Michael Zulyniak
(He/His)
PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention A Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Aldoori, J. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Toogood, G.J. and Hull, M.A.
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-24-1154Tropical Medicine and International Health
Batubo, N.P. and Auma, C.I. and Moore, J.B. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.14089PloS one
Batubo NP and Moore JB and Zulyniak MA
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292561 PubMed: 3863075704 / 2024
PloS one
Batubo NP and Nwanze NM and Alikor CA and Auma CI and Moore JB and Zulyniak MA
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294370 PubMed: 3866271204 / 2024
Nutrients
Arig Elbira and Maryam Hafiz and Alan Javier Hernndez-lvarez and Michael A. Zulyniak and Christine Boesch
DOI: 10.3390/nu1602032301 / 2024
British Journal of Nutrition
Aldoori, J. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Toogood, G.J. and Hull, M.A.
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114524000138Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Azab, S. and Kandasamy, S. and Wahi, G. and Lamri, A. and Desai, D. and Williams, N. and Zulyniak, M. and de Souza, R. and Anand, S.S.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0572Medrxiv
Batubo, N.P. and Auma, C.I. and Moore, J.B. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1101/2024.01.24.24301732Current Developments in Nutrition
Batubo, N.P. and Auma, C.I. and Moore, J.B. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104459Nutrients
Batubo, N.P. and Auma, C.I. and Moore, J.B. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.3390/nu16142286Nimisoere P. Batubo and J. Bernadette Moore and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.25.2329610909 / 2023
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Anwar M. Alobaid and Michael A. Zulyniak and Ramzi A. Ajjan and Jan Bro and Mark Hopkins and Matthew D. Campbell
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.04.01608 / 2023
Canadian Journal of Diabetes
Anwar M. Alobaid and Paddy C. Dempsey and Monique Francois and Michael A. Zulyniak and Mark Hopkins and Matthew D. Campbell
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.02.00304 / 2023
Nimisoere P. Batubo and J. Bernadette Moore and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.21.2328743403 / 2023
Nutrients
Zixuan Zhang and Kimberley Burrows and Harriett Fuller and Elizabeth K. Speliotes and Kushala W. M. Abeysekera and James L. Thorne and Sarah J. Lewis and Michael A. Zulyniak and J. Bernadette Moore
DOI: 10.3390/nu1506144203 / 2023
BMJ Open
Cassy F Dingena and Anvesha Mahendra and Melvin J Holmes and Naomi S Clement and Eleanor M Scott and Michael A Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-06538802 / 2023
Nutrients
Cassy F. Dingena and Daria Arofikina and Matthew D. Campbell and Melvin J. Holmes and Eleanor M. Scott and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.3390/nu1502032301 / 2023
BMJ Open
Stennett, R.N. and Adamo, K.B. and Anand, S.S. and Bajaj, H.S. and Bangdiwala, S.I. and Desai, D. and Gerstein, H.C. and Kandasamy, S. and Khan, F. and Lear, S.A. and McDonald, S.D. and Pocsai, T. and Ritvo, P. and Rogge, A. and Schulze, K.M. and Sherifali, D. and Stearns, J.C. and Wahi, G. and Williams, N.C. and Zulyniak, M.A. and De Souza, R.J.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072353Diabetic Medicine
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Fuller, H. and Iles, M.M. and Moore, J.B. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1157416Medrxiv
Batubo, N.P. and Nwanze, N.M. and Alikor, C.A. and Auma, C.I. and Moore, J.B. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.09.23297914Harriett Fuller and Mark M Iles and J. Bernadette Moore and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1101/2022.12.21.2228376812 / 2022
The Journal of Nutrition
Harriett Fuller and Mark Iles and J Bernadette Moore and Michael A Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1093/jn/nxac16310 / 2022
Cassy F. Dingena and Melvin J. Holmes and Matthew D. Campbell and Janet E. Cade and Eleanor M. Scott and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1101/2022.09.16.2228002709 / 2022
Harriett Fuller and Mark Iles and J. Bernadette Moore and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.11.2227365804 / 2022
Rachel Moon and J. Bernadette Moore and Mark A. Hull and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1101/2022.04.11.2227366904 / 2022
Diabetologia
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Cioccoloni, G. and Soteriou, C. and Websdale, A. and Wallis, L. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Thorne, J.L.
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1835820Frontiers in Nutrition
Bawajeeh, A. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Evans, C.E.L. and Cade, J.E.
