Kristi Adamo, recently profiled as one of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology’s (CSEP) most notable women, leads a diverse, interdisciplinary research program focusing on optimizing women’s health throughout the reproductive years, with an emphasis on pregnant individuals, a group an article co-authored by Kristi Adamo indicates has historically been excluded from physiological research. Consequently, our understanding of the remarkable biological adaptations required to support fetal development and the ways various exposures might result in changes to placenta biology and downstream newborn health has fallen short.
Grounded in the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), Professor Adamo’s Prevention in the Early Years Research Program is unique in its examination of healthy active behaviours and intrauterine exposures related to the promotion of optimum health. Kristi Adamo’s team blends epidemiology, population health, intervention, basic and mechanistic science, and applied physiology, and practises integrated knowledge translation through established collaborative networks across the country.
Professor Adamo’s research program has received support from CIHR, NSERC, IDEaS - DND, SSHRC, PHAC, Veterans Affairs Canada and smaller funding agencies.
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