HeLTI Early Career Researcher and Trainee Seminar Series
Parenting as a dynamic, modifiable pathway for obesity prevention across child development: Insights from observational and intervention studies
9 Jul 2026
Dr. Olivia De-Jongh Gonzalez
Research Associate, University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
ECR & Trainee Workshop
17 June 2026
Keynote speaker Dr. Michelle Pentecost will presented "HeLTI: the story so far. Insights from the Trajectories study”
The workshop featured 3 parallel sessions, each included interactive discussions:
๐ Designing and Implementing Cohorts faciliated by Dr. William Fraser
๐ Knowledge Translation / Research in Media faciliated by Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis
๐ Retention of Participants & Research Personnel faciliated by Drs. Jianxia Fan & Nadia Abdelouahab
From Hypothesis to Implementation: Designing Rigorous Clinical Trials in Gestational Diabetes
25 May 2026
Dr. Ravi Retnakaran, M.D., FRCPC FCAHS
Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto; Endocrinologist at Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital
From Hypothesis to Implementation: Designing Rigorous Clinical Trials in Gestational Diabetes
8 April 2026
Dr. Lulu Wang, M.D., Physician
Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University
Measuring international progress in pregnancy planning and preconception health
19 February 2026
Danielle Schoenaker, BSc MSc FHEA PhD
Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Development and Health and the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre at the University of Southampton
Early years matter: Contextual factors shaping caregiving and child development in urban poor neighbourhoods of Bangalore, India
17 March 2026
Eunice Lobo, PhD
Senior Research Associate at PHFI; Secretary & Strategic Partnerships Lead for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) India Regional Society