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.893643Lifestyle Genomics
Rachel Moon and J. Bernadette Moore and Mark A. Hull and Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1159/000526447Plos Global Public Health
Fuller, H. and Moore, J.B. and Iles, M.M. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000250BMC Genomics
Akhabir, L. and Stringer, R. and Desai, D. and Mandhane, P.J. and Azad, M.B. and Moraes, T.J. and Subbarao, P. and Turvey, S.E. and Par, G. and Anand, S.S. and Anand, S.S. and Atkinson, S.A. and Becker, A.B. and Brook, J. and Denburg, J.A. and de Souza, R.J. and Gupta, M. and Kobor, M. and Lefebvre, D.L. and Lou, W. and Mandhane, P.J. and McDonald, S. and Mente, A. and Meyre, D. and Moraes, T.J. and Morrison, K. and Sears, M.R. and Teo, K.K. and Wilson, J. and Yusuf, S. and Atkinson, S. and Wahi, G. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08451-6Frontiers in Nutrition
Bawajeeh, A. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Evans, C.E.L. and Cade, J.E.
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1046893Biochemical pharmacology
Websdale A and Kiew Y and Chalmers P and Chen X and Cioccoloni G and Hughes TA and Luo X and Mwarzi R and Poirot M and Rberg-Larsen H and Wu R and Xu M and Zulyniak MA and Thorne JL
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114731 PubMed: 3440745308 / 2021
Nutrients
Dipika Desai and Sujane Kandasamy and Jayneel Limbachia and Michael Zulyniak and Paul Ritvo and Diana Sherifali and Gita Wahi and Sonia S. Anand and Russell de Souza
DOI: 10.3390/nu1309293208 / 2021
European journal of nutrition
Wood AHR and Chappell HF and Zulyniak MA
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-021-02655-4 PubMed: 3439239408 / 2021
bioRxiv
Websdale, A. and Kiew, Y. and Chalmers, P. and Chen, X. and Cioccoloni, G. and Hughes, T.A. and Luo, X. and Mwarzi, R. and Poirot, M. and R?berg-Larsen, H. and Wu, R. and Xu, M. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Thorne, J.L.
DOI: 10.1101/2021.06.12.448188Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Bawajeeh, A. and Kalendar, S. and Scarpa, G. and Hancock, N. and Beer, S. and Gibson, L. and Williams, G. and Dashti, B. and Albar, S. and Ensaff, H. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Evans, C.E. and Cade, J.E.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2021.104047Plos One
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0246481Nutrients
Bawajeeh, A.O. and Albar, S.A. and Zhang, H. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Evans, C.E.L. and Cade, J.E.
DOI: 10.3390/nu12071985Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Fuller, H. and Moore, J.B. and Iles, M. and Zulyniak, M.
DOI: 10.1017/S002966512000765XPLoS ONE
Zulyniak, M.A. and de Souza, R.J. and Shaikh, M. and Ramasundarahettige, C. and Tam, K. and William, N. and Desai, D. and Lefebvre, D.L. and Gupta, M. and Subbarao, P. and Becker, A.B. and Mandhane, P.J. and Turvey, S.E. and Moraes, T. and Azad, M.B. and Teo, K.K. and Sears, M.R. and Anand, S.S. and Atkinson, S.A. and Azad, M.B. and Becker, A.B. and Brook, J. and Denburg, J. and Desai, D. and de Souza, R.J. and Gupta, M. and Kobor, M. and Lefebvre, D.L. and Lou, W. and Mandhane, P.J. and McDonald, S. and Mente, A. and Meyre, D. and Moraes, T.J. and Morrison, K. and Par, G. and Sears, M.R. and Subbarao, P. and Teo, K.K. and Turvey, S.E. and Wilson, J. and Yusuf, S. and Atkinson, S. and Wahi, G. and Zulyniak, M.A.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232170PLoS ONE
Bell, K.E. and Snijders, T. and Zulyniak, M. and Kumbhare, D. and Parise, G. and Chabowski, A. and Phillips, S.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243876Lifestyle Genomics
Zulyniak, M.A. and Fuller, H. and Iles, M.M.
DOI: 10.1159/000509663Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Bell, K.E. and Snijders, T. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Kumbhare, D. and Parise, G. and Chabowski, A. and Phillips, S.M.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2020-0763Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Bell, K.E. and Fang, H. and Snijders, T. and Allison, D.J. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Chabowski, A. and Parise, G. and Phillips, S.M. and Heisz, J.J.
