Speaker Profile
Raylene Reimer
Professor, PhD, RD
- Kinesiology
- University of Calgary
Presentation
Co-Chair, Introduction and Objectives, Concluding Remarks
Co-Chair with Kyly Whitfield
Speaker / Chair Bio
About Raylene Reimer
Dr. Raylene Reimer is a Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary. She is also a Registered Dietitian. Dr. Reimer has an internationally recognized translational research program focused on the role of diet in modifying gut microbiota and host metabolism in the context of obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases such as steatotic liver disease and osteoarthritis. She is a founding investigator on the MOMENTUM menopause cohort study whose aim is to advance health and wellness during the menopause transition and beyond. She has published 235 research papers and is principal inventor on several patents. She is a Fellow of the Obesity Society and has been invited to serve on two separate international expert panels to define the scope and appropriate use of the terms prebiotic and synbiotic. She has received the Earle Willard McHenry Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition from the Canadian Nutrition Society.