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

9:00am - 4:00pm
iconFood for Health Workshop 2022: Nutrition as a Human Right – Dialogue on Disease Related Malnutrition
 

SEE PROGRAM

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Trainee Social

6:30pm - 7:30pm (approx)
 All trainees and travel award recipients attending the annual conference are invited to the Trainee Social starting with a "meet and greet" at 6:30pm in the Mozart Ballroom Foyer 

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

8:45am - 9:00am
iconOpening Remarks

Speaker: Alison Duncan, PhD, RD, FDC – CNS President / University of Guelph

9:00am - 10:00am
10:00am - 10:10am
Break

10:10am - 11:25am

Concurrent Sessions

10:10am - 11:25am
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

icon10:10am - 11:25am
Protein quality and Canada’s food guide: Is the plant-based food guide appropriate for all?

Speakers: Rajavel Elango, PhD - University of British ColumbiaGlenda 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

10:10am - 11:25am
Affordable nutrition in Canada: Status today and future opportunities

Speakers: Judith Barry, Breakfast Club of CanadaCraig 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

11:40am - 12:25pm
iconAward 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

icon1:30pm- 2:45pm
Role of human milk oligosaccharides in development of the gut microbiome and relevance to human health

Speakers: Tahereh Bozorgmehr, M.Sc. - University of British ColumbiaLisa 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

2:45pm - 3:00pm
Break

3:00pm - 4:15pm

Concurrent Sessions

3:00 - 4:15pm
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

icon3:00 - 4:15pm
Rethinking 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

4:25pm - 5:40pm 
iconFinalists: 
  • 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

8:30am - 8:40am
iconOpening Remarks

Speaker: Lindsay Robinson, PhD CNS VP-Research and President-elect / University of Guelph

8:40am - 9:20am
iconAward 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

9:30am - 10:45am

iconFinalists: 

  • 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

11:00am - 12:15pm
iconEnhancing 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

icon1:20pm - 2:35pm
Latest 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

1:20pm - 2:35pm
Addressing nutrition risk in the community: Making it a reality

Speakers: Marlis Atkins, RD - Alberta Health ServicesMarg Alfieri, RD FDC - CFFM * and Nicole Ingham - MSc Candidate, Human Nutrition, McGill University *

Session description / Chair bio

* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually

1:20pm - 2:35pm
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

2:45pm - 4:00pm
4:00pm - 4:15pm
Break

4:15pm - 5:30pm

Concurrent Sessions

4:15pm - 5:30pm
The science and implementation of time-restricted eating as a novel tool for cardiovascular disease and cancer

Speakers: Amy Kirkham, PhD - University of TorontoCarla Prado, PhD, RD - University of Alberta and Christine Mills, RD, MPH, PhD Candidate - Queen's University *

Session description / Chair bio

* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually

icon4:15pm - 5:30pm
Using computed-tomography (CT) for skeletal muscle assessment in clinical practice

Speakers: Lisa Martin, PhD, RD - Alberta Health ServicesJessica Kasnik,RD - Cross Cancer Institute and Amal Trigui - Ph.D (cand.) - Université de Montréal *

Session description / Chair Bio

* Remote speaker / Presenting virtually

 

6:30pm

Pre-Banquet Reception

7:00pm

CNS Awards Banquet


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