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.611387Nutrients
Wellington N and Shanmuganathan M and de Souza RJ and Zulyniak MA and Azab S and Bloomfield J and Mell A and Ly R and Desai D and Anand SS and Britz-McKibbin P
DOI: 10.3390/nu11102407 PubMed: 3160093010 / 2019
Wellington N and Shanmuganathan M and de Souza RJ and Zulyniak MA and Azab S and Bloomfield J and Mell A and Ly R and Desai D and Anand SS and Britz-McKibbin P
DOI: 10.20944/preprints201908.0149.v108 / 2019
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Bell, K.E. and Fang, H. and Snijders, T. and Allison, D.J. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Chabowski, A. and Parise, G. and Phillips, S.M. and Heisz, J.J.
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2019.00107Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
De Souza, R.J. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Stearns, J.C. and Wahi, G. and Teo, K. and Gupta, M. and Sears, M.R. and Subbarao, P. and Anand, S.S.
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665119000612Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Bell, K.E. and Snijders, T. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Kumbhare, D. and Parise, G. and Chabowski, A. and Phillips, S.M.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2017-0533Lifestyle Genomics
Mutch, D.M. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Rudkowska, I. and Tejero, M.E.
DOI: 10.1159/000492297CMAJ open
PubMed: 2880056808 / 2017
CMAJ open
Anand, S.S. and Gupta, M. and Teo, K.K. and Schulze, K.M. and Desai, D. and Abdalla, N. and Zulyniak, M. and de Souza, R. and Wahi, G. and Shaikh, M. and Beyene, J. and de Villa, E. and Morrison, K. and McDonald, S.D. and Gerstein, H.
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20170027Genome Medicine
Stearns, J.C. and Zulyniak, M.A. and de Souza, R.J. and Campbell, N.C. and Fontes, M. and Shaikh, M. and Sears, M.R. and Becker, A.B. and Mandhane, P.J. and Subbarao, P. and Turvey, S.E. and Gupta, M. and Beyene, J. and Surette, M.G. and Anand, S.S.
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-017-0421-5PLoS ONE
Bell, K.E. and Snijders, T. and Zulyniak, M. and Kumbhare, D. and Parise, G. and Chabowski, A. and Phillips, S.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181387BMJ Open
Zulyniak, M.A. and De Souza, R.J. and Shaikh, M. and Desai, D. and Lefebvre, D.L. and Gupta, M. and Wilson, J. and Wahi, G. and Subbarao, P. and Becker, A.B. and Mandhane, P. and Turvey, S.E. and Beyene, J. and Atkinson, S. and Morrison, K.M. and McDonald, S. and Teo, K.K. and Sears, M.R. and Anand, S.S.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017753Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
Zulyniak, M.A. and Roke, K. and Gerling, C. and Logan, S.L. and Spriet, L.L. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201500830Journal of Nutrition
de Souza, R.J. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Desai, D. and Shaikh, M.R. and Campbell, N.C. and Lefebvre, D.L. and Gupta, M. and Wilson, J. and Wahi, G. and Atkinson, S.A. and Teo, K.K. and Subbarao, P. and Becker, A.B. and Mandhane, P.J. and Turvey, S.E. and Sears, M.R. and Anand, S.S. and Beyene, J. and Denburg, J.A. and McDonald, S. and Mente, A. and Meyre, D. and Morrison, K. and Pare, G. and Surette, M.
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.236729BMC Nutrition
Zulyniak, M.A. and De Souza, R.J. and Mente, A. and Kandasamy, S. and Nundy, M. and Desai, D. and Raman, K. and Hasso, R. and Pare, G. and Beyene, J. and Anand, S.S.
DOI: 10.1186/s40795-016-0074-6FASEB Journal
Badoud, F. and Perreault, M. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1096/fj.14-263913Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Anand, S.S. and Hawkes, C. and De Souza, R.J. and Mente, A. and Dehghan, M. and Nugent, R. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Weis, T. and Bernstein, A.M. and Krauss, R.M. and Kromhout, D. and Jenkins, D.J.A. and Malik, V. and Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. and Mozaffarian, D. and Yusuf, S. and Willett, W.C. and Popkin, B.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.09.052PLoS ONE
Badoud, F. and Lam, K.P. and Perreault, M. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Britz-McKibbin, P. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134613Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Anand, S.S. and Hawkes, C. and De Souza, R.J. and Mente, A. and Dehghan, M. and Nugent, R. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Weis, T. and Bernstein, A.M. and Krauss, R.M. and Kromhout, D. and Jenkins, D.J.A. and Malik, V. and Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. and Mozaffarian, D. and Yusuf, S. and Willett, W.C. and Popkin, B.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.07.050Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.
