Conference Agenda

This year, Child Health Research Days will be held entirely in person, at the RBC Convention Centre. We are pleased to be offering pre-conference events again this year, including a public event and mentorship session, happening on Tuesday, October 24th. 

MENTORSHIP SESSION

Tuesday, October 24  |  9:00AM – 3:00PM |  JBRC 500

Inclusivity and Anti-Racism in Research and Healthcare

Symbia Barnaby
Healing Nation Coaching and Consulting

PUBLIC EVENT

Tuesday, October 24  |  7:00 – 9:00 PM  |  RBC Convention Centre

Teens Talk Vaping Program

Dr. Kendra Nelson Ferguson
University of Western Ontario

8:00 – 8:30 AM
Check In & Continental Breakfast
RBC Convention Centre
8:30 – 9:00 AM
Greetings

Elder Sherry Copenace, Dr. Terry Klassen, CEO & Scientific Director, CHRIM

RBC Convention Centre
9:00 – 9:45 AM

Implementation Science: A Tool for Mobilizing Research Findings and Enhancing Impact in Child Health and Beyond

Dr. Kathryn Sibley, University of Manitoba

RBC Convention Centre
9:50 – 10:35 AM

Co-Designing Interventions for High-Quality Care

Dr. Janet Curran, Dalhousie University

RBC Convention Centre
10:35 – 10:55 AM
BREAK
RBC Convention Centre
10:55 – 11:35 AM

What’s Diversity got to do with it: Human Genetics, Precision Medicine and Representation 

Dr. Neil Hanchard, National Institutes of Health

RBC Convention Centre
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM

Caregivers of children with rare disease: the experiences and needs in a demographically diverse Canadian population

Vivien Truong, University of Manitoba

RBC Convention Centre
12:05 – 12:45 PM

The Long and Winding Road to Genomic Equity for Indigenous Patients: Lessons Learned from the Silent Genome Project

Dr. Laura Arbour, BC Children’s Health Research

RBC Convention Centre
12:45 – 1:30 PM
LUNCH
RBC Convention Centre
1:35 – 2:15 PM

Environmental Influences on Youth Vaping

Dr. Jamie Seabrook, Brescia College at Western University

RBC Convention Centre
2:20 – 3:00 PM

Relevance of the developmental origins of health and disease to maternal vaping and respiratory consequences in the mouse offspring

Dr. Alexandra Noël, Louisiana State University

RBC Convention Centre
3:00 – 3:20 PM
BREAK
RBC Convention Centre
3:20 – 4:20 PM
Dr. Goodbear’s Den
RBC Convention Centre
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Poster Session & Wine and Cheese
RBC Convention Centre
7:30 – 8:00 AM


Check In & Continental Breakfast

RBC Convention Centre

8:00 – 8:05 AM

Greetings

Dr. Patricia Birk, Head, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba

RBC Convention Centre

8:05 – 9:05 AM

Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics: Great Strides and Future Directions

Dr. Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, University of Colorado

RBC Convention Centre

9:05 – 9:25 AM

BREAK

RBC Convention Centre

9:25 – 9:30 AM

Greetings

Chair, CHRIM Board

RBC Convention Centre

9:30 – 10:10 AM


Translating Health Professions Education on Family Violence into Practice: The Role of Implementation Science

Dr. Melissa Kimber, McMaster University

RBC Convention Centre

10:15 – 10:35 AM

Epidemiological Overview of Child Maltreatment on Health Outcomes and Implications for Clinical Practice

Julie-Anne McCarthy, University of Manitoba

RBC Convention Centre

10:35 – 10:55 AM

BREAK

RBC Convention Centre

10:55 – 11:35 AM


Metabolic impacts of stress hormones on central control of glucose and energy balance

Dr. Jessica Yue, University of Alberta

RBC Convention Centre

11:40 AM – 12:25 PM


Creating Ethical Space for First Nations led or partnered Biological Research

Dr. Amy Bombay, Dalhousie University

Dr. Taylor Morriseau, First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba

RBC Convention Centre

6:00 – 9:00 PM

Awards Dinner

RBC Convention Centre

Contact us

General inquiries:

Debbie Korpesho

Media and communications:

Stephanie Matthews