Primary Job Title Professor Primary Organization 
McMaster University
Location Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
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Stuart has B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from McMaster. He graduated with a Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Human Physiology in 1995. He returned to McMaster in 1997 to assume a faculty position and is now a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology. Stuart is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American College
of Nutrition (ACN). His research is focused on the impact of nutrition and exercise on human skeletal muscle protein turnover.
As well he is keenly interested in diet and exercise-induced changes in body composition. His research has been continually funded for 16 years from sources such as the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the National Science and Engineering Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, The Canadian Foundation for Innovation, The US Department of Agriculture, and various industry partners.
Dr. Phillips was the recipient of a New Investigator award recipient from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and of the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award. Dr. Phillips has published more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and given over 100 public scientific presentations.
