* All times are based on Canada/Atlantic AST.

    • Wednesday

    April 24

    Thursday

    April 25

    7:00

    Canada/Atlantic
    7:00 - 19:00 ADT

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

    8:00

    Canada/Atlantic

     2 parallel sessions
    8:00 - 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.

    8:00 - 8:30 ADT

    Registration and Light Continental Breakfast

    8:30

    Canada/Atlantic
    8:30 - 8:45 ADT

    Session Opens and Introduction

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

    8:45

    Canada/Atlantic
    8:45 - 9:44 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

    9:44

    Canada/Atlantic
    9:44 - 10:30 ADT

    Student Oral Presentation 1

    Moderator: Tiffany Fillier

    9:45

    Canada/Atlantic
    9:45 - 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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