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Sunday, August 28, 2022

• 08:00 09:30

  Coffee/Tea Service

• 08:00 09:00

  Trainee Breakfast Symposia: Work‑Life Balance

  Panelists: 

  • Anne-Monique Nyut
  • Christine Chambers
  • Stuart Turvey

  Moderator: Merilee Brockway

• 09:00 10:30

  Indigenous Community in DOHaD Research

  Co-chair: Earl Nowgesic

  Research Panelists:

  • Jeff Reading
  • Alex King
  • Malcolm King
  • Pablo Nepomnaschy
  • Chaya Kulkarni
  • Margo Greenwood

  Moderators: Earl Nowgesic and Erik Mohns

• 10:30 11:20

  Big Data in DOHaD Research

  Personalizing Big Data for Clinical Prediction

  by Randy McIntosh

  Moderator: Elnaz Vaghef-Mehrabani

• 10:30 11:20

  Big data in DOHaD research

  How to Plan a Large Study and Keep It Running

  by Johan Eriksson

  Moderator: Amy Inkster

• 11:20 11:40

  Coffee/Tea Service

• 11:40 12:30

  Translating from Experimental (Animal) Models to Clinical Implementation

  Building Strong Health and Career Trajectories Through Translational Research

  by Kristin Connor

  Moderator: Katherine Vandal

• 11:40 12:30

  Translating from Experimental (Animal) Models to Clinical Implementation

  The Power of Diverse Animal Models: Towards Translational DOHaD Science

  by Dino Giussani

  Moderator: Savana Biondic

• 11:40 12:30

  Translating from experimental (animal) models to clinical implementation

  The Use of an Animal Model to Address the Uncertainties of Cannabis Exposure in Pregnancy: a Canadian Example

  by Dan Hardy

  Moderator: Amanda Rowlands

• 12:30 13:20

  Tips and trick for interpreting results

  DNA Methylation in DOHaD – Study Design  and Data Interpretation

  by Rob Waterland

  Moderator: Heather Shearer

• 12:30 13:20

  Tips and Tricks for Interpreting Results

  by Elaine Holmes

  Moderator: Amy Inkster

• 12:30 13:20

  Tips and Tricks for Interpreting Results

  Bricks and Mortar: Shopping in the Science Store

  by Piush Mandhane

  Moderator: Sebastian Vanin

• 13:00 15:00

  DOHaD Council Meeting (by invite only)

• 13:30 15:00

  Lunch on Own

• 15:00 17:00

  OPEN PUBLIC PANEL

  Proudly sponsored by Fonds de recherche du Québec

  Pandemics and Trauma: Impacts on Childhood Development

  Chair: Remi Quirion OC CQ PhD FRSC, Chief Scientist of Quebec

  Panelists:

  • Janet Rossant CC FRS, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation
  • Michael Meaney CM PhD CQ FRSC, McGill University
  • Tessa Roseboom MD PhD, University of Amsterdam
  • Caroline Quach MD MSc, Université de Montréal 
  • Senator Stanley Kutcher ONS MD FCAHS
  • Margo Greenwood OC PhD, Scientific Director of CIHR Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health
  • Sir Peter Gluckman FRS
• 18:00 19:30

  Opening Ceremonies

  • The Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos PC MP FRSC, Minister of Health of Canada
  • Elder Margaret George, Skawahlook First Nation
  • Lucilla Poston CBE, President, DOHaD International Society
  • Geoff Pradella MA LL.M, Board Chair, Kids Brain Health Network
  • Santa J. Ono PhD FRSC FCAHS, President, UBC
  • Dugan O'Neil PhD, VP Research, SFU
  • Eagle Song Dancers (Spakwus Slolem) will present songs and dances of yesterday and today representative of the Squamish People.
  • Sarah McLachlan School of Music offers music programming at no cost to under served children and youth in western Canada; today’s performance by Rachel Carino and Francis Reyes.

  John Challis and Janice Bailey, Co-Chairs, DOHaD 2022

• 19:30 20:30

  Opening Reception

  A celebration of our much anticipated in-person World Congress of the Development Origin of Health and Disease and Kids Brain Health Network communities.