HeLTI Consortium

2026 Mats Sundin Fellowships Announced The Mats Sundin Fellowships are built on a simple premise: meaningful exposure to different research cultures and ways of thinking leads to stronger science.

Major partnership between @ki.se and #TemertyMed is renewing a commitment to developing the next generation of global leaders in human developmental health research. bit.ly/4a9CkUd

Join us for to hear from this great line-up of speakers at the 9th Annual DOHaD Canada Meeting! From Womb to Well-Being

📍 Western University, London, ON June 2–3, 2026

Submit your oral/poster abstract by March 1 (2,000 char max).

Details: www.dohad.ca/annual-meeting2026

Join us HeLTI ECR Seminar on Tue Dec 1 at 9:00 EST. Dr. Melissa R. Hunte will talk about "Multisite Harmonization of Early Child Development Measures: A Developmental Evaluation of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)." https://helti-hub.tghn.org/helti-webinars/

Join us HeLTI ECR Seminar on Tue Dec 1 at 9:00 EST. Dr. Melissa R. Hunte will talk about "Multisite Harmonization of Early Child Development Measures: A Developmental Evaluation of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)." #UofT, #UBC, #ECR, #HeLTI
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Congrats to Dr. Ravi Retnakaran & team #LTRI on receiving $2M from @CIHR_IRSC to advance a global study to prevent chronic disease in women & their children.

👉https://www.sinaihealth.ca/news/ltri-researchers-secure-2m-grant-to-advance-global-study-on-cardiometabolic-health-in-women-and-children

Congratulations to Dr. Keith Jarvi and his team at Sinai Health on receiving a $3.3M @GenomeCanada Grant! Their work will advance a unique semen biomarker test to help transform prostate cancer diagnosis.

Read more: www.sinaihealth.ca/news/sinai-h...

Congratulations to Sinai Health researchers Drs. Jim Woodgett, Rayjean Hung and Prakesh Shah on being named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences!

Learn how their leadership is advancing health sciences in Canada: www.sinaihealth.ca/news/sinai-h...

Young women's health behaviours in context: a qualitative longitudinal study in the Bukhali trial The Bukhali trial is being implemented with young women (18–28 years) in Soweto, South Africa. A qualitative longitudinal study was conducted to explo…

The latest HeLTI Research Consortium Bukhali trial process evaluation paper is finally published!
"Young women's health behaviours in context: a qualitative longitudinal study in the Bukhali trial" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy Father’s Day! 👨‍👧‍👦
Today, we celebrate the fathers & father figures who support & inspire the next generation.
Pleased to share our publication showing that prenatal fathers' health matters for their child’s health and supports more inclusive prevention strategies. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Researchers at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute (LTRI) have received a prestigious grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, to advance a groundbreaking international study aimed at transforming lifelong cardiometabolic health for women and children worldwide. From left: Drs. Stephen Lye, Rayjean Hung and Ravi Retnakaran, a Clinician Scientist at LTRI.

LTRI researchers secure $2M grant for global cardiometabolic study. Read more: www.sinaihealth.ca/news/ltri-re...

LTRI Senior Investigators Drs. Stephen Lye (left) and Rayjean Hung (right) are co-leads of the South Africa study, while Dr. Stephen Matthews (centre) is a co-lead of the India study.

Drs. Stephen Lye and Rayjean Hung, co-leads of the South Africa study, along with Dr. Stephen Matthews, co-lead of the India study—all Senior Investigators at LTRI—were recently featured in the Sinai Health newsletter! Click the link to read more: www.sinaihealth.ca/news/improvi...

Dr. Christine Chambers and colleagues from the HeLTI Council (members from China, India, and South Africa), the World Health Organization (WHO), and representatives from the four HeLTI research teams, in Geneva, Switzerland – May 2024

CIHR recently featured HeLTI’s efforts and activities in a recent article. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54330.html
#CIHR #WHO #HeLTI

Managing obesity in children: a clinical practice guideline Background: Obesity is a complex, chronic, stigmatized disease whereby abnormal or excess body fat may impair health or increase the risk of medical complications, and can reduce quality of life and s...

Huge congratulations to Dr. Catherine Birken, HeLTI Canada Principal Investigator, on the exciting publication of Managing Obesity in Children: A Clinical Practice Guideline! What an incredible achievement! 🎉
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Developmental and Perinatal Biology Exchange Program 2025 - Exchange between U of T and Karolinska-Institutet. Click the link below to find more details: physiology.utoronto.ca/news/apply-t...
@uoft.bsky.social @ki.se @sickkidsto.bsky.social @sinaihealth.bsky.social

Join a seminar on: Preventing disordered eating and eating disorders through public health policy
Presenter: Amanda Raffoul, PhD
When: Thursday March 20 at 08:00 EDT (12:00 GMT; 14:00 SAST; 17:30 IST; 20:00 CST)

See the HeLTI website for more details:
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Delighted to share that our HeLTI consortium harmonization paper has been published! Click the link below to find more about the paper:

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