Véronique Coxam is a research director at INRAE.
She is in charge of the Skeletal Nutrition and Metabolism Team within the Human Nutrition Unit. (Joint INRA/University of Auvergne Research Unit, UMR 1019).
She is developing translational research into the nutritional prevention of chronic diseases (particularly osteoarticular pathologies), targeting specific nutrients as well as the holistic component of the diet.
She is the author/co-author of over 120 Pubmed-indexed publications, around twenty books/book chapters and several patents.
She is involved in the NIQILIRINIQ project, also entitled "Current eating habits, food security, nutritional health, circumpolar agriculture, northern greenhouses, local food, sustainable community development".
In this project, she is interested in improving the quality of food for the population of Kuujuaq and Kangiqsujuaq, through a greenhouse project.