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Canadian Musculoskeletal Conference Young Investigator's Training Day

Thursday October 13, 2016

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Co-chairs: Andy Kin On Wong / Marta Erlandson

7:45am – 8:15am

Continental Breakfast & Poster Session 

8:15am – 8:30am

Introduction and Overview of MSK Research  
- Andy Kin On Wong, PhD; Marta Erlandson, PhD

Bone Biology and Biomechanics 

8:30am – 9:00am


9:00am – 9:30am

Introduction to bone biology 
- Robert Josse, MD

Muscle force production, gait & balance
- Andrew Laing, PhD

9:30am – 10:00am

Break & Poster Session

Musculoskeletal Imaging

10:00am – 10:30am


10:30am – 11:00am

Imaging technologies & image acquisition 
- Sarah Manske, PhD

Bone, muscle and fate image segmentation
- Andy Kin On Wong, PhD

Select Oral Poster Presentations

11:00am – 11:20am


11:20am – 11:40am


11:40am – 12:00pm

Obesity affects irisin in 6-9 y olds
- Neil Brett PhD Candidate

SPPB Predicts ED visits and hospitalization
- Ahmed Negm, MD, MSc, PhD Candidate

Parental non-hip fractures and offspring fracture risk
- Shuman Yang, PhD, MSc

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Lunch / Poster Session / Photography

Practical Issues with Research

1:30pm – 2:00pm


2:00pm – 2:30pm


2:30pm – 3:00pm

Setting up your own lab / research group
- Richard Kremer, MD PhD

Framing your research question & hypothesis
- Angela Cheung, MD

Sample size calcluation and power analysis
- Nicholas Mitsakakis, PhD

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Break & Poster Session

Analyzing Data

4:00pm – 4:30pm


4:30pm – 5:00pm

Structural equation modeling
- Andy Kin On Wong, PhD

Classical & Bayesian approach to combining data
- Olga Gajic-Veljanoski, PhD

5:00pm

Closing Remarks & Evaluation Submission
- Andy Kin On Wong, PhD; Marta Erlandson, PhD
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