Alliance for Human Development supports research that applies a transdisciplinary focus to improve the health and well-being of children across the life-course.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined May 2017
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📣Discover how #BukhaliHeLTI is transforming maternal and child health in #SouthAfrica through our video: helti.org/helti-south-africa… @CIHR_IHDCYH @DrCChambers @MRCza @SinaiHealth @helti_org @HeLTI_Canada @WHO @WitsUniversity #HealthForAll #Preconception
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Hey DOHaDers,
Be aware of the incredible rates offered for the early bird registration at the @DOHaD2025 . We are looking forward to seeing you all in Buenos Aires.
@USDOHaD @ANZDOHaD @DOHaD_Society @Dohadcanada @BrasilDohad @DOHaDAfrica @Alliance_HD @LA_DOHaD @DOHaDChile
Tomorrow! Make sure to log in at 8 am EST!
Make sure you join the upcoming @HeltiOrg seminar on Feb 25th! 8 am EST!
helti.org/ecr/seminars
@A_Prioreschi will be one of the presenters discussing qualitative perspectives from postpartum mothers recruited to the PLAY study Community Advisory Group (CAG), in Soweto, South Africa.
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Check out "Celebrating Women in DOHaD – International Women’s Day 2025" eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrati… @eventbritehelp
📢 New publication alert!
"Retention in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa: a qualitative analysis using self-determination theory" explores factors influencing participant retention among young women in the #HeLTI Bukhali RCT: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3992…
Learn more about the HeLTI-South Africa study here: helti.org/cohorts/helti-sout…
@HeltiOrg @MRCza @DrCathD
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Make sure you join the upcoming @HeltiOrg seminar on Feb 25th! 8 am EST!
helti.org/ecr/seminars
@A_Prioreschi will be one of the presenters discussing qualitative perspectives from postpartum mothers recruited to the PLAY study Community Advisory Group (CAG), in Soweto, South Africa.
Join a seminar on: Qualitative insights describing postpartum barriers to wellbeing and needs, to promote healthy mother-infant dyads
Date & time: Tuesday February 25 at 13:00 GMT
Learn more: helti-hub.tghn.org/helti-web…
Another remarkable publication from @HeltiOrg South Africa PI Shane Norris and his group: You go an extra mile: a qualitative study of community health worker perspectives in a health promotion intervention in urban South Africa @DrCathD @lmsoepnel
helti.org/news/publications
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Upcoming @HeltiOrgTrainee and Early Career Researcher Seminar! @MRSantosLaband Sarah McClymont #LTRI @SinaiHealth will present: Environmental-epigenome interactions during embryonic development.
Tuesday, January 21 at 08:00 AM ET
helti.org/ecr/seminars
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Want to learn more about @HeltiOrg?
Check out this short video on tackling the global burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
helti.org/about/about-helti
helti-hub.tghn.org
@WHO @CIHR_IHDCYH @MRCza @DBTIndia @info_TGHN @Dohadcanada @DOHaD_Society
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Webinar with Dr. Guadalupe Estrada from the National Institute of Perinatology in Mexico City. November 21, 2024, at 13h MEX,14h COL, and 16h ARG/BRA/CHI. Kindly access it through the following hyperlink: cuaieed-unam.zoom.us/j/89739…
Bringing together the world’s future health science leaders. #SteveMatthews, UofT Prof & Senior PI at @SinaiHealth leads a unique exchange with Sweden’s @karolinskainst connecting students in developmental & perinatal biology. With lectures, research, & career-defining global networks, this program shapes future health scientists. #GlobalResearch #HealthScience #UofT @SwedeninCAN @CanadaSweden
temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/…
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Bringing together the world’s future health science leaders. #SteveMatthews, UofT Prof & Senior PI at @SinaiHealth leads a unique exchange with Sweden’s @karolinskainst connecting students in developmental & perinatal biology. With lectures, research, & career-defining global networks, this program shapes future health scientists. #GlobalResearch #HealthScience #UofT @SwedeninCAN @CanadaSweden
temertymedicine.utoronto.ca/…
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13th World DOHaD Congress
@USDOHaD @DOHaD_AR @DOHaD_Colombia @Dohadcanada @DOHaDAfrica @BrasilDohad @chiledohad @LA_DOHaD @DOHaD_Society @dohadmexico
#ENRICH Speaker Series, part of our @Dohadcanada Community Hub initiative aimed at bringing valuable knowledge in medicine and research to our communities.
Join us for an insightful session featuring Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis @SinaiHealth #LTRI a leading expert in perinatal mental health on October 21, 2024 at 3:00 PM EST!
dohad.ca @DOHaD_Society @HeLTI_Canada @helti_org
Don't forget to log in on Monday, September 23, 2024 at 8 am EST!
@naiqixiao #HeLTI presentation!
Visual Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
helti.org/ecr/seminars
@helti_org
Another interesting @helti_org Early Career Researcher Monthly Seminar Series happening on Monday, September 23 at 8:00 EDT
helti.org/ecr/seminars
Gabriel (Naiqi) Xiao PhD @naiqixiao will present on Visual Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Another interesting @helti_org Early Career Researcher Monthly Seminar Series happening on Monday, September 23 at 8:00 EDT
helti.org/ecr/seminars
Gabriel (Naiqi) Xiao PhD @naiqixiao will present on Visual Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Steve Matthews & Steve Lye welcomed the Swedish 🇸🇪Parliament's Committee @Sweden on Education to discuss clinical & research training in Canada 🇨🇦, health & education interfaces & Toronto-Sweden connection. They also met trainees from the @UofT & @karolinskainst Exchange in Dev. & Perinatal Biology, the largest int'l program for both Institutions (first course:1996 in 🇸🇪!) Special thanks to Gary Newton & Anne-Claude Gingras @SinaiHealth #LTRI for introducing Sinai Health & LTRI's vital role in global collaboration as well as Åsa Westlund Vice-Chair Committee on Education 🇸🇪 & Lars Henriksson Hon. Consul General 🇸🇪 @SwedeninCAN @physiologyuoft
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A recent study found that children whose mothers used both cannabis and tobacco during pregnancy had more negative externalizing behaviour as compared to those exposed to just one. 🚭👶 #Pregnancy #PrenatalHealth #ChildDevelopment
Lean more: doi.org/10.1177/070674372412…
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Developmental & Perinatal Biology 2024! A Joint Course between @karolinskainst and @UofT! This is the 26th Annual Exchange! This yr we have 3 Faculty & 8 Trainees from @karolinskainst & 35 Trainees @UofT.
Lectures, workshops and poster session!
physiology.utoronto.ca/news/…
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Learn More about Factors Affecting Pregnancy Termination among young women in #Soweto South Africa through our recent publication: doi.org/10.1186/s12978-024-0…
ALT publication and quote. background of HeLTI logo and 3 women on the bottom of the screen.