Dr. Kristi Adamo
Research Scientist
613-737-7600 x4190
kadamo@cheo.on.ca

Rank:

• Research Scientist – CHEO RI
• Director -  HALO laboratory
• Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
• Cross-Appointed to the School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

Degrees:

• BSc (Human Kinetics- University of Guelph)
• MSc (Human Biology and Nutritional Sciences- University of Guelph)
• PhD (Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Faculty of Medicine – Ottawa U)

Teaching Areas:

• Exercise physiology & metabolism
• Health promotion/obesity prevention – role of physical activity & nutrition
• Childhood Obesity & its related complications
• Maternal health and intrauterine contributions to downstream child health

Awards:

• 2009 Ministry of Research and Innovation- Early Researcher Award
• 2007 Canada Foundation for Innovation – Leaders Opportunity Fund
• CHEO RI certificate of appreciation 2006
• CIHR-IGH Post doctoral fellowship 2006 (declined)
• CIHR Strategic Training Program Post doctoral fellowship 2005 (declined)
• Merck Award for Best Basic Science Presentation- University of Ottawa Heart Institute 2003
• CIHR Doctoral fellowship 2002-2005
• CDA Doctoral fellowship 2002 (declined)
• National Excellence Award- University of Ottawa 2002-2005
• OGSST Doctoral Award 2001
• NSERC Masters Award 1996-1998
• CSEP Undergraduate Award 1996
• NSERC Undergraduate Research Award 1994
• President’s Scholarship- University of Guelph 1992-1996
• Academic All Canadian 1992-1996

Research Laboratory:

The HALO Research Group Lab

Research Interests:

Power of Prevention in the Early Years, maternal obesity & early determinants of obesity, metabolic consequences of obesity, nutrition/physical activity transition, gene-environment interactions related to obesity

Projects Recently Completed:

• Body Composition Measured by Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Half-body Scans in Obese Children
• The effect of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on neonatal birth weight: support for obstetrical weight management
• Kenyan International Development Study – Canadian Activity Needs Research Alliance (KIDS-CAN) pilot data collection
• GameBike Study
• Prenatal Lifestyle Intervention Study – Willingness to Participate Questionnaire
• Champlain Healthy School Age Children Initiative: Parental Attitudinal Survey
• Comparison of Direct vs. Indirect PA measurement Systematic Reviews (Pediatric & Adult population)
• Healthy Active Living Hospitals: pan-Canadian survey of children’s hospitals

Projects in Progress:

• Healthy Opportunities for Preschoolers (a daycare physical activity intervention)
• Evaluation of the ‘Freggie Fridays Program’ in Ottawa Schools
• Validation of a sub-maximal treadmill protocol to measure fitness in overweight and obese children and youth
• The Maternal Obesity Management (MOM) Trial- a pregnancy specific pilot RCT
• Sherbrooke-Ottawa-Montreal Emerging Team in Critical Periods of Body Weight Regulation: A Women’s Health Perspective
• The effects of maternal BMI and gestational weight gain on markers of placental dysfunction and large for gestational age neonates
• Pediatric Obesity Cohort Study (ongoing recruitment and assessment)
• Appetite Signaling in Obese binge eating and non-binge eating adolescents
• KIDS-CAN continuation

Administrative and Professional Activities/Interests:

• CSEP – certified exercise physiologist
• Champlain Healthy School Aged Children committee
• North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine
• Canadian Obesity Network & Eastern Ontario Junior Faculty representative
• U Ottawa- Faculty of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies
• U Ottawa- Institute of Population Health

Other tidbits:

Outside of work I like to keep active through sport.  I continue to play soccer, volleyball and hockey and am an avid runner… but now I mostly run after my girls Kysia & Mallea.