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Flore DEPEINT is an Associate Professor in Applied Nutrition at UniLaSalle, specializing in the Department of Nutrition Science and Health. Her research focuses on bioavailability of nutrients, digestive function modulation, and the impact of environmental toxins like pesticides on gut health. She actively contributes to the PANASH (nutrition and food for human health) initiative, emphasizing preventive nutrition for vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, and cancer patients.
Education includes a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of East Anglia and a BSc in Biochemistry from Kingston University. She teaches courses on micronutrients, phytotherapy, clinical research, and nutrigenomics. Her work bridges food science and clinical nutrition, addressing issues like pesticide-induced metabolic disturbances and the role of prebiotics in mitigating such effects through in vitro and in vivo models.
Research trends in her articles highlight pesticide toxicity mitigation via dietary interventions, functional food development (e.g., seaweed extracts), and policy analysis impacting oncological nutrition. Her studies often utilize advanced in vitro models of intestinal barriers and collaborate with industry on dietary assessment tools like MyFood24.
She leads projects like Auton’Al 60 and AlimAccess60, focusing on elderly nutritional autonomy and food accessibility for seniors in poverty. Her work emphasizes translational research, aiming to improve clinical outcomes through evidence-based nutritional strategies.
