CCRAH Research Seminars
Tentative schedule for the Fall 2025-2026 Term.
The Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health seminar is a biweekly lecture delivered by invited speakers on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30 during the school term. Presentations are offered in-person and by Zoom.
Topics include current issues in agricultural and rural health research and practice. Seminar speakers include those affiliated with CCRAH, with other departments at U of S, and visitors to the university such as those from other institutions or government. We encourage presentations from students, researchers, CCRAH staff, and practitioners. The 30 to 40-min presentation format emphasizes discussion of topics and encourages participant interaction with speakers.
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Before the Seminar We are using Zoom Meetings platform for CCRAH Seminar. Test that you can join Zoom from your computer or device https://zoom.us/test To join the Seminar on Tuesday at 2:30 pm
Please direct questions about your Zoom session capacity to Brooke at brooke.thompson@usask.ca |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| October 2 | Dr. Vivian Onaemo |
Women in Agriculture: Contributions, Inequities & Health |
| October 7 | Amanda Dupperon |
Exploring nutrition and hydration decisions in advance care planning for people living with dementia: A research proposal |
| October 21 | Dr. Felipe Sperandio, Dr. Amrinderbir Singh, Dr. Marcella Ogenchuk, Anum Nooruddin & Kimia Kazemi |
Improving Oral Cancer Screening in Rural and Remote Saskatchewan |
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November 4 |
Lauryn Campbell |
An Introduction to Musculoskeletal Modelling |
| November 18 | Dr. Kelly Larkin-Kaiser, RESTORE Nework - University of Calgary |
ResearchAlly: empowering decentralized health research with next generation digital data collection |
| December 2 | Carolyn Cyr & Effie Kosmas, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan |
Cardiac Crash Course - In person only (By registration) |
| January 13 | TBD |
TBD |
| January 27 | Daniel Chao |
The use of proteomics to investigate whole-body vibration-related cognitive impairment in a rat model |
| February 10 | Rebecca Sawatsky |
First Nation and Métis Community Needs for Rehabilitation of Total Joint Replacements |
| February 24 | TBD |
TBD |
| March 10 | TBD |
TBD |
| March 24 | TBD | TBD |
| April 7 | TBD | TBD |
| April 21 | TBD | TBD |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| October 1 | Angelica Lang | CCRAH Seminar Introduction |
| October 15 | Dr. Kieran Steer | An occupational medicine overview of pesticides and pesticide medical monitoring. |
| October 29 | Heather Alford |
Exploring family experiences of mealtimes in long-term care: A grounded theory study. |
| November 26 | Leonardo Dutra de Salvo Mauad |
Studies Abroad: Ergonomics Research in Brazil and Canada |
| December 10 | Ulfat Khanam |
Application of Machine Learning in Predicting and Validating Asthma and Asthma Phenotypes in Rural and Urban Children |
| January 21 | Alejandra Castillo Toro |
Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Bioaerosols from Saskatchewan Livestock Operations |
| Postponed - Date TBD | Dr. Amandeep Singh |
Predictive Ergonomics: Practical Application of Machine Learning in Agriculture |
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March 4 11AM - 12PM |
Hailey Dunn |
Family, Culture, Community: A Northern First Nations Community-Directed Needs Assessment for Pediatric Rehabilitation Care |
| March 18 | Barada Mohanty |
Do Genetic Factors Suppress the Effects of Occupational Exposure on Lung Function Decline? A Mediation-Based Investigation. |
| March 25 | Dr. Steven Rayan |
Quantum Computing: What Is It and What Will It Do For Us? |
| April 1 | Dr. Greg Marchildon |
Indigenous Health System Governance in Canada |
| April 8 | Dr. Cara Spence |
Understanding Witchcraft Beliefs and Practices in Translational Spaces |
| April 15 | Kendra Usunier |
Bridging Access to Physiotherapy Care Gaps for Saskatchewan Mothers |
| April 29 | Brianna Wickett and Erin Fedusiak |
Brianna's Title: What about Nutrition? An Exploration of Registered Dietitians in Community Dementia Care Erin's Title: Implementation and Acceptability: An Evaluation of an Active Living Initiative |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| October 3 | Drs. Angelica Lang/Shelley Kirychuk |
Introduction to the Seminar Series |
| October 17 | Conference Schedule |
CASA Virtual Conference |
| October 31 | Dr. Julie Kostinuk |
RaDAR Primary Care Memory Clinics: Research Projects to Date |
| November 14 | Alyson Kelvin |
