6th Annual MeDiC Research Day
Registration Deadline: November 1st
MeDiC | Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program
Events
The MeDiC Program organizes and supports numerous speakers, seminars, and symposia throughout the year.
MeDiC Program Seminar Series Winter 2022
MeDiC Program seminars are held on Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English.
Seminars will be online during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the Zoom link, please contact Kim Gardner at kim.gardner [at] affiliate.mcgill.ca.
The same Zoom link will be used for all seminars in this series.
Date
Speaker
January 6, 2022
Tricia Peters, MD, PhD
Jewish General Hospital
Topic: The protective role of physical activity in polycystic ovary syndrome
Poster
Jewish General Hospital
Topic: The protective role of physical activity in polycystic ovary syndrome
Poster
January 13, 2022
Miriam Udler, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Topic: Leveraging Genetics to Dissect the Heterogeneity of Metabolic Disease
Poster
Harvard Medical School
Topic: Leveraging Genetics to Dissect the Heterogeneity of Metabolic Disease
Poster
January 20, 2022
Paul Sabatini, PhD
Research Institute of the MUHC
Topic: Defining brainstem neurons that control feeding
Poster
Research Institute of the MUHC
Topic: Defining brainstem neurons that control feeding
Poster
March 3, 2022
Joumana Ghosn, M.Sc., PhD
Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Canada
Topic: CASANDE: Conversational Automatic System and Antecendent Detection using Reinformsement Learning
Poster
Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Canada
Topic: CASANDE: Conversational Automatic System and Antecendent Detection using Reinformsement Learning
Poster
March 17, 2022
John White, M.Sc., PhD
McGill University
Topic: Vitamin D Signaling in the thymus and its relevance to autoimmunity
Poster
McGill University
Topic: Vitamin D Signaling in the thymus and its relevance to autoimmunity
Poster
March 24, 2022
Melina Claussnitzer, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Identifying genetically – anchored cellular programs in the context of metabolic disease
Poster
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Identifying genetically – anchored cellular programs in the context of metabolic disease
Poster
March 31, 2022
Minna Woo, MD, FRCPC, PhD
University of Toronto
Topic: Autophagy and IGF1 signaling pathways the musculosketetal system
Poster
University of Toronto
Topic: Autophagy and IGF1 signaling pathways the musculosketetal system
Poster
April 7, 2022
Lorraine Lipscombe, MDCM, M.Sc., FRCPC
University of Toronto
Topic: Pregnancy as a window of opportunity to identify and reduce risk of diabetes in women
Poster
University of Toronto
Topic: Pregnancy as a window of opportunity to identify and reduce risk of diabetes in women
Poster
April 21, 2022
Rita Suri, MD, M.Sc.
McGill University
Topic: Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis - The Quebec Renal Network Study
Poster
McGill University
Topic: Impact of COVID-19 on Patients Receiving Hemodialysis - The Quebec Renal Network Study
Poster
May 5, 2022
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Lalantha Leelarathna, PhD
Manchester Diabetes Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England
Part 1: Results from FLASH-UK randomised controlled trial (first RCT of icCGM with alarms)
Part 2: Comparison of day and night closed-loop with faster-acting insulin aspart with insulin aspart
Poster
Manchester Diabetes Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, England
Part 1: Results from FLASH-UK randomised controlled trial (first RCT of icCGM with alarms)
Part 2: Comparison of day and night closed-loop with faster-acting insulin aspart with insulin aspart
Poster
May 19, 2022
Gilles Gouspillou, PhD
University of Québec à Montréal
McGill University
Topic: MYTHO: a novel regulator of autophagy and skeletal muscle health
Poster
University of Québec à Montréal
McGill University
Topic: MYTHO: a novel regulator of autophagy and skeletal muscle health
Poster
MeDiC Program Seminar Series Fall 2021
MeDiC Program seminars are held on Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Seminars will be in English.
Seminars will be online during the COVID-19 pandemic. For the Zoom link, please contact Kim Gardner at kim.gardner [at] affiliate.mcgill.ca.
The same Zoom link will be used for all seminars in this series.
Date
Speaker
September 9, 2021
September 23, 2021
October 7, 2021
Thomas Mavrahanas, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASN
Topic: Advances in the management of CKD: the role of SGLT-2 inhibitors
Poster
Topic: Advances in the management of CKD: the role of SGLT-2 inhibitors
Poster
October 14, 2021
Brent Richards, MD, MSc
Topic: The influence of OAS1 on COVID-19 outcomes: Neanderthals to the rescue
Poster
Topic: The influence of OAS1 on COVID-19 outcomes: Neanderthals to the rescue
Poster
October 21, 2021
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
November 4, 2021
Melina Claussnitzer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Converting Metabolic Risk Variant-to-Function (V2F) Using Adipocytes as a Model System
Poster
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts
Topic: Converting Metabolic Risk Variant-to-Function (V2F) Using Adipocytes as a Model System
Poster
November 11, 2021
Thomas Kitzler, MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics,
McGill University
Topic: Chronic Kidney Disease in the Era of Genomic Medicine
Poster
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics,
McGill University
Topic: Chronic Kidney Disease in the Era of Genomic Medicine
Poster
November 18, 2021
Patrick MacDonald, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Alberta Diabetes Institute
Topic: A Single Cell Approach to Understanding Islet Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes
Poster
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Alberta Diabetes Institute
Topic: A Single Cell Approach to Understanding Islet Cell Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes
Poster
December 9, 2021
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Daniel Winer, MD, HBSc
Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA
Associate Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA
Topic: The Intestinal Immune System in Obesity and Insulin Resistance
Poster
Adjunct Associate Professor, USC School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, CA
Associate Professor, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA
Topic: The Intestinal Immune System in Obesity and Insulin Resistance
Poster
December 16, 2021
William Leslie, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Manitoba
Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Osteoporosis: My journey from skeptic convert
Poster
Professor, Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of Manitoba
Topic: Artificial Intelligence in Osteoporosis: My journey from skeptic convert
Poster