Dr. Kristi Adamo

Dr. Kristi Adamo
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Education, Credentials, Academic Appointments

MSc Faculty of Human Biology & Nutritional Sciences; University of Guelph
- Visiting scholar- Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre & August Krogh Institute, Denmark (1997)
PhD Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
- Visiting scholar – Joslin Diabetes Centre- Harvard Medical School (2005)
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology – Certified Exercise Physiologist
Associate Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Faculty appointment in Ph.D. Program in Population Health, University of Ottawa
Research Scientist, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Biography

Dr. Adamo is a Research Scientist with a multi-disciplinary background and is a founding member of the HALO Research Group. She currently directs HALO’s metabolic research lab for which she led the planning and development through CFI /ORF funding. Kristi’s research program, Power of Prevention in the Early Years, focuses on early intervention and upstream prevention of childhood obesity (i.e., pregnancy obesity management). Dr. Adamo is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator and the 2012 recipient of the CHEO Research Institute’s Award of Excellence for Outstanding Investigator. Kristi’s most successful experiments have resulted in the birth of her daughters Kysia in 2007 and Mallea in 2009.

Research, Clinical, Professional and Scholarly Focus and Service

Current research interests include: i) intergenerational cycle of obesity, ii) child obesity prevention, iii) lifestyle contributors to maternal-fetal health, iv) critical periods of growth and development, v) maternal-placental-fetal dialogue

Associate Editor, Applied Physiology, Nutrition & Metabolism (official journal of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and the Canadian Nutrition Society)
Canadian Obesity Network’s 5A’s for Health Pregnancy Weight Gain leadership group
Member, Research Institute Joint Health and Safety Committee
Member, Research Institute Biosafety Committee
Member, Scientific Advisory Board; Start2Finish: Running and Reading Clubs
Member, Dietitians of Canada; EaTracker reference group
Lead writer, Best Start Resource Centre; Obesity in the Preconception and Prenatal Period
Member, Advisory Board; CHEO’s Centre for Healthy Active Living
Committee Member, SOGC Clinical Guideline on the Nutritional Needs of Women through the Lifespan
Lead, Obesity Prevention from Conception: pan Canadian trial team
Reviewer for many scholarly journals, conference abstracts, granting agencies (CIHR, MRC- South Africa, Canadian Diabetes Association, Canada Foundation of Innovation, Alberta Heritage Foundation, the Physicians’ Services Incorporated Foundation etc.), and academic organizations