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2025 CAMCCO Annual Meeting: Program now available!
28/2/2025
2025 CAMCCO Annual Meeting
On May 12th and 13th, 2025 at the Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel (QC, Canada)
Program
Day 1 (Monday, May 12th)
East Ballroom – Level 4

8:00 – 8:30: Welcome and Breakfast

‍8:30 – 9:00: Welcome – Anick Bérard, University of Montreal, Principal Investigator CAMCCO (Research, Training, Outreach, Registry)

9:00 – 10:30: 2024-2025 CAMCCO – Year in Review and Accomplishments

Cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy – Isabelle Malhamé, McGill University

Anti-seizure medication use during pregnancy and the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders – Odile Sheehy, CHU Sainte-Justine

Valproic acid-induced placental toxicity: investigating morphological and structural changes in CD-1 mice – Lauren Brown, Queen's University

Quantitative bias assessment in OTC pregnancy studies – Lisane Leal, CHU Sainte-Justine

Medication exposure definitions in perinatal pharmacoepidemiology: implications for pregnancy studies – Gabra Nohmie, University of Montreal

10:30 – 11:00: Health Break

11:00 – 11:30
: Pre-eclampsia & aspirin: Is there an opportunity for CAMCCO? – Mark Walker, University of Ottawa

11:30 – 12:30: CAMCCO-L Trainee Oral Presentations (2024-2025 Cohort)

Alaa Haboush, McGill University – Longitudinal Trajectories of Anti-Diabetic Medications from Pre-Conception to Delivery in UK Primary Care

‍Kevin Meesters, University of British Columbia – Burden and clinical characteristics of invasive meningococcal disease in Canada between 2012-2023: data from the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program Active (IMPACT)

‍Diana Nelles, University of Toronto – The impact of interleukin (IL)-8 exposure on the expression of drug and folate transporters in human first trimester and term placental explants

‍Stephanie Skalitzky, University of Toronto – Vitamin D and Omega-3 Dampen Inflammatory Response in Human Term Placental Explants Treated with the Viral Mimetic, Poly I:C

‍Perri Grant, Queen's University – Investigating fetal liver proliferation gene expression after in utero benzene exposure in CD-1 mice

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 15:00: Round Tables – Co-creation of 2 videos (FR and EN)

Moderators (person with lived experience): Kristi McIntosh, Laurie Proulx

From the lived experience to research objective
Consent in perinatal pharmacoepidemiology

15:00 – 16:00: Health Break and Recordings of the CAMCCO Videos

16:00 – 17:30: Perinatal researchers: What can artificial intelligence (AI) do for you and What can you do for AI? – Padma Kaul, University of Alberta

17:30 – 18:00: CNPRM Opening Adress ( Ballroom – Level 4)

18:30 – 21:00: CAMCCO Team Dinner – Ferreira Café (1446 Peel Street, Montreal)


Day 2 (Tuesday, May 13th)
East Ballroom – Level 4

8:00 – 8:30: Breakfast

8:30 – 10:30: Workshop – Emulating clinical trials in pregnancy using real-world data (RWD) (Bring your laptop) – Sonia Grandi (University of Toronto) and Cristina Longo (Université de Montréal)

10:30 – 11:00
: Health Break

Ballroom – Level 4

11:00 – 12:30: Joint CNPRM-CAMCCO Plenary – Acetaminophen use during pregnancy and risk of neurodevelopmental disorders

Moderator: Tamil Kendall, Partnership for Women's Health Research Canada

Anick Bérard, University of Montreal – What is the evidence and how valid is it?

Louise Winn, Queen's University – Is there biological plausibility?

Graeme N. Smith, Queen's University and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada – Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada Statement

CAMCCO-L Trainee Oral Presentations (2024-2025 Cohort)

Marion Lecorguillé, McGill University – Perinatal Mental Health, Pharmacological Treatment, and Potential Influence on Child Development
Enav Zusman, University of British Columbia – Prenatal Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Antidepressant Exposure, Maternal Depression, and Cortisol Activity in 12-Year-Old Children: A Cohort Study

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch

13:30 – 15:00: Thematic session of your choice in the
CNPRM Program

15:00 – 15:30: Health Break

15:30 – 17:00: Thematic session of your choice in the
CNPRM Program

Foyer – Level 3

17:00 – 19:00: Joint Poster Session (CAMCCO, CNPRM, ENRICH)

Ballroom – Level 4

19:00 – 20:00: (Keynote) Health of Migrant Families – Cécile Rousseau, McGill University

20:00 – 21:00: Dinner (CAMCCO, CNPRM, ENRICH)

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