Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
Canada Research Chair in Brain Lipid Metabolism
Vice-President and President-Elect, ISSFAL
Award
Early Career Award from the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids
Jordi-Folch-Pi Memorial Award from the American Society for Neurochemistry Future Leaders Award from the International Life Sciences Institute
Young Scientist Award for the American Oil Chemists’ Society and the Early Researcher Award from the Canadian Society for Nutrition
Selected Publication
Hopperton KE, Mohammad D, Trepanier MO, Giuliano V, Bazinet RP (2017). Markers of microglia in post-mortem brain samples from patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: a systematic review. Molecular Psychiatry.
Hopperton KE, Trépanier MO, Giuliano V, Bazinet RP (2016). Brain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate microglia cell number and morphology in response to intracerebroventricular amyloid-β 1-40 in mice. J Neuroinflammation.
Trépanier MO, Hopperton KE, Mizrahi R, Mechawar N, Bazinet RP (2016). Postmortem evidence of cerebral inflammation in schizophrenia: a systematic review Mol Psychiatry.
Chen CT, Bazinet RP (2015). β-oxidation and rapid metabolism, but not uptake regulate brain eicosapentaenoic acid levels. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids.
Chen CT, Kitson AP, Hopperton KE, Domenichiello AF, Trépanier MO, Lin LE, Ermini L, Post M, Thies F, Bazinet RP (2015). Plasma non-esterified docosahexaenoic acid is the major pool supplying the brain.
Bazinet RP, Laye S (2014). Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their metabolites in brain function and disease. Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
Chen CT, Domenichiello AF, Trepanier MO, Liu Z, Masoodi M, Bazinet RP (2013). The low levels of eicosapentaenoic acid in rat brain phospholipids are maintained via multiple redundant mechanisms. J Lipid Res.
