Isabelle Giroux, PhD, RD is a Fellow of Dietitians of Canada, a Professional Home Economist and a Full Professor of the School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa. She was Director of the School of Nutrition Sciences (2021-24) and Vice-Dean Academic, Faculty of Health Sciences (2019-21), University of Ottawa. She was also Assistant Director–Undergraduate Studies, School of Nutrition Sciences (2015-19). She is involved in professional affairs as a dietetic educator (2000–), national dietetic program evaluator (2008–), member of the Partnership for Dietetic Education and Practice (PDEP) of Canada Accreditation Standards Development Working Group (2012-14), Chair of the French Network of Dietitians of Ontario & Canada (2007-15), member of the PDEP Steering Committee as a dietetic educators’ representative 2015-21 (co-chair 2016-18, 2020-21). She contributes as Board Member of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (2024-), Member of the Accreditation Decision Committee of Accreditation Canada’s EQual Health Education Accreditation Program (2024-). As researcher of the Institut du Savoir Montfort she does interdisciplinary research in prevention and management of obesity and diabetes. As co-lead of the Groupe de recherche sur la formation et les pratiques en santé et en service social en contexte francophone minoritaire, she does research evaluating the impact of experiential learning on development of professional competencies.