Past Events

Title: Investigating sugar and non-nutritive sweetener intake in young children and associations of sugar intake with sociodemographic indicators and anthropometric measures The examination committee will consist of: L. Robinson Chair D. Ma Member of Advisory Committee A. Buchholz Member of Advisory Committee L. Forbes Member of Graduate Faculty

Location: ANNU 156 AGENDA 1:00 pm Steve Brown - Welcome / orientation session for new HHNS graduate students Coral Murrant, Chair Introductions: Anne Lovett-Hutchinson, Robin Van Alstine, Mira Jashari Amy Tucker (Safety) Jessi Lau (Grad Rep) Alyssa Banaag CUPE 3913 Vice President Internal Amanda Wright EDI and Book club 1:00pm Orientation meeting - ANNU 156 2.00pm Drinks and Snacks – HHNS Courtyard Behind Animal Science/Nutrition Building

Title: Exploring the effects of working memory on foot placement accuracy in a visually cued targeted stepping task in a healthy young and older adult population The examination committee will consist of: J. Srbely Chair L. Vallis Member of Advisory Committee S. Brown Member of Advisory Committee J. Zettel Member of Graduate Faculty

Title: Beans Improve Satiety to an Effect That is Not Significantly Different from Beef in Older Adults: A Randomized, Crossover Trial The examination committee will consist of: J. Zettel, Chair A. Duncan, Member of Advisory Committee B. Bettger, Member of Advisory Committee L. Duizer, Member of Graduate Faculty

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.