CANNABIS AND WOMEN’S HEALTH CONFERENCE.
MAY 16TH, 12:30-5:30PM
Free Event
This is a free, half-day event being run through the Cannabis and Women’s Health Working Group, as part of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, at McMaster University and St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.
This conference will allow for both in-person and virtual registration. The virtual stream will be hosted via zoom and the in-person conference will be located at the L.R. Wilson Concert Theatre at McMaster University’s main campus in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Register below.
Light refreshments will be available.
Information Box Group
In-person Registration Learn More
In-Person Registration is Closed.
If you wish to attend in person, please come to the LR Wilson Concert Theatre on the main campus of McMaster University on Tuesday, May 16th around 12:15pm to register onsite.
Virtual Registration Learn More
Virtual registration is closed.
Email cmcr@mcmaster.ca for more information.
“IN OUR STUDY 11.3% OF WOMEN REPORTED USING CANNABIS WHILE PREGNANT.”
– DR. ALISON SHEA, MEMBER OF THE CANNABIS & WOMEN’S HEALTH WORKING GROUP, MGD CMCR
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Daniel Corsi
Cannabis use in pregnancy: socioeconomic status, perinatal outcomes, and neurodevelopment in offspring
University of Ottawa
Dr. Daniel Hardy
Cardiometabolic consequences of gestational cannabinoid exposure
Western University
McMaster Speakers
Alison Shea
Cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: prevalence, perceptions and potential short and long-term sequelae
McMaster University
Meredith Vanstone
Making decisions about cannabis use during pregnancy and lactation: Patient and clinical perspectives
McMaster University
Saara Greene
Wading through the weeds: a public health response to supporting pregnant and breast/chest feeding people who consume cannabis
McMaster University
Sandeep Raha
Impact of cannabis on placentae: Understanding the mechanisms of dysfunction
McMaster University
Tyrah Ritchie
Oral Consumption of Cannabis During Pregnancy Disrupts Decidual Vascular Remodeling and Impairs Fetal Growth
McMaster University / University of Toronto