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Dia Sanou

Assistant Professor
Room : THN 215
Phone : (613) 562-5800 ext. 7043
Fax : (613) 562-5632
E-mail : dsanou@uottawa.ca
 D.Sanou

Biography

Dia Sanou is a public health nutritionist and assistant professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences. He received a Ph.D. in Nutrition from Laval University and completed his postdoctoral training in aboriginal health at the University of Alberta. A graduate from the University of Ouagadougou (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), Professor Sanou also holds a Certificate in information technology and nutrition from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, professor Sanou taught at Mount Saint Vincent University (Nova Scotia). He is also an adjunct professor in nutrition at Laval University. He also worked overseas for the National Public Health Laboratory and the National Nutrition Center in Burkina Faso where he has collaborated with international organizations.

Professor Sanou’s research, some of which are funded by CIHR, uses transdisciplinary community-driven approach to understand and improve the nutrition and health of children and youth from disadvantaged communities in global context particularly among rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, Canadian immigrants and Aboriginal people. He is particularly interested in the biological and ecological determinants of malnutrition; community driven health interventions; the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to prevent nutrition related diseases; and nutrition programming of relevance to the agenda of international development.

University degrees

Year Degree Specialty Institution
2009 Postdoctoral studies Community nutrition & aboriginal health research University of Alberta, AB
2008 Ph.D. Nutrition Laval University, QC
2000 M.Sc. Biochemistry & microbiology   University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1998 Honours B.Sc. Human nutrition & food technology University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Research Interests

  • Nutritional determinants of child health and development.
  • Health interventions and programmes to improve child nutrition in disadvantaged communities.
  • Hidden hunger including iron, zinc and vitamin A deficiencies in developing countries.
  • Nutrition programming and international development.

 

Selected Publications

  • Sanou D, 2011. Iron supplementation for infants in malaria-endemic regions. WHO eLibrary of Nutrition Programme: Recommendations, Evidence and Good Practices. Geneva, World Health Organization (in press).
  • Sanou D,  Turgeon-O’Brien H, Desrosiers T, 2011. Impact of an integrated nutrition intervention on nutrient intakes, morbidity and growth of rural Burkinabe preschoolchildren.African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (in press).
  • Pigford AE, Sanou D, Ball GDC, DyckFehderau D, Willows ND, 2011. Abdominal adiposity and physical activity in Canadian Cree schoolchildren. Canadian Journal of Diabetes (in press)
  • Willows N, Sanou D, Bell R, 2011. Assessment of Canadian Indigenous infants’ birth size using the WHO Child Growth Standards and Canadian and Icelandic population-based birth references. American Journal of Human Biology 23 (1): 126-131.
  • Sanou D, Bengaly MD, 2010. Politique nationale de nutrition au Burkina Faso: recadrer pour plus de résultats. Biosanté 4: 4-9.
  • Sanou D,Turgeon O’Brien H, Desrosiers T, 2010. Nutrition intervention and adequate hygiene practices to improve iron status of vulnerable preschool Burkinabe children. Nutrition 26 (1): 68-74.
  • Sanou D, Turgeon O’Brien H, Ouedraogo S, Desrosiers T, 2008. Caring for orphans and vulnerable children in a context of poverty and cultural transition: a case study of a group foster home programme in Burkina Faso. Journal of Children and Poverty 14 (2): 139-155.
  • Sanou D, Turgeon O’Brien H, Desrosiers T, 2008. Prévalence et déterminants non alimentaires de l’anémie et de la carence en fer chez des orphelins et enfants vulnérables d’âge préscolaire du Burkina-Faso. Nutrition Clinique et Métabolisme 22 (1): 10-19.
  • Sanou D, 2008. Anémie par carence en fer et objectifs du millénaire pour le développement en Afrique Sub-saharienne. Actes du 3ème symposium AFRICASUM sur les objectifs du millénaire pour le développement: limites conceptuelles et opérationnelles en Afrique subsaharienne.  Université de Montréal, Canada. pp. 39-44.
  • Sanou D, Ouédraogo AM, Traoré AS, 2002. Stability of iodine in salt along the distribution chain and in households in Burkina Faso. In Manfred A, Müller R., Schaëfer U. and Stoeppler M. (eds) Macro and Trace Elements 21 : 1006-1011.