Pre-Conference Food for Health Workshop
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times EST. Food for Health pre-conference workshop registration can be purchased as an add-on to the general conference registration.
Thursday, May 5 2022
9:00am - 4:00pm
Food for Health Workshop - Nutrition as a Human Right – Disease Related Malnutrition
Food for Health Workshop 2022: Nutrition as a Human Right – Dialogue on Disease Related Malnutrition6:30pm - 7:30pm
Trainee Social
Conference Schedule
Day 1: May 6, 2022
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times EST
Friday, May 6 2022
7:00am - 8:45am
Registration opens | Continental Breakfast | Exhibit & Poster Expo
8:45am - 10:00am
Morning Plenary
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Alison Duncan, PhD, RD, FDC – CNS President / University of Guelph
Health Canada Updates
Speakers: Alfred Aziz, PhD - Director General of the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion and Stephen Norman - Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences
Session description / Chair bio
10:00am - 10:10am
Break
10:10am - 11:25am
Concurrent Sessions
How to implement a national malnutrition standard-Applying learnings from other initiatives
Speakers: Stephanie Cox, BSc. RD - Alberta Health Services Nutrition Services and Katie Genge, BASc., RD - Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Session description / Chair bio
10:10am - 11:25amProtein quality and Canada’s food guide: Is the plant-based food guide appropriate for all?
Speakers: Rajavel Elango, PhD - University of British Columbia, Glenda Courtney-Martin, PhD, RD - The Hospital for Sick Children and Alyssa Paoletti - PhD Candidate, University of Toronto *
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
Affordable nutrition in Canada: Status today and future opportunities
Speakers: Judith Barry, Breakfast Club of Canada, Craig Gundersen, Baylor University, and Megan Nechanicky, General Mills
Session description / Chair bio
Session sponsored by General Mills
11:25am - 11:40am
Break
11:40am - 12:25pm
Award Lecture
Award Lecture: Khursheed Jeejeebhoy Award
Award recipient: Johane P. Allard, FRCPC, MD - University of Toronto
Presentation description: "My journey in clinical nutrition research from chronic intestinal failure to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease"
Supported by Abbott Laboratories Co.
12:25pm - 1:30pm
Lunch | Exhibit & Poster Expo
1:30pm - 2:45pm
Concurrent Sessions
Nutritional intervention in patients with advanced cancer and cachexia
Speakers: Nelda Swinton, Oncology Dietitian, Liliana Astorino, RN, LEAP Certified - Clinical Nurse, Supportive and Palliative Care Clinic Brampton Civic Hospital (with Donny Li, McMaster University) *, and Rani Fedoruk - MSc-student, RD, University of Alberta
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
1:30pm- 2:45pmRole of human milk oligosaccharides in development of the gut microbiome and relevance to human health
Speakers: Tahereh Bozorgmehr, M.Sc. - University of British Columbia, Lisa Renzi-Hammond, PhD - The University of Georgia * and Jo-Anna Baxter - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
Session sponsored by Abbott
Healthy and sustainable eating: findings from Canadian family studies
Speakers - Jess Haines, PhD, MHSc, RD - University of Guelph; Vicky Drapeau, Ph.D., Dt.P. - Université Laval, and Mélanie Henderson, M.D.,Ph.D., FRCPC - CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal
Session description / Chair bio | Co-chair bio
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Break
3:00pm - 4:15pm
Concurrent Sessions
The state of malnutrition in the pediatric ICU
Speakers: Julie Khlevner, MD, AGAF - Columbia University Medical Center *, Kirk Kerr, PhD - Scientific and Medical Affairs, Abbott * and Kristen DaSilva - Dietetic Intern, Brescia University College *
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
Session sponsored by Abbott
B-vitamins, one-carbon metabolism and gut health
Speakers: Clara Cho, PhD - University of Guelph, Robert Bertolo, PhD - Memorial University and Rebecca Simonian - Masters student, University of Toronto
Session description / Chair bio
3:00 - 4:15pmRethinking sustainability of the food/nutrient supply
Speakers: Adam Drewnowski, PhD - University of Washington* and Steve Webb, PhD - Global Institute for Food Security*, with G. Harvey Anderson - University of Toronto
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
4:15pm - 4:25pm
Break
4:25pm - 5:40pm
The Nutrition Graduate Student and Trainee Award Oral Presentations
Finalists:
- Tabitha Williams, University of Waterloo (Assessing alignment of adults’ eating patterns with Canada's Food Guide recommendations on food choices: Development and preliminary testing of a brief screener)
- Samer Hamamji, University of Toronto (Development of a Food Choices Assessment Score According to Canada’s 2019 Dietary Guidelines Recommendations, Using the Canadian Health Measures Survey)
- Audrey Moyen, McGill University (Relative validation of an artificial intelligence-enhanced, image-assisted mobile application for dietary assessment in healthy adults and adults with diabetes)
- Zeyu Yang, University of Toronto (Effects of micronutrients on diet-induced obesity and characteristics of metabolic syndrome development in adult C57BL/6J mice)
Supported by Nestlé Nutrition
5:45pm - 6:45pm
Reception | Exhibit & Poster Expo
Day 2: May 7, 2022
Draft schedule; subject to change. All times EST
Saturday, May 7, 2022
7:00am - 8:30am
Registration opens | Continental Breakfast | Exhibit & Poster Expo
8:30am - 9:20am
Award Lecture
Opening Remarks
Speaker: Lindsay Robinson, PhD CNS VP-Research and President-elect / University of Guelph
Award Lecture: Young Investigator Award for Outstanding Research
Award recipient: Carla Prado, PhD, RD - University of Alberta
Presentation description: "The Role of Nutrition in the Sarcopenia Epidemic: Following the Yellow Brick Road"
Supported by Abbott Laboratories Co.
