Program

Thursday, September 27, 2012

7:30 am	REGISTRATION
8:15 am	Welcome: President of the University of Toronto: David Naylor Welcome: Vice-President Research of the University of Toronto: Paul Young
8:30 am	Introduction to the Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development: Stephen Lye (Executive Director) and Marla B. Sokolowski (Academic Director)
Early Experience: The Landscape Chairs: Marla B. Sokolowski (University of Toronto; CIFAR) and Stephen Matthews (University of Toronto)
8:40 am	Keynote 1 Michael Meaney (McGill University, CIFAR) Maternal Care and the Epigenetic Regulation of Genomic Function in the Offspring: Implications for familial transmission
9:40 am	Daniel Ansari (Western University) Does Number Sense Matter for Children's Development of Mathematical Skills? Evidence from brain and behaviour
10:20 am	BREAK
10:50 am	Howard Hu (University of Toronto) Transgenerational Impacts of Pollutants on Offspring: Recent insights and case studies
11:30 am	General Discussion
12:00 pm	LUNCH (on your own)
Developmental Trajectories and Global Health Chairs: Robert Armstrong (Aga Khan University) and Cameron Mustard (University of Toronto)
1:10 pm	Keynote 2: Charles Nelson (Harvard University; CIFAR) The Effects of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Brain and Behavioral Development
2:10 pm	David Phillips (University of Southampton) Insulin-Requiring Diabetes and Related Neglected Chronic Diseases in Rural Ethiopia: Diseases of early undernutrition?
2:50 pm	Kevin Kain (University of Toronto) Malaria in Pregnancy: Small babies big problem
3:30 pm	BREAK
4:00 pm	Mario Merialdi (WHO, Geneva) Women and Childrens' Health and Non Communicable Diseases: The international agenda
4:40 pm	Discussion
5:00 pm	BREAK
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm	Public Lecture: David Barker (University of Southampton) *Preventing Chronic Disease by Improving Human Development* Chair: Stephen Lye (University of Toronto) Introductory Remarks: Catherine Whiteside, Dean of Medicine and Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions, University of Toronto

Friday, September 28, 2012

7:30 am	REGISTRATION
Impact of Early Life Exposures Chairs: Alan Bernstein (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) and John Challis (University of Toronto)
8:30 am	Janet Werker (University of British Columbia; CIFAR) Beginnings of Language Acquisition in Infancy: Opportunities and challenges
9:10 am	Michel Boivin (Université Laval) A Few Lessons from the Twins: An indirect look at gene-environment transactions in early development
9:50 am	BREAK
10:20 am	Robert Waterland (Baylor College of Medicine) Early Nutritional Influences on Human Developmental Epigenetics
11:00 am	Charles Pascal (University of Toronto) The Wonderful Dance of Research, Practice and Policy
11:40 pm	General Discussion
12:00 pm	LUNCH (on your own)
Development, Learning, and Executive Function Chairs: Alison Fleming (University of Toronto, Mississauga) and Robert Levitan (University of Toronto and Center for Addiction and Mental Health)
1:30 pm	Susan Calkins (University of North Carolina) The Development of Self-Regulation: Biological and social foundations
2:10 pm	Kang Lee (University of Toronto) Development of Face Processing Expertise in Infancy: Role of experience
2:50 pm	BREAK
3:20 pm	Ben Levin (University of Toronto) Effective Sharing of Research Knowledge: What do we know?
4:00 pm	Discussion
4:20 pm	BREAK
4:45 pm	Robbie Case Key Note Public Lecture: Robert Pianta (University of Virginia) Elevating the Capacity of Classroom Experiences for Promoting Students' Learning and Development: Observation and improvement of teacher-student interactions Chair: Carl Corter (University of Toronto) Introductory Remarks: Julia O'Sullivan, Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
5:45 pm	BREAK
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm	Reception and Poster Session

Saturday, September 29, 2012

8:30 am	REGISTRATION
Making a Difference Chairs: Joel Levine (University of Toronto, Mississauga; CIFAR) and Jennifer Jenkins (University of Toronto
9:00 am	Tina Malti (University of Toronto, Mississauga) Emotions and Children’s Mental Health: Development and interventions for early antisocial behavior
9:40 am	Stephen Suomi (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; CIFAR) Behavioral, Biological, and Epigenetic Consequences of Early Social Experiences in Primates
10:20 am	BREAK
10:50 am	Frederick Morrison (University of Michigan) Making a Difference: Science and practice
11:30 am	Rosemary Tannock (The Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto) Can We Improve Working Memory? A focus on ADHD
12:10 pm	Discussion and Closing Comments (Stephen Lye and Marla B. Sokolowski)
1:00 pm	ADJOURN