2025 Owerko Centre Conference
Networks in Neurodevelopment
Join us Monday May 5th for the 2025 Owerko Centre Conference
The Owerko Centre conference is an annual event hosted by the Owerko Centre at The Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute. Attendees can explore important areas of brain and mental health research through engaging speakers, trainee presentations and networking.
Monday, May 5, 2025
Conference: 9:00 a.m. - 3:35 p.m.
Reception: 3:35 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Theatre 4, Health Sciences Centre,
Foothills Campus, University of Calgary
This year's speakers
Dr. Erin Dunn, ScD
Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University
Dr. Azadeh Kushki, PhD
Associate Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto; Associate Chief of Data Science, Bloorview Research Institute; Senior Scientist, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Kara Murias, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics/Clinical Neurosciences/Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, UCalgary; Pediatric Neurologist, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Dr. Guang Yang, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Cumming School of Medicine, UCalgary
Info for Trainee Presenters
Owerko Centre Trainees are invited to present their research through an oral and/or poster presentation. The presentation should be geared towards a broad audience outside of your field of study who may know little about your research area. All oral presentations will be a 3-minute thesis format, followed by a two-minute question and answer period.
For trainees interested in presenting, please follow the same registration link above, identify yourself as 'Trainee' in the registration form and select 'Yes' under Do you plan on presenting?
Deadline to submit an abstract for a presentation: Wednesday, April 9, 11:59 p.m. All presenters are asked to include the Owerko/ACHRI logo on your posters and in your oral presentations.
Poster Presentations: Refer to this scoring sheet that will be used by session judges to help you prepare your poster and presentation.
Oral Presentations: Flash talks are 3 minutes in length with an additional 2 minutes provided for Q&A