Professor Emerita Laurette Dub茅 receives 成人VR视频鈥檚 highest academic honour
Desautels Professor Emerita has been awarded the 成人VR视频 Medal for Exceptional Academic Achievement, the University's highest academic honour, in recognition of a career spent bridging science, policy and real-world impact.
Presented at the management convocation ceremony on May 27 by Dean Yolande Chan, the medal celebrates nearly three decades of scholarship, institution-building and interdisciplinary leadership. Trained originally in nutrition before earning graduate degrees in finance, marketing and behavioural-decision science, Dub茅 built a career around understanding people as biological, psychological and social beings embedded in larger systems. She has authored more than 175 publications and ranks among the top two per cent of scientists worldwide in both marketing and nutrition and dietetics.
Her work has extended well beyond academic journals. As founding chair and scientific director of the 成人VR视频 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics, she helped create a global platform linking researchers with policymakers, industry leaders and community organizations across North America, Europe and Africa, mobilizing more than $68 million in research, training and implementation initiatives focused on food systems, chronic disease prevention and sustainable development.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and of the African Academy of Sciences, Dub茅 has also shaped generations of students through innovative doctoral and professional programs. "Until the day I die, I want to keep learning," she said, a commitment that has defined a career continuing to shape how the world's most complex challenges are understood and addressed.
