Arsene Kanyamibwa
PhD candidate
Behavioural & Brain Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Psychology and Logopedics
Haartmaninkatu 3
00290 Helsinki
Finland
Arsene obtained a B.Sc. in Cellular Biology & Physiology at the University Clermont Auvergne (UCA), France, and an M.Sc. in Biology and Health Sciences at the University of Nantes, also in France. During his Master’s Thesis, he worked on the influence of conditioned stimuli (visual) on food reinforcement and eventually food choice, across different macronutrient groups. More specifically, following his interest in a few studies published in Canada and Germany, he joined the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center in New Haven, US, in order to try and replicate previous findings and investigate how macronutrient content and combination (carbohydrate, fat) influence food choice, reinforcement, and its underlying neural circuits, particularly in the U.S. population. Later on, he completed a Master equivalent degree in clinical research and interned as a clinical research associate trainee working on various international clinical trials.
In 2021 he joined the O’BRAIN lab.
2021— | Doctoral Researcher, O’Brain Lab, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Finland. |
2020 | Clinical Research Associate (Trainee), Simbec Orion CRO, Paris, France. |
2020 | M.Sc Level Certificate as a Clinical Research Associate, Institut Léonard de Vinci (ILV), Paris, France |
2019 | M.Sc in Biology and Health Science, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France |
2017 | B.Sc in Cell Biology and Physiology, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France |
Publications
Thieleking, R., Schneidewind, L., Kanyamibwa, A. et al. Nutrient scoring for the DEGS1-FFQ – from food intake to nutrient intake. BMC Nutr 9, 12 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-022–00636‑2
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Perszyk EE, Hutelin Z, Trinh J, Kanyamibwa A, Fromm S, Davis XS, Wall KM, Flack KD, DiFeliceantonio AG, Small DM. Fat and Carbohydrate Interact to Potentiate Food Reward in Healthy Weight but Not in Overweight or Obesity. Nutrients. 2021; 13(4):1203. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041203
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Fromm, S., Perszyk, E. E., Kanyamibwa, A., Wall, K. M., Hutelin, Z., Trinh, J., et al. (2021). Development of MacroPics: A novel food picture set to dissociate the effects of carbohydrate and fat on eating behaviors. Appetite, 159: 105051. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2020.105051.
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Wall, K. M., Farruggia, M. C., Perszyk, E. E., Kanyamibwa, A., Fromm, S., Davis, X. S., et al. (2020). No evidence for an association between obesity and milkshake liking. International Journal of Obesity, 44, 1668–1677. doi:10.1038/s41366-020‑0583‑x.
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Kanyamibwa A., Hartmann H., Fängström D., Vikatmaa W., Pocan B., Perszyk EP., Davis XS., Nikitin A., Wikman., Pellinen T., Kaartinen NE., Schwab U., DiFeliceantonio AG., Small DM., Horstmann A., (2024). Tempting tastes in focus : A picture set of high-fat/high-carbohydrate foods for the population of Finland (Final version). Poster presented at the Nordic Obesity Meeting (NOM24), Helsinki, Finland
Kanyamibwa A., Hartmann H., Fängström D.,Perszyk EP., Davis XS., DiFeliceantonio AG., Small DM., Horstmann A., (2023). Tempting tastes in focus : A picture set of high-fat/high-carbohydrate foods for the Finnish population. Poster presented at the annual Brain & MInd Symposium , Helsinki, Finland
Kanyamibwa A., Hartmann H., Fängström D.,Perszyk EP., Davis XS., DiFeliceantonio AG., Small DM., Horstmann A., (2023). Tempting tastes in focus : A picture set of high-fat/high-carbohydrate foods for the Finnish population. Poster presented at the 50th bi-annual meeting of the 50th meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society , Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kanyamibwa A., Hartmann H., Fängström D.,Perszyk EP., Davis XS., DiFeliceantonio AG., Small DM., Horstmann A., (2023). Can macronutrient combination affect food reward? Poster presented at the University of Helsinki Department of Psychology and Logopedics annual retreat, Tvärminne, Finland