Message from the Co-Chairs
On behalf of the Canadian Connective Tissue Society, we are pleased to invite you to the 25th Annual Canadian Connective Tissue Conference, 2019. The goal of this conference is to fill the gaps in current scientific and clinical understanding of connective tissues in both health and disease through communication of health research evidence between Canadian basic scientists, clinicians, and industrial partners. Here, we provide a forum for scientists, clinicians, students, and other individuals representing the broad scope of connective tissue diseases that affect bones, muscles, skin and joints, to come together and exchange knowledge, to collectively move forward in the field of connective tissue research.
This year’s meeting will take place from May 29 through May 31 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children—Canada in Montreal, QC and will showcase leading scientists and clinicians working on several themes in connective tissue development and remodeling in health and disease. There will also be a gala dinner on the 30th, with the location still to be determined.
Some of the confirmed invited speakers for CCTC this year include key note speaker Dr. René St. Arnaud, Director of Shriners Canada Research Centre and Francis Glorieux Chair, Dr. Kjetil Ask, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University, Dr. Philippe Campeau, Deputy Chief of Musculoskeletal Diseases and Rehabilitation Axis, CHU Sainte-Justine Research, University of Montreal, Dr. Colin Crist, Marjorie and Gerald Bronfman Research Chair in Muscle Stem Cell Research at McGill University, Dr. Luda Diatchenko, Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Human Pain Genetics, McGill University, Dr. Julie Fradette, Centre de Recherche en Organogénèse Expérimentale de l’Université Laval/ LOEX, Dr. Ed Harvey, Michal and Renata Hornstein Chair in Surgical Excellence and Leader of Injury, Repair, and Recovery Program at RI MUHC, Dr. David Holdsworth Scientific Director of the Bone and Joint Institute and Scientist in the Imaging group at the Robarts Research Institute and Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Medical Biophysics in the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, at Western University, Dr. Saija Kontulainen, Professor in the College of Kinesiology, University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Roman Krawetz, The McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Dr Sylvie Ricard-Blum Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Lyon, and Deputy Director of the Interdisciplinary Sciences – Health doctoral school, and Dr. Lidan You, Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto.
We are very excited for this year’s program, and we look forward to your attendance!