Speakers

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Mavra Ahmed, PhD

Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
Digital Kids: Tackling unhealthy food marketing in a digital world
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Harvey Anderson, Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Toronto
Nutrition Guidelines for Seniors: Do they Need More Protein?)
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Bijou Andriambelo, PhD student

Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé
Université de Sherbrooke
Lipidomic profile of the frontal cortex in mice carrying the APOE4 allele and supplemented with LPC-omega-3 for four months: a pilot study
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Marlis Atkins, Nutrition Services Director

Alberta Health Services
Using Community Partnerships to Spread Nutrition Risk Screening in Older Adults
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Kathryn Backholer, Professor

Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition
Deakin University
Regulating Big Food in the Era of Big Data
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Carlota Basualdo Hammond, MSc, MPH, RD

NFLES
Alberta Health Services
Advocating for systems changes to prevent, detect and treat malnutrition in hospital settings: a Case Study Example from Alberta
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Richard Bazinet, Professor

Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
The synthesis is of docosahexaenoic acid from alpha-linolenic is said to be low. But is it enough?
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Mélissa Bélanger, Registered dietitian / PhD candidate

École de nutrition
Université Laval
Food literacy in the Quebec context: Validation of the French translation of the "Cooking and Food Provisioning Action Scale"
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Nathalie Bernoud-Hubac, Professor

Biosciences
INSA Lyon
Docosahexaenoic acid-containing phospholipids as neuroprotective agents
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Robert Boushel, Professor

School of Kinesiology
University of British Columbia
The CHANGE Program: Benefits for patients, health care teams and trainees
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Emma Boyland, Chair of Food Marketing and Child Health

Department of Psychology
University of Liverpool
Towards effective restriction of unhealthy food marketing
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Tommy Cederholm, Professor

Public Health ad Caring Sciences
Uppsala University
Effects of exercise and nutrition in older persons living in community-based elderly care homes
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Catherine Chan, Professor, PhD

Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta
Hospital-related malnutrition: at the crossroad of evidence-based initiatives and advocacy
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Catherine Chan, Professor, PhD

Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta
Using Community Partnerships to Spread Nutrition Risk Screening in Older Adults
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Stéphanie Chevalier, Associate Professor, RD, PhD

School of Human Nutrition
McGill University
Apps, Apps, and More Apps: The Science and Art of Incorporating Mobile Health Apps into Clinical Practice
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Juliana Cohen, Associate Professor, ScM, ScD

Nutrition
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health & Merrimack College
Effective strategies to increase school meal participation and consumption
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Guillaume Couture, President and CEO of TeamNutrition.ca

TeamNutrition ÉquipeNutrition
McGill
A practical example for clinic integration
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Julia Dabravolskaj, PhD Student

School of Public Health
University of Alberta
Investigating the association between diet and mental health in middle adolescence using the directed acyclic graph-informed regression modelling
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Karen Davison, Researcher

Institute for Life Course & Aging
University of Toronto
The Intersections of Nutrition and Mental Health: A Life Course Perspective
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Russell de Souza, RD, SD

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
McMaster University
Generating, evaulating, and using evidence in nutrition: concepts and controversies.
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Rupinder Dhaliwal, Program Manager CMTF

CMTF
Canadian Nutrition Society
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): What Are the Current Surgical Nutrition Practices in Canadian Hospitals?
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Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, Assistant professor

Faculty of Pharmacy
Université Laval
CARVING OUT YOUR CAREER PATH
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May Faraj, Professor, P.Dt, Ph.D

Nutrition
University of Montréal
Omega-3 as a therapy to reduce adipose tissue inflammation and diabetes risk in subjects with hyperapoB
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Guylaine Ferland, Professor

Nutrition
Montréal
Are all omega-3 supplements equal for the brain?
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Catherine Field, Professor of Nutrition, CRC in Human Nutrition and Metabolism

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
Alberta
The use of the bioactive lipid DHA to be part of breast cancer treatment, a journey from bench to bedside
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Laurie Flood, Chair, Metabolic Syndrome Canada

Board
Metabolic Syndrome Canada
The CHANGE Program National Update: Hear the latest updates and results of implementing the CHANGE Program in Primary Care settings across Canada
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Laura Forbes, Associate Professor, PhD, RD

Family Relations and Applied Nutrition
University of Guelph
Food affects mood within individuals and in the next generation!
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Katherine Ford, Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD MSc RD

Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Advancing Malnutrition Care: spreading and scaling implementation of evidence-based nutrition care in Canadian hospitals
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Katherine Ford, Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD MSc RD

Department of Kinesiology & Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Nutrition requirements in disease-related malnutrition: Narrowing the knowledge-to-action gap
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Chelsia Gillis, Assistant Professor

School of Human Nutrition
McGill University
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS): What are the current surgical nutrition practices in Canadian hospitals?
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Véronique Gingras, Assistant professor

Nutrition
Université de Montréal
Eating in the absence of hunger and its perinatal or early life determinants
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Craig Gundersen, Snee Family Endowed Professor

Economics
Baylor University
Food Prices and Food Insecurity
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Rhona Hanning, Professor/ PhD, FDC

School of Public Health Sciences
U of Waterloo
Perspectives on Food Security and Sustainable Food Systems from work with Indigenous Peoples and Communities
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Julia Hatherell, MSc

Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
University of Guelph
Investigating the association between dietary and plasma retinoids and fatty acid desaturase indices
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Anneke Hobson, Founder and Director


Drawdown Dietetics
Dietitians for Climate Change Mitigation
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James House, Professor; Ph.D.

