Katherine Gottschall-Pass

Chair Person for Applied Human Sciences & Professo
Applied Human Sciences
University of Prince Edward Island
Canada

Professor Food and Nutrition
Biography

Dr. Gottschall-Pass obtained her BSc (Nutrition & Consumer Studies) from St Francis Xavier University, a Dietetic Internship from Victoria Hospital in London, ON and a PhD in Human Nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan. She is a Registered Dietitian who worked in research and development for the food industry and taught at St Francis Xavier University prior to joining the Department of Applied Human Sciences in 1996. Dr Gottschall-Pass has a special interest in promoting learning through writing.

Research Intrest

Her research interests focus on food components and nutritional factors involved in the prevention of chronic disease and the mechanisms of their action particularly through antioxidant functions. She has additional interests in understanding the benefits and barriers to food consumption with an emphasis on foods containing antioxidant compounds (i.e., fruit and vegetables).

List of Publications
Wiseman W, Egan JM, Slemmer JE, Shaughnessy KS, Ballem K, Gottschall-Pass KT, Sweeney MI. Feeding blueberry diets inhibits angiotensin II-converting enzyme (ACE) activity in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology. 2010 Dec 23;89(1):67-71.
Déziel B, MacPhee J, Patel K, Catalli A, Kulka M, Neto C, Gottschall-Pass K, Hurta R. American cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) extract affects human prostate cancer cell growth via cell cycle arrest by modulating expression of cell cycle regulators. Food & function. 2012;3(5):556-64.
Slemmer JE, Shaughnessy KS, Scanlan AP, Sweeney MI, Gottschall-Pass KT. Choice of diet impacts the incidence of stroke-related symptoms in the spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rat model. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology. 2012 Feb 8;90(2):243-8.
Slemmer JE, Livingston‐Thomas JM, Gottschall‐Pass KT, Sweeney MI. Cranberries and Wild Blueberries Treated with Gastrointestinal Enzymes Positively Modify Glutathione Mechanisms in Caco‐2 Cells In Vitro. Journal of food science. 2013 Jun 1;78(6).

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