Topic: A Novel, Targeted Approach to Study Season of Birth Effects on Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology

When: Wednesday October 22 at 8:00 EDT (13:00 BST; 14:00 SAST; 17:30 IST; 20:00 CST)

Presenter: Dr. Robert Levitan

Brief Description: This seminar will review and critique an extensive body of work that started almost 100 years ago linking season-of-birth to various psychiatric and neurological conditions. A new model to improve the translational value of this work at an individual pregnancy level will then be presented, focusing on maternal trait seasonality as the key moderating variable. 

Topic: TBD

When: Tuesday November 18 at 8:00 EST (13:00 GMT; 15:00 SAST; 18:30 IST; 21:00 CST)

Presenter: Edith Breton, PhD

Brief Description: Eeating disorders and their symptoms, and how we can combine approaches from different fields (ex., genetics, psychology/psychiatry, neuroscience, etc) to better understand eating disorders in the hope of better preventing/treating them

Topic: TBD

When: Monday December 1 at 9:00 EST (14:00 GMT; 16:00 SAST; 19:30 IST; 22:00 CST)

Presenter: Melissa Hunte, PhD

Brief Description: Multisite harmonization of early childhood development measures in HeLTI

Topic: TBD

When: Thursday January 15, 2026 (14:00 GMT; 16:00 SAST; 19:30 IST; 22:00 CST)

Presenter: Cindy-Lee Dennis, PhD, Professor at University of Toronto and Colleagues

Brief Description: Influence of paternal precondeption health on perinatal outcomes

Topic: Knowledge Translation

When: TBD

Presenter: Dan Sellen, PhD, Professor at University of Toronto and Jenna Hickey, Lead Research Coordinator

Brief Description: On the topic of knowledge translation / mobilization some work one of my teams has been doing with CANWACH on gender transformation of nutrition programs using Global Affairs Canada’s feminist development agenda translated through the “GTFN” framework adopted by Scaling Up Nutrition and a range of NGO’s may be relevant. Methodological highlights include c-creative approaches to MNCHN-program transformative tool design and testing.