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Caroline Richard

ResearcherAgricultural, Food and Nutritional ScienceUniversity of Alberta

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Caroline Richard

Researcher

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
43 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 23 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (5 CIHR, 4 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Inflammation Obesity Diabetes Crc Ketogenic Diets Metabolism Saturated Fats Unsaturated Fats

Latest papers

Immunomodulatory Properties of Choline and its Dietary Forms throughout the Lifespan.
The Journal of nutrition · 2026 · senior author
The Effects of a Powdered Meal Replacement on Inflammation, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolism in People With Excess Body Weight-A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The Journal of nutrition · 2026
Pretransplant aerobic exercise improves glycemic outcomes after marginal islet mass transplantation in rats.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2026

All 72 publications

Latest funding

Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological consequences of disrupted vitamin A homeostasis during iron deficiency
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$944,775
Immunometabolism as a Mediator of Differential Outcomes Regarding Saturated Versus Unsaturated Fat-Based Ketogenic Diets in Obesity
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$810,900
Understanding the immuno-modulatory properties of dietary lipids on T cell function
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$54,000

All 12 grants and awards

72 publications.

Immunomodulatory Properties of Choline and its Dietary Forms throughout the Lifespan.

Rusnak T, Azarcoya-Barrera J, Braga Tibaes JR, Mandour B, Richard C

The Journal of nutrition2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101699 PMID: 42379396

The Effects of a Powdered Meal Replacement on Inflammation, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolism in People With Excess Body Weight-A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Montenegro J, Oliveira CL, Nguyen NK, Armet AM, Berg A, Sharma AM, Mereu L, Cominetti C, Ghosh S, Cani PD, Richard C, Walter J, Prado CM

The Journal of nutrition2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101595 PMID: 42142662

Pretransplant aerobic exercise improves glycemic outcomes after marginal islet mass transplantation in rats.

Wong JM, Tabatabaei Dakhili SA, Kuppan P, Paramor J, Cuesta-Gomez N, Ussher JR, Richard C, Melling CWJ, Nitz C, Yardley JE, Pepper AR

American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism2026

DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00007.2025 PMID: 41955087

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing saturated and unsaturated fat sources of a ketogenic diet (KETO-IM) investigating cardiovascular, inflammatory and immune function outcomes in adults living with overweight and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes in Edmonton, Canada.

Fulton JL, Gartke T, Blanco Cervantes P, Mojibi Y, Makarowski A, Richard C, Chan CB

Trials2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09501-0 PMID: 41673680

Association between enteral essential fatty acids and plasma phospholipid essential fatty acids related immune response in critically ill adults with COVID-19: A prospective cohort study.

Mazurak VC, Rivas-Serna IM, Parsons SR, Monirujjaman M, Maybank KE, Rewa OG, Cave AJ, Richard C, Clandinin MT

JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition2025

DOI: 10.1002/jpen.2783 PMID: 40579756

Early-life feeding of arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid beneficially modulated ileum and splenocyte oxylipins to support oral tolerance development in allergy-prone BALB/c mice.

Wang R, Patel D, Goruk S, Serna MR, Mazurak V, Richard C, Field C

Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2025.102689 PMID: 40440927

Assessment of immune function in individuals without and with obesity and normoglycemia, glucose intolerance, or type 2 diabetes: primary findings of the NutrIMM study, a single-arm controlled feeding trial.

Braga Tibaes JR, Barreto Silva MI, Azarcoya-Barrera J, Blanco Cervantes P, Makarowski A, Mereu L, Richard C

The American journal of clinical nutrition2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.03.003 PMID: 40467164

Potassium-Based Sodium Substitutes Impact the Sodium and Potassium Content of Foods.

Picard K, Mager DR, Senior PA, Richard C

Journal of renal nutrition : the official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1053/j.jrn.2024.05.010 PMID: 38848804

Feeding Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic Acid during Suckling and Weaning Contributes to Oral Tolerance Development by Beneficially Modulating the Intestinal Cytokine and Immunoglobulin Levels in an Allergy-Prone Brown Norway Rat Model.

Wang R, Patel D, Goruk S, Richard C, Field CJ

The Journal of nutrition2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2024.10.021 PMID: 39401683

Potassium content of the American food supply and implications for the management of hyperkalemia in dialysis: An analysis of the Branded Product Database.

