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Catherine Field

ResearcherAgricultural, Food and Nutritional ScienceUniversity of Alberta

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Catherine Field

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.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 22 research grants (17 NSERC, 5 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 2 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2013.

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Research

Breast Cancer Membranes Crc Dietary Intervention Lipids Nutrition Omega-3 Fatty Acids Diabetes

Latest papers

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.
Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids · 2025 · senior author
Multimodal machine learning for modeling infant head circumference, mothers’ milk composition, and their shared environment
Scientific Reports · 2024
The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) longitudinal study: cohort profile and key findings from the first three years.
BMJ open · 2022

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Proteins That Bind Them: Driving Glioblastoma Growth and Infiltration in Brain
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$990,676
Discovery Grant
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$102,000
Ultrasensative analysis of biological molecules
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$106,312

All 50 grants and awards

14 publications.

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 acids2025Senior author

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

Multimodal machine learning for modeling infant head circumference, mothers’ milk composition, and their shared environment

Becker M, Fehr K, Goguen S, Miliku K, Field C, Robertson B, Yonemitsu C, Bode L, Simons E, Marshall J

Scientific Reports20248 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52323-w PMID: W4391529791

The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) longitudinal study: cohort profile and key findings from the first three years.

Letourneau N, Aghajafari F, Bell RC, Deane AJ, Dewey D, Field C, Giesbrecht G, Kaplan B, Leung B, Ntanda H, APrON Study Team

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047503 PMID: 35131812

Comparing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concomitant with neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in the treatment of breast cancer (DHA WIN): protocol of a double-blind, phase II, randomised controlled trial.

Newell M, Mackey JR, Bigras G, Alvarez-Camacho M, Goruk S, Ghosh S, Schmidt A, Miede D, Chisotti A, Postovit L, Baker K, Mazurak V, Courneya K, Berendt R, Dong WF, Wood G, Basi SK, Joy AA, King K, Meza-Junco J, Zhu X, Field C

BMJ open2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030502 PMID: 31530611

Supplemental Parenteral Vitamin E Into Conventional Soybean Lipid Emulsion Does Not Prevent Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Disease in Full-Term Neonatal Piglets.

Muto M, Lim D, Soukvilay A, Field C, Wizzard PR, Goruk S, Ball RO, Pencharz PB, Mi S, Curtis J, Wales PW, Turner JM

JPEN. Journal of parenteral and enteral nutrition2017

DOI: 10.1177/0148607115612030 PMID: 26471989

Trace element supplementation in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial

Tonelli M, Wiebe N, Thompson S, Kinniburgh D, Klarenbach SW, Walsh M, Bello AK, Faruque L, Field C, Manns BJ

BMC Nephrology201539 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0042-4 PMID: W2094189954

n-3 Fatty acids inhibit transcription of human IL-13: implications for development of T helper type 2 immune responses.

MacLean E, Madsen N, Vliagoftis H, Field C, Cameron L

The British journal of nutrition2013

DOI: 10.1017/s0007114512002917 PMID: 22849952

A systematic review on the effect of sweeteners on glycemic response and clinically relevant outcomes.

Wiebe N, Padwal R, Field C, Marks S, Jacobs R, Tonelli M

BMC medicine2011

DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-123 PMID: 22093544

Systematic review of safety and tolerability of a complex micronutrient formula used in mental health.

Simpson JS, Crawford SG, Goldstein ET, Field C, Burgess E, Kaplan BJ

BMC psychiatry2011

DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-11-62 PMID: 21501484

Gangliosides protect bowel in an infant model of necrotizing enterocolitis by suppressing proinflammatory signals.

Schnabl KL, Larsen B, Van Aerde JE, Lees G, Evans M, Belosevic M, Field C, Thomson AB, Clandinin MT

Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2009

DOI: 10.1097/mpg.0b013e3181b6456d PMID: 19745762

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Proteins That Bind Them: Driving Glioblastoma Growth and Infiltration in Brain

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Godbout, Roseline

Keywords: Fatty Acid Binding Protein; Glioblastoma; Microtubes; Mitochondria; Omega-3 Docosahexaenoic Acid; Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; Tumour Infiltration

$990,676

Discovery Grant

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Field, Catherine

Keywords: diet; fatty acids; immune development; oral tolerance

$102,000

Ultrasensative analysis of biological molecules

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Macauley, Matthew

$106,312

Upgrades to Multi-Lab Gas Chromatography System

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Field, Catherine

$137,379

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2019Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Field, Catherine J

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Establishing dietary treatment with DHA as part of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

Nominated PICIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Field, Catherine J

Keywords: Breast Cancer; Dietary Intervention; Lipids; Membranes; Nutrition; Omega-3 Fatty Acids

$511,430

Establishing the essentiality of fats in the postnatal diet for optimal development

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Field, Catherine

$234,000

A Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Active Surveillance: The ERASE Trial

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Courneya, Kerry S

Keywords: Active Surveillance; Exercise; Fear Of Cancer Progression; Immune Function; Physical Activity; Prehabilitation; Prostate Cancer; Quality Of Life; Randomized Controlled Trial; Tumour Suppression

$244,800

Maternal Iron Nutrition and its Consequences in Pregnant Women and Their Children in the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bell, Rhonda C

Keywords: Child Development; Determinants Of Iron Nutrition And Status; Human Nutrition; Postpartum; Pregnancy

$294,525

Programing of T cell function and development through the manipulation of dietary fat in the early postnatal period

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Field, Catherine

$28,000

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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Catherine Field

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

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.

Multimodal machine learning for modeling infant head circumference, mothers’ milk composition, and their shared environment

The Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) longitudinal study: cohort profile and key findings from the first three years.

Comparing docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concomitant with neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in the treatment of breast cancer (DHA WIN): protocol of a double-blind, phase II, randomised controlled trial.

Supplemental Parenteral Vitamin E Into Conventional Soybean Lipid Emulsion Does Not Prevent Parenteral Nutrition-Associated Liver Disease in Full-Term Neonatal Piglets.

Trace element supplementation in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial

n-3 Fatty acids inhibit transcription of human IL-13: implications for development of T helper type 2 immune responses.

A systematic review on the effect of sweeteners on glycemic response and clinically relevant outcomes.

Systematic review of safety and tolerability of a complex micronutrient formula used in mental health.

Gangliosides protect bowel in an infant model of necrotizing enterocolitis by suppressing proinflammatory signals.

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Proteins That Bind Them: Driving Glioblastoma Growth and Infiltration in Brain

Discovery Grant

Ultrasensative analysis of biological molecules

Upgrades to Multi-Lab Gas Chromatography System

Canada Research Chair - Tier 1

Establishing dietary treatment with DHA as part of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer

Establishing the essentiality of fats in the postnatal diet for optimal development

A Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise in Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Active Surveillance: The ERASE Trial

Maternal Iron Nutrition and its Consequences in Pregnant Women and Their Children in the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) Study

Programing of T cell function and development through the manipulation of dietary fat in the early postnatal period

Frequent collaborators

Vera Mazurak

Marcello Tonelli

Jean Marshall

Rene Jacobs

Harissios Vliagoftis

Karen Madsen

Padmaja Subbarao

Gerald Giesbrecht

Raj Padwal

Scott Klarenbach

Richard Fedorak

Leah Gramlich

Kerry Courneya

Stephanie Thompson

Kristi Baker

Caroline Richard

Catherine Field

Brenda Leung

Fariba Aghajafari

Deborah Dewey

Michael Walsh

Padmaja Subbarao

Kozeta Miliku

Karin Olson

Nicole Letourneau