Obesity Canada is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for early career researchers to take part in the upcoming Obesity Canada/Hypertension Canada scientific conference taking place April 3-6 in Banff, Alberta. As part of the conference, we will be hosting the [...]
Canadian Obesity Fellowship Award Winners Dr. Soren Harnois-Leblanc and Dr. Kristine Godziuk will be presenting their research projects at the 8th Canadian Obesity Summit on May 17 at 12:30pm. Soren Harnois-Leblanc, RD, PhD Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill [...]
Today’s post comes from Audrey St-Laurent. Audrey is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutrition at Laval University. She is also the current Chair of the OC-SNP National Executive. The OC-SNP National Executive just wrapped up their annual Infographic Competition [...]
Today’s post comes from Khushmol Dhaliwal and Audrey St-Laurent. Khushmol’s MSc thesis focused on exploring risk factors contributing to obesity and unhealthy weight gain among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She is currently serving as the Vice-Chair for the 2020-21 OC-SNP [...]
Obesity Canada is pleased to announce that Dr. Rebecca Puhl of the University of Connecticut Rudd Center is the 2021 recipient of our Distinguished Lecturer Award. Dr. Puhl completed her B.A.H in psychology at Queen’s University in 1999. She earned her M.S [...]
Today’s post comes from Laura Vergeer. Laura is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is also the current Outgoing Chair of the OC-SNP National Executive. The OC-SNP National Executive is [...]
OC-SNP Rising Star Dr. Rebecca Liu OC-SNP Champion Award Waterloo OC-SNP Faculty Supervisor Award Dr. Chris Ardern Student Poster and Oral Awards The winner of the undergraduate poster award is: Medication Use After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Results from a Bariatric Surgery [...]
Congratulations to the following Obesity Canada Summit Student Travel Award Winners! This year's competition was extremely competitive, and we were able to increase the number of awards, however only the following applicants have been selected by the committee: Alicia Taylor (Memorial [...]
Mary Forhan with TOPS from the 2017 TOPS award presentation. EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE - February 28, 2019 This award recognizes an individual for a singular achievement or their career contributions to research in the field of obesity. This award is made [...]
