) and Diabetes Canada post-doctoral researcher awards. During her time in the Drucker lab, Dr. Beaudry studied the role of gut and pancreatic hormones on fat tissue function. She has always had a unique interest in the onset of obesity and diabetes in humans and has dedicated her research career to study these diseases and their biological systems from the perspective of the adipose tissues using preclinical models. Currently, Dr. Beaudry’s lab focuses on trying to better understand how we as humans’ balance good and harmful fat in our bodies under hormonal stimuli, and energy demanding conditions. Her lab is funded by NSERC, CIHR and BBDC agencies.