Team work makes the dream work: Tackling Long COVID in Saskatchewan with a multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians |
| Special Seminar - Thursday November 23 | Irene Blackberry, La Trobe University | Transforming aged care: innovations from down Under. |
| November 28 | CCRAH Faculty | Ask the Faculty Panel: A Student-Centric Seminar |
| January 9 | Merle Massie | Public Speaking Tips |
| January 23 | Shiva Naseri | Statistical Investigation of the Prevalence and Incidence of High Blood Pressure among Rural Residents of Saskatchewan |
| February 6 | Niels Koehncke | Radiation safety and lead exposure in Veterinary Medicine |
| March 5 | Valerie Elliot | Services for older adults living in four rural primary care memory clinic communities and surrounding areas: a multi-method qualitative study |
| March 19 | Greg Guenther & Megan Tomilin |
Greg's Title: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Natural Health Products for Oral Health. Megan's Title: Using Mass Spectrometry for Biomarker Discovery: Stratifying STEMI Risk Groups. |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| January 24 | Aaron Kociolek |
Developing a mechanistic framework to predict risk of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome |
| February 7 | Valerie Elliot |
Interprofessional collaborative primary care for older adults living with age-related chronic disease in rural and remote areas: A scoping review (in progress) of implemented innovations and solutions. |
| February 20-24 |
Mid-term Break |
No seminar |
| February 28 | Shirmin Bintey Kader | Association between impaired sleep and four domains of health based on the Indigenous Medicine Wheel. Findings from two Saskatchewan First Nation Communities |
| March 14 | Megan Tomilin | Archaeology and Mass Spectrometry: A Match Made in Mesopotamia |
| March 28 | William Pickett | Social Norms and Risk-taking on Canadian Farms |
| April 4 | Sharon Feng |
Lead Toxicity |
| April 11 | James A. Dosman | A Tale of Three Projects: Addressing inequities in Health 2012-2028. |
| May 2 | Gregory Kost | Occupational sunlight exposure |
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May 16 |
Dr. Jan Zejda | The role of measurement of the fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in epidemiological studies on pediatric asthma |
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Oct 25 |
Niels Koehncke | Welcome to CCHSA & Seminar Series |
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Nov 1 |
Julie Kosteniuk | Health Service Utilization by Rural and Remote Memory Clinic Patients Before and After Diagnosis |
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Nov 15 |
Josh Lawson | The relationship between childhood asthma and mental health conditions |
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Nov 29 |
Kaitlin Merkowsky | One of these things is not like the other – Sex Differential responses to agricultural exposures |
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Dec 13 |
Muhammad Imran | Identification and Quantification of Sperm Head Plasma Membrane Proteins Associated with Male Fertility |
2021-2022 Seminars
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| Oct 12 | Niels Koehncke | CCHSA: Welcome and Orientation |
| Oct 26 | Melanie Bayly | The psychological and social wellbeing of older adults living alone with cognitive impairment |
| Nov 9 | George S. Katselis | Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Salivary Biomarkers using Mass Spectrometry-based Omics |
| Nov 23 | Ulfat A. Khanam | Application of machine learning in predicting and validating asthma phenotypes among rural and urban children |
| Dec 7 | Shelley Kirychuk | Occupational Hygiene Respiratory Exposures and Health: Anticipating, Recognizing, Assessing, and Controlling Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Ergonomic Stressors |
| Dec 21 | J. A. Dosman, P. Pahwa & J. Seeseequasis | Results from the First Nations Sleep Health Project |
| Jan 11 | Cancelled | The Agricultural Health & Safety Network Programs |
| Jan 25 | Angelica lang | Musculoskeletal disorders in farmers and functional task testing protocols: an Ergonomics Lab update |
| Feb 8 | Debra Morgan | Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) Team: Overview and update |
| Feb 21-25 | Mid-term Break | |
| Mar 8 | Juan Ianowski | The contribution of pulmonary ionocytes to cystic fibrosis lung disease |
| Mar 22 | Kaitlin Merkowsky | Characterizing Lung Inflammation in Agricultural Respiratory Exposures Between the Sexes |
| Apr 5 | Bisma Ikram | Vision Problems Among Sleep Deprived Canadian Adults |
| Apr 19 | Allison Cammer & Josh Lawson | Nutrition Interventions & Dietitian Involvement in the Treatment of COPD: A Systematic Review |
