7:00 AM
8:00 AM
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Registration and Light Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM
Session Opens and Introduction
Dr. Shyamchand Mayengbam, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St. John's
8:45 AM
Morning Talk: Bridging Product Development and Metabolic Control: an Example of Dairy Foods
Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy, Associate Professor, Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS
9:44 AM
Student Oral Presentation 1
Moderator: Tiffany Fillier
9:45 AM
Quantification of Creatine in the Tissues of Yucatan Miniature Piglets Following the Acute Enteral Administration of Amino Acid Precursors
Abby Pace, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
10:00 AM
Therapeutic Potential of Sea Buckthorn Seed Polyphenols: A Dual Approach to Cytotoxicity and Antioxidant Activity in Human Cell Lines
Renan Danielski, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's
10:15 AM
The long term impact of a nutrition and agriculture intervention on food insecurity and diet diversity among rural Kenyan women
Kelsey McIssac, Applied Human Science, University of Prince Edward Island, PEI
10:30 AM
Coffee Break
Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility
10:58 AM
Student Oral Presentation 2
Moderator: Kelsey Molloy
11:00 AM
Formulating a salt premix solution co-fortified with thiamine and iodine
Jessica O'Flaherty, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax
11:15 AM
Betalains of beetroot (Beta vulgaris): Optimization of extraction and evaluation of antioxidant, and anti-elastase properties in vitro.
Chandrika Chaturvedi, Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro
11:30 AM
Perceptions, knowledge, and use of plant-based dietary interventions among healthcare providers in Nova Scotia (Veg-HP Study)
Laura Bockus-Thorne, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax
11:45 AM
From Tap to Tax: Investigating Beverage Choices, Water Attitudes, and Sociodemographic Impacts of the NL SSB Tax
Molly Pomeroy, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's
12:00 PM
Lunch Break
Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility
12:58 PM
Student Oral Presentation 3
Moderator: Mikayla Hickey
1:00 PM
A Diet High in n-3 PUFA Increased the Accretion of N-3 PUFA in Kidneys of a Schizophrenia-Induced Maternal Immune Activation C57BL/6 Mouse
Kelsey Molloy, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John'
1:15 PM
Creatine absorption across the small intestine in the presence of Guanidinoacetic acid in pigs
Asha De Silva, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's
1:30 PM
Dietary vitamin B6 and the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Ava Rasouli, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
1:45 PM
Coffee Break and Poster Presentations
Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility. CLICK HERE to ask or answer questions for online poster presentations.
3:13 PM
Enhanced Poster Presentation
Moderator: Cole Winsor
3:15 PM
Enhanced Poster: The effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D metabolism in diet-induced obesity
Narges Ghorbani Bavani, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's
3:20 PM
Enhanced Poster: Evaluation of Canada’s First Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Pretax Analysis of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption
Kayla Crichton, Yanqing Yi, Molly Pomeroy, Rachel Prowse, Scott Harding Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's
3:25 PM
Enhanced Poster: Impact of the Dominant Knowledge Pathways on providing Patient-Centered Care
Marina Furuyama, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown. CLICK HERE to present an enhanced poster.
3:30 PM
Keynote Speaker Introduction
Dr. Jennifer Taylor, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.
3:35 PM
Afternoon Talk: Cracking the (Cola) Case: Understanding Canada’s First Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax
Dr. Rachel Prowse, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
5:00 PM
Award Ceremony and Closing
Dr. Karen Mary Doody, Department of Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus.