Food and Human Nutritional Sciences
Manitoba
Affordable Nutrition: How food prices impact food insecurity and ways to support healthy eating
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Josie Jakubowski, MSc

Medicine
Queen's University
Exploring the relationship between dietary protein source and indicators of sarcopenia
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Nicole Journault, Registered Dietitan

Nutrition Services, Alberta Health Services
Supplemental Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19
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Heather Keller, Professor/ Nutrition & Aging Research Chair

Kinesiology & Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Older adults at nutrition risk; strategies for meeting needs.
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Heather Keller, Professor/Research Chair Nutrition & Aging

Kinesiology & Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Community-based nutrition strategies to strengthen health in frail older adults
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Heather Keller, Professor/Chair Nutrition & Aging

Kinesiology & Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Using Community Partnerships to Spread Nutrition Risk Screening in Older Adults
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Doug Klein,

Family Medicine
University of Alberta
The CHANGE Program : A National Update
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Jocelyne Labonté, Research consultant, RD, MSc

Applied Human Nutrirtion
Mount Saint Vincent University
Breastfeeding beyond infancy: an infrequent practice across Canada based on the 2017-18 Canadian Community Health Survey
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Genevieve Lavigne, Ph.D. & Postdoctoral fellow

Psychology
Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
Being a mother in and around the kitchen: An influential role that has significant consequences for the entire family.
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JENNIFER LEE, RD, MPH, PhD candidate

Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
Trainee Symposium - From Nutrition Scientist to Nutrition Communicator
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Bohdan Luhovyy, Associate Professor

Applied Human Nutrition
Mount Saint Vincent University
School Meal Program in Canada: Ensuring Proper Nutrition
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Mary L’Abbé, Professor

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Digital Kids: Tackling unhealthy food marketing in a digital world
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Andre Marette, Professor

Medicine
Laval University
Maple syrup as a natural and beneficial alternative to sucrose for cardiometabolic health: evidence from recent animal and human studies
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Guiomar Masip, Postdoctoral Researcher

School of Human Nutrition
McGill University
Associations between plant-based dietary patterns and cardiometabolic outcomes considering genetic susceptibility
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Richard Matern, Director of Research, Food Banks Canada

Research
Food Banks Canada
When Hunger Can't Wait - meeting the immediate need in the face of deepening poverty
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Richard Matern, Director of Research

Research
Food Banks Canada
From a storm to a hurricane: key findings from Food Banks Canada’s HungerCount 2022
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Michele McCall, MSc, RD - Director


McCall Dietetics
Early Enteral Nutrition in the Critically Ill Patient: Is This Still a Valid Standard of Practice?
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Tyler McCann, Managing Director


Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute
The Future of Food System Sustainability
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Adam Metherel,

Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
The role of plant-based diets on omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism
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David Mutch, Professor

Human Health and Nutr Sciences
University of Guelph
Investigating the effects of milk protein versus soy protein on essential omega-3 fatty acid metabolism
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David Mutch, Professor

Human Health and Nutr Sciences
University of Guelph
Precision Nutrition and Obesity: Opportunities and Challenges
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Megan Nechanicky, Nutrition Manager, General Mills

Bell Institute of Health & Nutrition
General Mills
CARVING OUT YOUR CAREER PATH
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Daiva Nielsen, Assistant Professor

School of Human Nutrition
McGill University
Recent advances in understanding gene-diet relationships in obesity: opportunities and challenges for precision nutrition
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Stephen Norman, Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences

Health Canada
Health Canada updates
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Mariel Nunley, Certification Manager

Upcycled Food Association
Upcycled Food Association
Redesigning Food for Circularity: How Upcycled Foods Reduce Waste, Capture Nutrition and Tackle the Climate Crisis
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Shirin Panahi, Scientific Director, PhD

Canadian Nutrition Society
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Carving out your Career Path
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Geneviève Parent, Full Professor

Faculty of Law
Université Laval
Law : a force for positive change towards sustainable food systems
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Nathan Pelletier, Associate Professor

Food Systems PRISM Lab
University of British Columbia
Identifying opportunities, synergies and trade-offs in pursuit of sustainable food systems: Science and practice
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Maude Perreault, Assistant Professor and Registered dietitian

