Stuart, or the “Protein Professor” is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and a member of the School of Medicine at McMaster University. He is a Tier1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health. Dr. Phillips’ work centers on the interaction of exercise/physical activity, aging, and nutrition in skeletal muscle and body composition. Dr. Phillips is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine(ACSM) and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS). He has been in the top 1% of cross-field (nutrition and physiology) highly-cited scholars globally for six straight years 2018-2023.