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Genelle Lunken
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Research
Latest papers
A novel inflammatory bowel disease registry powered by artificial intelligence and natural language processing.
PLOS digital health · 2026
Gut microbiome predictors of advanced therapy response in Crohn's disease: protocol for the OPTIMIST prospective, longitudinal, observational pilot study in Canada.
BMJ open · 2025 · senior author
A mouse model for the study of diet-induced changes in intestinal microbiome composition on renal calcium oxalate crystal formation.
Urolithiasis · 2024
Latest funding
- $10,000
UPHEAVAL - Ultra-Processed foods and HEAlth: uncoVering biologicAL mechanisms through which components of UPFs affect health
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $120,000
Modeling Microbe-Host Interactions in Patients with Crohn's Disease
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
- $1,000,000
Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
7 publications.
A novel inflammatory bowel disease registry powered by artificial intelligence and natural language processing.
Liu Chen Kiow J, Massaro C, Jimenez EC, Kalisky I, Lunken G, Leung Y, Bressler B, Rosenfeld G
Gut microbiome predictors of advanced therapy response in Crohn's disease: protocol for the OPTIMIST prospective, longitudinal, observational pilot study in Canada.
Massaro CA, Meade S, Lemarié FL, Kaur G, Bressler B, Rosenfeld G, Leung Y, Williams AJ, Lunken G
A mouse model for the study of diet-induced changes in intestinal microbiome composition on renal calcium oxalate crystal formation.
Hanstock S, Ferreira D, Adomat H, Eltit F, Wang Q, Othman D, Nelson B, Chew B, Miller A, Lunken G, Lange D
Design and reporting of prebiotic and probiotic clinical trials in the context of diet and the gut microbiome.
Whelan K, Alexander M, Gaiani C, Lunken G, Holmes A, Staudacher HM, Theis S, Marco ML
Insights Into Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Effects of Dietary Fatty Acid Intake With a Focus on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Using Preclinical Models.
Smyth M, Lunken G, Jacobson K
Gut microbiome-associated predictors as biomarkers of response to advanced therapies in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review.
Meade S, Liu Chen Kiow J, Massaro C, Kaur G, Squirell E, Bressler B, Lunken G
User testing to modify the MyHealthyGut digital health application for inflammatory bowel disease.
Erlich M, Lindblad S, Haskey N, Clarkin DH, Dong T, Harvie R, Lunken G, Pirnack J, Jacobson K
UPHEAVAL - Ultra-Processed foods and HEAlth: uncoVering biologicAL mechanisms through which components of UPFs affect health
Principal investigators: Murphy, Rachel; Kirkpatrick, Sharon; Manges, Amee R
Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Dietary Intake; Food Additives; Gut Microbiome; Metabolism; Population Health; Ultra-Processed Foods
Modeling Microbe-Host Interactions in Patients with Crohn's Disease
Principal investigators: Sousa, James A
Keywords: Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Microbiome; Mucus; Organoid
Ultra-processed foods and cancer: advancing evidence on the biological mechanisms linking the gut microbiome, ultra-processed foods and colorectal cancer (UPFront)
Principal investigators: Murphy, Rachel; Prescott, David; Kirkpatrick, Sharon; Lamarche, Benoît; McCoy, Kathy
Keywords: Cancer Prevention; Dietary Intake; Gut Microbiome; Metabolism; Population Health; Ultra-Processed Foods
Understanding the impact of early-life RSV infections on infant immunity and long-term health
Principal investigators: Lavoie, Pascal
Keywords: Asthma/Wheezing; B Cell/Antibody Immune Responses; Flow Cytometry; Human Cohort Study; Immune Development; Immunization; Infant; Respiratory Syncytial Virus; Rna-Sequencing; Seasonal Respiratory Viruses
Precision nutrition to prevent type 2 diabetes in children
Principal investigators: Sly, Laura M; Panagiotopoulos, Constadina; Devlin, Angela M; Lunken, Genelle R; Manges, Amee R
Keywords: Crohn'S Disease; Gut Physiology (Leaky Gut); Inflammation; Insulin Resistance; Knowledge Mobilization; Microbiome; Micronutrients; Obesity Or Overweight; Precision Nutrition; Type 2 Diabetes
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Dirk Lange and Ben Chew: 5 shared papers
- Dirk Lange and Sarah Hanstock: 3 shared papers
- Ben Chew and Sarah Hanstock: 2 shared papers
- Genelle Lunken and Kevan Jacobson: 2 shared papers
- Dirk Lange and Genelle Lunken: 1 shared paper
- Ben Chew and Genelle Lunken: 1 shared paper
- Genelle Lunken and Sarah Hanstock: 1 shared paper
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Other
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