Département de Nutrition
Université de Montréal
Early life determinants of dietary and lifestyle behaviors
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Louis Pérusse, Full Professor

Kinesiology
Université Laval
The role of mediation analysis in explaining genetic susceptibility to obesity
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Melanie Plourde, Professor

Medecine/geriatry
Université de Sherbrooke
Omega-3 and immunity: from cardiometabolic risk to cancer
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Melanie Plourde, Professor

Medecine/geriatry
Université de Sherbrooke
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of doifferent omega-3 formulations in humans.
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Carla Prado, PhD, RD

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
University of Alberta
Barriers and Facilitators to Promote a High Protein Diet in Cancer: a Qualitative and Quantitative Perspective
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Nancy Presse, RD, PhD

Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé
Université de Sherbrooke
Preventing malnutrition and frailty in older populations: two initiatives co-created for a timely use of services offered by community-based organizations
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Véronique Provencher, RD, PhD

Centre NUTRISS, INAF, School of Nutrition
Université Laval
Exploring food literacy from a gender perspective: Implications to fairly support healthy eating habits
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Maitreyi Raman, MD MSc Associate Professor of Medicine

Medicine
University of Calgary
Diet and IBD - From Theoretical to Practical Application
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Nancy Rodriguez, Professor/PhD, RDN, FACSM

Nutritional Sciences
University of Connecticut
Protein's Role in Mitigating Nutrition Risk in Older Adults
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Amberley Ruetz, Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD

Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
University of Saskatchewan
The State of School Food Programming in Canada
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Bridve Sivakumar, PhD Candidate

Health Science
Ontario Tech University
User-testing of a mobile app intervention to support dietary education and adherence among heart failure patients
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Joyce Slater, Professor, RD, MSc, PhD

Food & Human Nutritional Sciences
University of Manitoba
Food literacy: Promoting good food relationships for health and well-being
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Sylvie St-Pierre, Manager Research and Data Analyses

Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion
Health Canada
Health Canada Updates
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Rachel Stahl Salzman, Lecturer in Medicine; MS, RD, CDN, CDCES

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Weill Cornell Medicine
Apps, Apps, and More Apps: The Science and Art of Incorporating Mobile Health Apps into Clinical Practice
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Puneeta Tandon, Professor of Medicine

Medicine
University of Alberta
Nutrition delivery in patients with cirrhosis.
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Mei Tom, Director - Nutrition Service

Alberta Health Services
Advocating for Early Nutrition Support Interventions
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Natalia Tomborelli Bellafronte, BSc (NutrSc), RD, MSc, Ph.D

School of Human Nutrition in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
McGill University
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS): What are the current surgical nutrition practices in Canadian hospitals?
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Angelo Tremblay,

Kinesiology
Université Laval
Recent advances in understanding gene-diet relationships in obesity: opportunities and challenges for nutrition precision.
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Jonathan Tremblay, Associate Professor

EKSAP
Université de Montréal
Exploring the benefits of maple syrup as an unprocessed alternative to commercial sports drinks for recreational and elite athletes
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Vanessa Trinca, Lab Manager & Project Coordinator, MSc

Kinesiology & Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
Nutrition risk screening and healthcare service use among community-living older adults: predictive validity of the SCREEN-8 tool
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Elnaz Vaghef Mehrabani, Postdoctoral associate

Pediatrics
University of Calgary
Nutritional psychiatry: A healthy diet can alleviate depressive symptoms
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Patrick Verreault, Deputy Director, Food Policy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Laval University
Food Policy for Canada
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Flavio Vieira, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, PhD, MSc

Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences
University of Alberta
Energy balance, malnutrition and sarcopenia in individuals with obesity and advanced knee osteoarthritis
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Maya Villeneuve, Associate Director / RD

Heath Canada
Health Canada Updates
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Marie-Claude Vohl, Professor

School of Nutrition
Université Laval
Is maple syrup a natural and beneficial alternative to sucrose for metabolic health and exercise performance?
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Alexandria White, BSc (Honours) Student, Research Assistant

Applied Human Nutrition
Mount Saint Vincent University
The development and evaluation of food recipes for school meal programs
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Kyly Whitfield, PhD. Associate Professor.

Department of Applied Human Nutrition
Mount Saint Vincent University
From Nutrition Scientist to Nutrition Communicator
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Brock Williams, PhD Candidate, MSc, RD, CNSC

Food, Nutrition and Health
University of British Columbia
Carving out your Career Path
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Jennifer Woo Baidal, Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatrics
Columbia University
Early Life Determinants for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Obesity
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William Yan, PhD, Scientist Emeritus, Health Canada and Part Time Professor, University of Ottawa

School of Nutrition Sciences
University of Ottawa
A Career Path in Research, Risk Assessment, Policy and Regulations at Health Canada