Hello MAHN Students,

Below are some nutrition/dietetic related free webinars and other educational events occurring in March. If there is a webinar or event, you would like to attend during a placement day you must discuss this with your preceptor. Attendance is at the discretion of your preceptor. If you are aware of other educational events that may be of interest to your fellow MAHN students, please send the information to MAHN.info@umanitoba.ca and Nofisat will distribute.

Date: April 3, 2024

Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Event: Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy: An overview of evidence in the 2023 report and appropriate applications

Hosts/speakers: Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD and Susan Barr, PhD

Date: April 4, 2024

Time: 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Event: Medical Nutrition therapy for obesity in the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines: The journey from evidence to recommendations

Host/speaker: Dr. Sievenpiper, Clinician Scientist who holds appointments as a Professor in the Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine and as the Nutrition theme lead in the MD Program at the University of Toronto.

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81650981543?pwd=OUFocy9zVlpUbWRrM295MFFqWk41Zz09

Meeting ID: 816 5098 1543

Passcode: 948256

Date: April 10^th & 11^th, 2024

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Event: PEDIATRIC ALLERGY SESSIONS 2024

Hosts/speakers: PROF. NIKHIL THAPAR Research Program Lead, Center for Childhood Nutrition Research, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, DR. ROSAN MEYER Pediatric Dietitian & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London & KU Leuven, Belgium, DR. REBECCA KNIBB Department of Psychology, Aston University, United Kingdom, AMENA WARNER Head of Clinical Services, Allergy UK, United Kingdom, PROF. HANIA SZAJEWSKA Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland, DR. LISA WADDELL Food Allergy Nottingham Service Ltd., United Kingdom, PROF. YVAN VANDENPLAS Pediatric Hospital Head, University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, DR. AGNES LEUNG Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, DR. CATALINA ORTIZ PIEDRAHITA Food Allergy Clinic Coordinator, Pablo Tobon Uribe Hospital, Colombia, DR. BERBER VLIEG-BOERSTRA Senior Research Dietitian, OLVG Hospital, Netherlands

Chair: DR. MARIO VIEIRA Department Head and Residence Program Coordinator in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Brazil

Click here to register: Nutricia Paediatric Allergy Sessions 2024 (zohobackstage.eu)

Date: April 17, 2024

Time: 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Event: Preterm Infant Nutrition in the Community

Hosts/speakers: Emma Barr, RD works at Brandon Regional Health Centre in the level 2 NICU, Sharla Fast, RD, IBCLC works at Health Sciences Centre in a level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Winnipeg, Bhav Bains, RD works at the Manitoba Home Nutrition Program as a pediatric dietitian, and Stefanie Legault, RD works as a Primary Care Dietitian in the WRHA

How to join: Email Vera at vparisien@wrha.mb.ca to sign up and get the MS Teams link

Thanks,

Nofisat Adelakun

Program Assistant

Master of Applied Human Nutrition (MAHN)

Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

University of Manitoba

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