Holiday Inn Kingston - Waterfront, Kingston, Ontario - November 11, 2009

Agenda

Moderator: Graeme Smith

8:00 - Opening remarks and overview of CIHR-IHDCYH - Michael S. Kramer (Scientific Director, IHDCYH)

8:15 - Round of introductions - all participants

8:45 - Starting a career in health research: How to develop a research program

• Health services and population health - Mark Walker
• Biomedical - Jean-François Bilodeau

9:45 - Coffee break

10:15 - Starting a career in health research (continued)

• How to get funded & grant writing - Sandy Davidge
• How to get published - K.S. Joseph

11:15 - How to combine research and clinical practice - Victor Han

11:45 - Luncheon with researchers

13:00 - How to conduct randomized controlled trials - William Fraser

13:30 - Knowledge translation - Jacqueline Tetroe

14:00 - Health economics - Chris Longo

14:30 - Mentoring - Graeme Smith

15:00 - Coffee break

15:15 - Panel discussion with all the speakers

15:45 - Concluding remarks - Michael S. Kramer

16:00 - Coffee break

16:30 - CIHR-HDCYH scientific Forum

• Overview of CIHR-IHDCYH - Michael S. Kramer
• Transdisciplinary research: How to integrate different research areas - Myra Hird & Graeme Smith
• Rising stars in perinatal research:

New Investigators: Sara McDonald (McMaster University) and Larissa Takser (Université de Sherbrooke)

Postdoctoral Students: Shannon Bainbridge (Mount Sinai Hospital), Renée Dallaire (Université Laval), Jennifer Hutcheon (University of British Columbia), Jennifer McNab (Massachusetts General Hospital) and Ryan Van Lieshout (McMaster University)

18:20 - Cocktail