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Schedule

* All times are based on Canada/Atlantic AST.

Wednesday

April 24

Thursday

April 25

07:00

Canada/Atlantic
07:00 - 19:00 ADT

ALERT! The Schedule is in Newfoundland Time Zone, not ADT.

08:00

Canada/Atlantic

 2 parallel sessions
08:00 - 19:00 ADT

Link for Online Presenter and Attendees

CLICK HERE to attend the entire Thursday, April 25, 2024 session online or present your research.

08:00 - 08:30 ADT

Registration and Light Continental Breakfast

08:30

Canada/Atlantic
08:30 - 08:45 ADT

Session Opens and Introduction

Dr. Shyamchand Mayengbam, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University, St. John's

08:45

Canada/Atlantic
08:45 - 09:44 ADT

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

09:44

Canada/Atlantic
09:44 - 10:30 ADT

Student Oral Presentation 1

Moderator: Tiffany Fillier

09:45

Canada/Atlantic
09:45 - 10:00 ADT

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

    1

    10:00

    Canada/Atlantic
    10:00 - 10:15 ADT

    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

    1

    10:15

    Canada/Atlantic
    10:15 - 10:30 ADT

    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

    1

    10:30

    Canada/Atlantic
    10:30 - 11:00 ADT

    Coffee Break

    Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility

    10:58

    Canada/Atlantic
    10:58 - 12:00 ADT

    Student Oral Presentation 2

    Moderator: Kelsey Molloy

    11:00

    Canada/Atlantic
    11:00 - 11:15 ADT

    Formulating a salt premix solution co-fortified with thiamine and iodine

    Jessica O'Flaherty, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax

    1

    11:15

    Canada/Atlantic
    11:15 - 11:30 ADT

    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

    1

    11:30

    Canada/Atlantic
    11:30 - 11:45 ADT

    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

    1

    11:45

    Canada/Atlantic
    11:45 - 12:00 ADT

    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

    1

    12:00

    Canada/Atlantic
    12:00 - 13:00 ADT

    Lunch Break

    Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility

    12:58

    Canada/Atlantic
    12:58 - 13:30 ADT

    Student Oral Presentation 3

    Moderator: Mikayla Hickey

    13:00

    Canada/Atlantic
    13:00 - 13:15 ADT

    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

    13:15

    Canada/Atlantic
    13:15 - 13:30 ADT

    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

    13:30

    Canada/Atlantic
    13:30 - 13:45 ADT

    Dietary vitamin B6 and the pathophysiology of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Ava Rasouli, Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland

    1

    13:45

    Canada/Atlantic
    13:45 - 15:15 ADT

    Coffee Break and Poster Presentations

    Whale Atrium, Core Science Facility. CLICK HERE to ask or answer questions for online poster presentations.

    15:13

    Canada/Atlantic
    15:13 - 15:30 ADT

    Enhanced Poster Presentation

    Moderator: Cole Winsor

    15:15

    Canada/Atlantic
    15:15 - 15:20 ADT

    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

    1

    15:20

    Canada/Atlantic
    15:20 - 15:25 ADT

    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

    1

    15:25

    Canada/Atlantic
    15:25 - 15:30 ADT

    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.

    1

    15:30

    Canada/Atlantic
    15:30 - 15:35 ADT

    Keynote Speaker Introduction

    Dr. Jennifer Taylor, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown.

    15:35

    Canada/Atlantic
    15:35 - 16:35 ADT

    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.

    17:00

    Canada/Atlantic
    17:00 - 19:00 ADT

    Award Ceremony and Closing

    Dr. Karen Mary Doody, Department of Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus.

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