October 25:Engaging Global Communities in Perinatal & Child Health Research

9:00 - Opening remarks by Dr. Janet Rossant, President & Scientific Director, Gairdner Foundation

9:05 - Introduction by Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta, 2022 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award; Co-Director, Director of Research, Centre for Global Child Health, SickKids

9:10 - Keynote by Dr. José Belizán MD, MPH, 2023 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award; Senior Scientist, Department of Research in Maternal and Child Health, Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS) Argentina; Superior Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET); Researcher, Bone Biology Laboratory, School of Medicine, University of Rosario, Argentina

9:45 - 2023 Canada Gairdner Early Career Investigator Competition Winner

10:00 - Dr. Anne CC Lee, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Director of Global Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

10:20 - Bio Break

10:30 - Dr. Zubia Mumtaz, MBBS, MPH, PhD, Professor of Global Health, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

10:55 - Dr. Cesar Victora, MD, PhD, 2017 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award; Emeritus Professor, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

11:15 - Roundtable Discussion

Chair: Dr. Stephen Lye, Interim Director of Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto, On, Canada

Participants: Dr. José Belizán, Dr. Anne CC Lee, Dr. Zubia Mumtaz, Dr. Cesar Victora, Gairdner ECI Competition Winner

11:45 - Networking Session & Lunch

12:30 - End of Event