Who am I?

After a degree in sport and track and field in France (the equivalent of a CEGEP degree), I completed a DEUG¹, a Licence² in physical education, followed by a Master³ then a DEA⁴ in motor performance, at the University of Rennes 2, France. After the DEA, where I worked in a pharmacological laboratory, I pursued research on the effects of training at the cellular level. I then completed with a Doctorate in gerontology at the University of Sherbrooke (strength training and/or supplementation with antioxidants: biochemical, hematological, on body composition and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the elderly). I am currently a Postdoctoral researcher exploring the interactions between physical activity and cognitive function. During my academic training, I had the opportunity to teach courses in exercise physiology and training, aging, and statistics.

My areas of interest and expertise are exercise and physical activity, athletics (where I have competed for more than 20 years), soccer, performance, training physiology, health and recreation, aging, obesity and sarcopenia, body composition, metabolism, cell biology and cognitive function.

¹ Diploma of General University Studies (as a degree is equivalent to the first 2 years of a Bachelor);

² License: research topic: Utility and incorporating strength training in athletics in the preparation (equivalent of a license is a third year of a Bachelor);

³ Maitrise: research topic: Evolution of lactate at a session of sprint uphill and on flat ground in long-sprint specialists (a Master's degree is the equivalent of a first year Master);

⁴ Diploma of Advanced Studies: Thematic Research: Determination of isoprostanes as a marker of lipid peroxidation: Application to the study of oxidative stress in the Ultramarathoners (an equivalent of the DEA is a completed Master's degree).