Michael A. Zulyniak
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2014-013610 / 2014
PLoS ONE
Perreault, M. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Badoud, F. and Stephenson, S. and Badawi, A. and Buchholz, A. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088539Journal of Proteome Research
Badoud, F. and Lam, K.P. and Dibattista, A. and Perreault, M. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Cattrysse, B. and Stephenson, S. and Britz-Mckibbin, P. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1021/pr500416vMetabolism: Clinical and Experimental
Zulyniak, M.A. and Perreault, M. and Gerling, C. and Spriet, L.L. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2013.02.004Nutrition and Metabolism
Ralston, J.C. and Zulyniak, M.A. and Nielsen, D.E. and Clarke, S. and Badawi, A. and El-Sohemy, A. and Ma, D.W. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-10-42Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Zulyniak, M.A. and Ralston, J.C. and Tucker, A.J. and MacKay, K.A. and Hillyer, L.M. and McNicholas, P.D. and Graham, T.E. and Robinson, L.E. and Duncan, A.M. and Ma, D.W.L. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.1139/H2012-081Canadian Journal of Diabetes
M.A. Zulyniak and J.C. Ralston and A.J. Tucker and K.A. MacKay and L. Hillyer and P.D. McNicholas and T.E. Graham and L.E. Robinson and A.M. Duncan and D.W.L. Ma and D.M. Mutch
DOI: 10.1016/s1499-2671(11)52249-x01 / 2011
Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Zulyniak, M.A. and Mutch, D.M.
DOI: 10.2174/138920111795909113There is an inverse association between birth weight (across most of its distribution) and health in adulthood. This is likely a reflection of maternal and offspring genetics, intrauterine environments, and foetal exposures, which collectively regulate the intrauterine environment and newborn anthropometrics. Studies suggest that maternal and foetal genetics both contribute to newborn anthropometrics but we’ve yet to understand their distinct effects on newborn anthropometrics . This is the first study to construct ethnic specific polygenic risk scores for birth weight and adiposity in South Asians and white Europeans living in the Canada and the UK and will shed light on the unique maternal and offspring genetic contributors and lifestyle moderators of newborn birth weight and adiposity in each ethnic group.
Globally, gestational diabetes (GDM) is the most common pregnancy complication, affecting up to one in every seven births; however, its prevalence varies between ethnic groups, irrespective of BMI and country of residence. Furthermore, women who develop GDM are more likely to develop diabetes in later life and their offspring are more likely to devleop obesity and diabetes in later life. Factors driving this disparity in prevalence are not fully understood but undelrying biology is thought to play a key role, given ours and other’s work that demonstrates (i) differences in metabolic profiles between GDM and non-GDM pregnancies in an ethnic-specific manner; and (ii) that a single dietary strategy to manage GDM across all ethnic groups appears ineffective. This study harnesses the strengths of genetic, metabolite, lifestyle, and clinical data to offer a clear and accurate understanding of ethnic-specific metabolic drivers of gestational dysglycemia that can inform appropriate and effective prevention and management strategies across ethnic groups.
The effect of diabetes on pregnant women is becoming a global health problem that is linked to short and long-term health risks for the mother and her baby. Although many women with diabetes manage to control their blood glucose levels during pregnancy, up to 50% of women struggle to follow lifestyle and clinical guidelines and experience episodes of high blood glucose levels. With global health groups predicting that over 12 million pregnant women will be diabetic within 8 years, finding new and better ways to support pregnant women with diabetes is crucial to minimise short- and long-term risks for pregnant women and their babies. The most common requests from pregnant women with diabetes are guidelines that are easy to follow and personalised advice that fits a busy schedule. Work from our lab offers two solutions to deliver on these requests: (1) high protein diets offer a manageable solution to lower blood glucose in women with diabetes; and (2) by measuring metabolism in the body we identify women at greatest risk of dysglycemia during pregnancy. This study aims to demonstrate the value of these tools to support pregnant women with diabetes and the health of their babies.
Principle Investigator. Omics Integration of Pregnancy Trajectories (OMNI-PREG). Funding Source: UBC (Land and Food Systems)
Principle Investigator. Omics data as predictor of Child Growth Trajectory. Funding Source: Dekaban Foundation
Principle Investigator. GenetiC and Lifestyle DeterminAnts of Newborn BiRthweight and AdIposiTY (CLARITY). Funding Source: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC, UK)
Principle Investigator. Early maternal predictors of infant birth weight and adult cardiometabolic risk in South Asians. Funding Source: Wellcome UK
Co-Investigator. A culturally-tailored personalizeD nutrition intErvention in South Asian women at risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: a randomized trial (DESI-GDM). Funding Source: Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)
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