Picard K, Picard C, Mager DR, Richard C

Seminars in dialysis2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/sdi.13007 PMID: 34323307

Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological consequences of disrupted vitamin A homeostasis during iron deficiency

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Clugston, Robin D; Bourque, Stephane

Keywords: Iron Deficiency; Liver; Vitamin A Deficiency

$944,775

Immunometabolism as a Mediator of Differential Outcomes Regarding Saturated Versus Unsaturated Fat-Based Ketogenic Diets in Obesity

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ussher, John R; Richard, Caroline

Keywords: Diabetes; Inflammation; Ketogenic Diets; Metabolism; Obesity; Saturated Fats; Unsaturated Fats

$810,900

Understanding the immuno-modulatory properties of dietary lipids on T cell function

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Richard, Caroline

Keywords: high fat diet; adipose tissue; intestinal permeability; inflammation; immune function; choline moieties; dietary lipids; trimethylamine n-oxide (tmao); sex differences; animal models

$54,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2023Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Richard, Caroline

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

An investigation of potassium sources on bioavailability and homeostasis for adults living with advanced kidney disease

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Richard, Caroline; Braam, Branko; Picard, Kelly J

Keywords: Bioavailability; Chronic Kidney Disease; Diabetes; Diet Quality; Dietary Potassium,; Potassium Absorption; Potassium Additive; Potassium Homeostasis; Processed Foods

$918,000

Mechanisms of programming of cardiorenal dysfunction by perinatal iron deficiency

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bourque, Stephane

Keywords: Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Iron Deficiency; Macrophages; Mitochondrial Function; Pregnancy; Reactive Oxygen Species; Renal Development

$918,000

Ultrasensative analysis of biological molecules

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Macauley, Matthew

$106,312

Histology core equipment

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Richard, Caroline

$126,804

Establishing the importance of diet and insulin resistance in modulating immune function in obesity

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Richard, Caroline

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Diet; Immune Function; Inflammation; Insulin Resistance; Obesity; T Cells; Type 2 Diabetes

$765,000

Establishing the immuno-modulatory properties of dietary lipids on T cell function.

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Richard, Caroline

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Caroline Richard

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Immunomodulatory Properties of Choline and its Dietary Forms throughout the Lifespan.

The Effects of a Powdered Meal Replacement on Inflammation, Gut Microbiota, and Metabolism in People With Excess Body Weight-A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Pretransplant aerobic exercise improves glycemic outcomes after marginal islet mass transplantation in rats.

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial comparing saturated and unsaturated fat sources of a ketogenic diet (KETO-IM) investigating cardiovascular, inflammatory and immune function outcomes in adults living with overweight and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes in Edmonton, Canada.

Association between enteral essential fatty acids and plasma phospholipid essential fatty acids related immune response in critically ill adults with COVID-19: A prospective cohort study.

Early-life feeding of arachidonic acid and docosahexaenoic acid beneficially modulated ileum and splenocyte oxylipins to support oral tolerance development in allergy-prone BALB/c mice.

Assessment of immune function in individuals without and with obesity and normoglycemia, glucose intolerance, or type 2 diabetes: primary findings of the NutrIMM study, a single-arm controlled feeding trial.

Potassium-Based Sodium Substitutes Impact the Sodium and Potassium Content of Foods.

Feeding Docosahexaenoic Acid and Arachidonic Acid during Suckling and Weaning Contributes to Oral Tolerance Development by Beneficially Modulating the Intestinal Cytokine and Immunoglobulin Levels in an Allergy-Prone Brown Norway Rat Model.

Potassium content of the American food supply and implications for the management of hyperkalemia in dialysis: An analysis of the Branded Product Database.

Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological consequences of disrupted vitamin A homeostasis during iron deficiency

Immunometabolism as a Mediator of Differential Outcomes Regarding Saturated Versus Unsaturated Fat-Based Ketogenic Diets in Obesity

Understanding the immuno-modulatory properties of dietary lipids on T cell function

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

An investigation of potassium sources on bioavailability and homeostasis for adults living with advanced kidney disease

Mechanisms of programming of cardiorenal dysfunction by perinatal iron deficiency

Ultrasensative analysis of biological molecules

Histology core equipment

Establishing the importance of diet and insulin resistance in modulating immune function in obesity

Establishing the immuno-modulatory properties of dietary lipids on T cell function.

Frequent collaborators

Sue Tsai

Kelly Picard

Jens Walter

Maria Ricupero

Donna Vine

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Kailash Jindal

Jean Buteau

Patrick Couture

Sophie Desroches

Diana Mager

Vera Mazurak

Roseline Godbout

Lisa Cameron

Simone Lemieux

Catherine Field