Meet THE FELLOWS

Dr. Caitlin Grant attended the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) and graduated with honors in 2014. After graduation, Dr. Grant became an associate veterinarian in a private, mixed animal practice. In 2017, she returned to OVC, completed a nutrition residency through the European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN), and earned a Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) degree in September 2020. Dr. Grant then joined OVC as Assistant Professor and holds the Nestle Purina Professorship in Companion Animal Nutrition. She teaches nutrition to all Phases of the DVM program and is also the Service Chief for the Clinical Nutrition Service at OVC.

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 Dr. Wilson started nutrition many years ago, getting an Honours Bachelor of Science in Animal Biology at the University of Guelph in 2003, with a strong focus on animal nutrition. Following her undergraduate degree, she graduated as a Registered Veterinary Technician at the University of Guelph in 2008. She then spent two years in private clinical practice in Canada, helping clients with all aspects of veterinary health, including nutrition. Dr. Wilson studied Veterinary Medicine in 2010 at St. Matthew’s University and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatchewan, Canada. She continued at WCVM in a small animal rotating internship and afterward worked as a Clinical Associate in the Small Animal Internal Medicine Department until 2015. Dr. Wilson then attended the University of California Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital to complete a Small Animal Clinical Nutrition residency in 2017. Dr. Wilson is a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® and works as a private consultant for the industry and a clinical consultant for individual patients.

Dr. Wilson enjoys being able to help clients find ways to bring good nutrition to the pets they love, whether it is helping provide evidence-based nutrition guidance to companies so they can make nutritionally appropriate options for the public to purchase or helping customize options for individual animals.

Dr. Younes Chorfi received his veterinary degree in 1994; he graduated from the Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, Rabat, Morocco. He completed a master’s degree in 1999 and a Ph.D. in 2005 in Veterinary Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Montreal. He is a full professor of “nutrition, feeding, and animal production.” Throughout his career, Dr. Chorfi has obtained many research grants on mycotoxins from Canadian federal and provincial agencies and the private sector. Dr. Chorfi is currently the head of the Department of Veterinary Biomedicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Francisco Poblanno graduated as Medico Veterinario Zootecnista (equivalent to DVM in North America) from Mexico’s National University (UNAM) in 2016. Before graduation, he did a Study Abroad Program at the Royal Veterinary College in London. After obtaining his degree, he worked in a small animal practice in Mexico City and in the swine industry in the Midwest United States. Afterward, he started working in Small Animal General Practice in Mississauga, Ontario. He always had a particular interest in nutrition and its impact on the welfare of all species. He is currently enrolled in the DVSc program in Clinical Nutrition at OVC and as a European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN) resident. His research interests are focused on small animal clinical nutrition, particularly in feline obesity.  During his time off, he likes to go for walks and hikes with his wife and their chihuahua-cross Nash.

 Shoshana graduated from the Veterinary Technology program at the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus, with honors. She received the Award for Proficiency in Canine and Feline Nutrition in 2007. She became the first Registered Veterinary Technician in Ontario to achieve her Veterinary Technician Specialty in Nutrition in 2015 and has been active with the Academy of Veterinary Nutrition Technicians since. Shoshana enjoys sharing and igniting a passion for veterinary nutrition in her peers, with a particular interest in canine and feline obesity management and performance dog nutrition. Along with her dogs, Kinetic and Iron, Shoshana is an active member of the German Shepherd Schutzhund Club of Canada, T.O.P. Working Dog Club, and the Kitchener-Waterloo German Shepherd Club.

Dr. Moran Tal Gavriel obtained her BSc in Animal Science (2003) and Veterinary Medicine degree (2008) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel).Following her initial work as a clinician, she performed several public health associated roles, inclusive of the role of a Veterinary Officer for the Registration and Certification of Animal Feed in the Israeli Veterinary Services and Animals Health, Ministry of Agriculture (2011-2014). This role further ignited her interest in animal and clinical nutrition. Therefore, Dr. Tal Gavriel continued her education in a combined program – doctoral degree (Doctor of Veterinary Science, DVSc) and residency training in comparative clinical nutrition, at the Department of Clinical Studies and the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph, and graduated in 2018. Her research mainly focused on feline obesity and gastrointestinal microbiome, and generated several research manuscripts. She continues to serve as an Advisory Board member at the University of Guelph for graduate students, and became board certified specialist by the European College of Veterinary Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN) in early 2022.

Dr. Tal Gavriel joined Royal Canin in 2018 as Nutrition Expert, and is active in her current position as Global Regulatory Sciences & Advocacy Senior Manager since early 2023.

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