Dr. Kendall is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael’s Hospital, and an Adjunct Professor in the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan. He was educated at the University of Toronto, where he obtained his Honors BSc, MSc and PhD. His primary research interest is the role of diet in the prevention and treatment of chronic disease. Dr. Kendall has over 250 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals. His research on the Portfolio Diet, which combines cholesterol-lowering food components, has been included in several guidelines as an effective dietary strategy for cholesterol reduction. He has also conducted much research on the role of healthy dietary patterns, including low glycemic index diets, in cardiometabolic health and the control of type 2 diabetes. Dr. Kendall is a founding member of the International Carbohydrate Quality Consortium (ICQC), Past-Chair of the Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG), and Director of Glycemia Consulting and the Toronto 3D Knowledge Synthesis and Clinical Trials foundation.
