Introduction and Objectives

Co-Chairs: Kyly Whitfield, PhD (MSVU) and Raylene Reimer, PhD, RD (University of Calgary)

Women's Health Across the Life Course: Nutrition, Prevention, and Healthy Aging

Speaker: Deborah O'Connor, PhD, RD (University of Toronto)

Nutrition and Reproductive Health: Fertility, PMOS, and Endometriosis

Speaker: To be confirmed

Question Period

Menopause, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Health: Nutrition Strategies for women in midlife

Speaker: Iliana Lega, MD, FRCPC (Women’s College Hospital)

Muscle, Bone, and Healthy Aging: Optimizing Nutrition 

Speaker: To be confirmed

Question Period

Nutrition, Body Composition, and Women’s Cancer 

Speaker: To be confirmed

Personalized Nutrition in Women’s Health: Exploring Genes, Nutrients, and Mood

Speaker: Ahmed El-Sohemy, PhD (University of Toronto)

Question Period

Are We Asking the Right Questions? Sex and Gender Considerations in Nutrition Research and Practice

Speaker: Sofia Ahmed, MD MMSc (University of Alberta)

Equity, Culture, and Access: Rethinking Nutrition Care for Diverse Women’s Populations

Speaker: Josephine Etowa, PhD, RN, RM, FWACN, FAAN (University of Ottawa)

Integrating Lived Experience into Nutrition Research and Care (patient perspective)

Speaker: Jennifer Brady, PhD RD (Acadia University)

Question Period

Future Directions in Women’s Health Nutrition: Research, Practice and Policy Priorities?

Concluding Remarks

Co-Chairs: Kyly Whitfield, PhD and Rayleine Reimer, PhD, RD