Dr. Elie Chamoun

Canada Free Agent

Natural Resources Canada

Ottawa

Education and awards

Education:

B.Sc. (Hons.) Biochemistry, McMaster University, 2014
M.Sc. Human Health and Nutritional Science (Nutrigenomics), University of Guelph, 2015
Ph.D. Human Health and Nutritional Science (Nutrigenomics), University of Guelph, 2018

Academic Awards:

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph
Ontario Graduate Fellowship, University of Guelph
Edwin Marwin Dalley Memorial Scholarship, McMaster University
Dean's Honour List, McMaster University

Professional awards:

Associate Deputy Minister Award of Excellence, Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada (2021)

Key publications

Chamoun, E., Liu, A. S., Duizer, L.M., Feng, Z., Darlington, G, Duncan, A. M., Haines, J., and Ma, D.W.L. Taste sensitivity and taste preference measures are correlated in healthy young adults. Chem Senses 2018.
Chamoun, E.; Carroll, N.A.; Duizer, L.M.; Qi, W.; Feng, Z.; Darlington, G.; Duncan, A.M.; Haines, J.; Ma, D.W.; the Guelph Family Health Study. The Relationship between Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Taste Receptor Genes, Taste Function and Dietary Intake in Preschool-Aged Children and Adults in the Guelph Family Health Study. Nutrients 2018, 10, 990.
Chamoun, E., Hutchinson, J., Krystia, O., Mirotta, J., Mutch, DM., Buchholz, AC., Duncan, AM., Haines, J. Ma, DWL. and the Guelph Family Health Study. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Taste Receptor Genes Are Associated with Snacking Patterns of Preschool-Aged Children in the Guelph Family Health Study: A Pilot Study. Nutrients. 2018,10:153.
Chamoun, E., Mutch, D. M., Allen-Vercoe, E., Buchholz, A. C., Duncan, A. M., Spriet, L. L., et al. A review of the associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in taste receptors, eating behaviors, and health. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2018,58:194-207.
Chamoun, E., Liu, A.A.S., Duizer, L.M., Feng, Z., Darlington, G., Duncan, A.M., Haines, J., Ma, D.W.L., Single nucleotide polymorphisms in sweet, fat, umami, salt, bitter and sour taste receptor genes are associated with gustatory function and taste preferences in young adults. Nutrition Research. 2021, 85:40-46.
Haines, J., Douglas, S., Mirotta, JA., O'Kane, C., Breau, R., Walton, K., Krystia, O., Chamoun, E., Annis, A., Darlington, GA., Buchholz, AC., Duncan, AM., Vallis, LA., Spriet, LL., Mutch, DM., Brauer, P., Allen-Vercoe, E., Taveras, EM., Ma, DWL. Guelph Family Health Study: pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention. Canadian Journal of Public Health 2018, 109(4): 549-560.