AGENDA
November 17, 2025
Monarch Room,
The Chelsea Hotel
4th Floor
Patient Support Centre, SickKids
6:00-9:00 pm | Come & Go: Pizza Night!
8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast & Registration
9:00-9:30 am | Welcome from IMPaCT and CIHR
👤 Dr. Lauren Kelly, Director, IMPaCT
👤 Dr. Christine Chambers, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child, and Youth Health (IHDCYH)
9:00-10:15 am | Updates from our Partners
👤 Canadian Association for Immunization, Research, Evaluation and Education (CAIRE)
👤 Canadian Network for Child and Youth Mental Health Trials (CYMH)
👤 Kids and Beyond NeuroDevelopmental Trials (KINDTRIALS)
👤 Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN)
👤 Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network (RareKids-CAN)
10:15-10:30 am | Break
10:30 am-12:00 pm | Lights, Camera, Action: Engaging Families & Youth in Clinical Trials
12:00-1:30 pm | Lunch & Fellow/Mentor Meetings
1:30 pm | Travel to York University
3:00-4:00 pm | DIVERT/IMPaCT
👤 TBD
4:00-6:00 pm | Networking Activity: DIVERT/IMPaCT
6:00-8:00 pm | Dinner & Keynote: DIVERT/IMPaCT
👤 Dr. Anil Thapliyal, Founder and Executive Director of eMental Health International Collaborative 👤 Dr. Beth Potter, Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa
8:00-9:00 am | Breakfast
9:00-9:05 am | Day 2 Welcome
👤 Dr. Nancy Butcher, Co-Director, IMPaCT
9:05-10:15 am | AI: Challenges & Opportunities for Clinical Trials
👤 Dr. Michaël Chassé, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal
10:15-10:45 am | Diversity & Inclusion in Pediatric Research, From Ideation to Implementation
👤 Dr. Quynh Doan, Professor, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
10:45-11:00 am | Inclusion of Pregnancy and Lactation in Canadian Clinical Trials: An AI-Assisted Scoping Review
👤 Dr. Judith Zarek, Postdoctoral Fellow, IMPaCT
11:00-11:15 am | Break
11:15 am-12:45 pm | IMPaCT Fellow Elevator Pitches
12:45-1:00 pm | IMPaCT Wrap Up
👤 Dr. Nancy Butcher, Co-Director
1:00-2:00 pm | Lunch
2:00-4:00 pm | Choosing the Right Methods for the Right Question. Co-hosted with SickKids.
👤 Dr. Wendy London, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
👤 Dr. Anna Heath, Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
📍 Auditorium, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning