Past Events

Title: The Effect of Gradual Ovarian Failure on Dynamic Muscle Function and The Role of a High Intensity Interval Training Intervention The examination committee will consist of: A. Wright Chair G. Power Member of Advisory Committee S. Brown Member of Advisory Committee G. Pyle Member of Graduate Faculty

Title: The Influence of Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity on Sympathetic Transduction in Humans The examination committee will consist of: G. Power Chair J. Burr Member of Advisory Committee J. Goodman Member of Advisory Committee M. Tymko Member of Graduate Faculty S. Holwerda External Examiner (virtual)

Join us to hear from one of the world's leading experts on the links between our circadian clock and health, Dr. Satchin Panda. Dr. Panda is a professor in the Regulatory Biology Laboratory and holder of the Rita and Richard Atkinson Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. His lab discovered that confining caloric consumption to an 8-to-12-hour period (called time-restricted eating) might stave off high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and liver disease. Dr.

The SMART Training Platform’s summer school is an opportunity to learn new concepts, methods, and perspectives in implementation science and healthy cities. The learning experience includes small interactive sessions, round table discussion, field trip, and a case study project where interdisciplinary teams solve a “real-world” sector partner .

Our HHNS Escape Room Challenge has been extended for the month of July!

Daniel Moore is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto (UoT) and a member of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and American College of Sports Medicine. His research explores the interplay between exercise and nutrition (with a focus on dietary protein and amino acids) and how the two can be used to optimize the quantity and quality of muscle across a range of different populations including youth, athletes, and older adults.

Dr. El Khoury is an Associate Professor of Applied Human Nutrition in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph. She has received a BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics and an MSc in Nutrition at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Afterward, she completed her PhD in Physiology and Physiopathology at the University of Pierre et Marie Curie, France. She served as a lecturer at the American University of Beirut, and as a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Toronto. Dr.

Title: Regulation of skeletal muscle lipid metabolism by ghrelin The examination committee will consist of: P. Miller Chair D. Dyck Member of Advisory Committee D. Wright Member of Advisory Committee C. Murrant Member of Graduate Faculty

Title: Novel Co-Treatment Strategies to Attenuate Acute Olanzapine-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction The examination committee will consist of: D. Mutch Chair D. Wright Member of Advisory Committee D. Dyck Member of Advisory Committee J. Simpson Member of Graduate Faculty J. Beaudry External Examiner