• Sat, Aug 27
• Sun, Aug 28
• Mon, Aug 29
• Tue, Aug 30
• Wed, Aug 31

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

• 07:00 08:00

  Affiliate Society and Chapter Meetings

  
  
  • DOHaD Canada Chapter Meeting
  
  
  • Latin America Chapter Meeting
  
  
  • Japan Society Chapter Meeting
  
  
• 08:00 09:00

  Keynote Lectures

  Co-chairs: John Bertram and Marie-Aline Charles

  Keynotes:

  • Kids Brain Health Network Lecturer: Childhood Adversity, Pandemics, Linda Richter (Proudly sponsored by Kids Brain Health Network)
  • Imprinting, Epigenetics, Anne Ferguson-Smith FRS (Proudly supported by Azrieli Foundation)
• 09:00 10:00

  Presidential Plenary x4

  Co-chairs: John Bertram and Marie-Aline Charles

  • Effect Of Maternal High Fat Diet During Mouse Preimplantation on Uterine Fluid Protein Composition and Offspring Metabolism, Irene Peral-Sanchez

  • Parity Modulates Impact of BMI and Gestational Weight Gain on Gut Microbiota in Human Pregnancy, Kate Kennedy

  • Impaired Growth and Bone Health Outcomes in Guatemalan Mother-Child Dyads: A Cross-Sectional Study, Michele Monroy-Valle

  • Association Between Prenatal Antibiotic Exposure And Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Population-Based Cohort Study from British Columbia, Amanda Nitschke

• 10:00 12:00

  Posters & Coffee

• 12:00 13:00

  DOHaD International AGM

  All members invited

• 12:00 13:00

  Lunch on Own

• 13:15 14:30

  Society Award Lectures

  Co-chairs: Lucilla Poston and Nuruddin Mohammed

  • David Barker Award Lecture, Peter W Nathanielsz (Proudly sponsored by DOHaD International)
  • Nick Hales Award Lecture, Emilio A. Herrera (Proudly sponsored by DOHaD International)
• 14:30 15:00

  Coffee/Tea Service

• 15:00 16:30

  Gut‑Brain Axis

  Co-chairs: Elana Zambrano and Tatiane Ribeiro

  • How does Nutrition Impact the Perinatal Gut and Outcomes in Infants, Maria Carmen Collado
  • Gut-Immune-Brain Interactions and Neurodevelopment, Jane Foster
  • Maternal Microbiome Impacts Fetal Growth and Brain Development, Eldin Jsarevic
• 15:00 16:30

  Deepening Into The Immune System and Chronic Disease

  Partially supported by Pfizer

  Co-chairs: Stuart Turvey and Thea Golden

  • Development of the Immune System, Petter Brodin

  • Who Knew that Clues to Childhood Asthma Could Be Found in Dirty Diapers? Early Life Microbiome and Child Health, Stuart Turvey

  • Early Exposures and Immune Health, Mary-Claire Arrieta
• 15:00 16:30

  Early Life Exposure to Green Space

  Proudly sponsored by BC Children's Hospital Foundation (BCCHF)

  Co-chairs: Zaneta Thayer and Leseadra McKerracher

  • Do Children Become Healthier in Nature and, if so, Why?, Matilda Van Den Bosch
  • How to Use Green Space for Improved Child Development, Mariana Brussoni
  • First Nations Experience with Green/Nature Interventions That Seek to Improve Child Health, Amanda Frohlich Chow
• 15:00 16:30

  DOHaD and preterm birth

  Prouldy sponsored by CHU Sainte-Justine - Université de Montréal & March of Dimes

  Co-chairs: Anne-Monique Nuyt and Jessica Poletto Bonetto

  • Preterm Birth and the Heart, Adam Lewandowski
  • Cardiometabolic Health in Adults Born Premature with Extremely Low Birth Weight, Katherine Morrison
  • Preterm Birth in Brazil and Early Intervention, Rita de Cássia Silveira
• 15:00 16:30

  Global approaches in Indigenous Child Health

  Proudly sponsored by Simon Fraser University

  Co-chairs: Margo Greenwood and Erik Mohns

  • Birthing on Country, Rhonda Marriott AM with Elder Auntie Doreen
  • Nurturing the Seed, Chaya Kulkani Co-Presenting with 2 Elders
  • A Better Start; National Science Challenge, Wayne Cutfield
• 15:00 16:30

  Supporting Healthy Life Trajectories: The Importance of Starting Early

  Proudly sponsored by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR Central) & CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) 

  Co-chairs: Nigel Rollins and Maria Ospina

  • Perspectives from a Harmonised Multi-Country Longitudinal Intervention Study: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), Kalyanaraman Kumaran
  • Community-Led Initiatives to Strengthen Indigenous Family Wellness Through Child Development Optimization in BC and Alberta, Lynnette Lucas and Lea Bill
  • The Importance of Early Interventions – Evidence, Economics and Equity, Mark Hanson
• 17:00 18:00

  Keynote Lectures

  Co-chairs: Torsten Ploesch and Kozeta Miliku

  Keynotes:

  • Origins, Consequences and Costs Of Inequities In Society, Tessa J. Roseboom 
  • Microbiome in DOHaD and Ageing, Elaine Holmes (Proudly sponsored by Dr Rogers Prize)
• 19:00 23:30

  Taste of Canada Evening

  Food stations and hors d’oeuvres celebrating Canada’s culinary diversity.

  For more information, please click here.