9:20am - 9:30am
Break
9:30am - 10:45am
The Nutrition Graduate Student and Trainee Award Oral Presentations
Finalists:
- Sarah Jarvis, University of Toronto (Plant-based dietary patterns and nutritional adequacy among Canadian adults: Analysis of the 2015 CCHS-Nutrition)
- Maryam Samsamikor, University of Manitoba (Effects of hemp seed protein and hemp seed protein hydrolysate-derived peptides on 24hr blood pressure)
- He Helen Huang, Université de Sherbrooke (Vitamin B-12 intake from dairy but not meat is associated with decreased risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency in older adults)
- Nadia Flexner, University of Toronto (Estimating the nutritional and health impact of implementing front-of-pack labelling in Canada: a macrosimulation modeling study using the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)-Nutrition 2015 Public Use Microdata File)
Supported by Nestlé Nutrition
10:45am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 12:15pm
Morning Plenary
Enhancing health equity and justice in Indigenous and diverse populations: Strength-based health promoting initiatives
Speakers: Heather Foulds, PhD - University of Saskatchewan and Michael Robidoux, PhD - University of Ottawa, with Noreen Willows, PhD - University of Alberta
Session description / Chair bio
12:15pm - 1:20pm
Lunch | Exhibit & Poster Expo
1:20pm - 2:35pm
Concurrent Sessions
1:20pm - 2:35pmLatest advances and challenges in nutrition support for hospitalized patients
Speakers: Ashlee Roffe, MS, RDN, LDN, CNSC - Swedish Hospital Part of NorthShore and Donald Duerksen, MD, FRCPC - University of Manitoba *
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
Session sponsored by Baxter Corporation Canada
Addressing nutrition risk in the community: Making it a reality
Speakers: Marlis Atkins, RD - Alberta Health Services, Marg Alfieri, RD FDC - CFFM * and Nicole Ingham - MSc Candidate, Human Nutrition, McGill University *
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
Front-of-Package labelling: Perspectives on implementation and the impact of front-of-package labels on consumers’ food choices, perceptions and health outcomes
Speakers: Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD - University of North Carolina *, Fabio Gomes, PhD - PAHO/WHO Nutrition Advisor and Jennifer Lee, RD, MPH, PhD (c) - University of Toronto
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
2:35pm - 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm - 4:00pm
Equity within Nutrition
Panel: Recognizing and challenging cis-heteronormativity in nutrition
Panelists: Phillip Joy (he/him), PhD, PDt, MSc - Mount Saint Vincent University; Gerry Kasten, RD, MSc, FDC - University of British Columbia; Marissa Alexander (she/they), RD, BSc - First Nations Health Authority
4:00pm - 4:15pm
Break
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Concurrent Sessions
The science and implementation of time-restricted eating as a novel tool for cardiovascular disease and cancer
Speakers: Amy Kirkham, PhD - University of Toronto, Carla Prado, PhD, RD - University of Alberta and Christine Mills, RD, MPH, PhD Candidate - Queen's University *
Session description / Chair bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
Impact of maternal and paternal nutrition on offspring health
Speakers: Raylene Reimer, PhD, RD - University of Calgary, Miyoung Suh, PhD, RD - University of Manitoba and Dana Lowry, PhD student, MSc - University of Calgary
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4:15pm - 5:30pmUsing computed-tomography (CT) for skeletal muscle assessment in clinical practice
Speakers: Lisa Martin, PhD, RD - Alberta Health Services, Jessica Kasnik,RD - Cross Cancer Institute and Amal Trigui - Ph.D (cand.) - Université de Montréal *
Session description / Chair Bio
* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually
