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• The Debate on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Facts or Fiction?

  • When
    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom (Link will be sent close to the event)
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    27

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  Register to join us for our next CSPT members' webinar!

  
  

  “The Debate on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Facts or Fiction?”

  
  

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  Anick Bérard, PhD FCAHS FISPE 

  Canada Research Chair Tier 1 on Medications and Pregnancy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal. Principal Investigator in Canadian Mother-Child Initiative on Drug Safety in Pregnancy. Director at Research Unit on Medications and Pregnancy, Research Center - CHU Sainte-Justine

  
  

  Dr. Bérard has cross-training in epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, and genetics from McGill University, and Harvard Medical School. She is full professor of perinatal epidemiology at the University of Montreal, Faculty of Pharmacy, and CHU Ste-Justine in Montreal; and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Claude Bernard in Lyon, France, and at the Université Paris Cité, Paris, France. Dr Bérard holds a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 on Medications and Pregnancy; and University of Montreal’s Louis-Boivin research chair on « Medications, pregnancy and lactation ». Dr Bérard is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Science, and of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology; and a voting member of the Birth Defects Research Society.

  
  

  Dr Bérard is the principal investigator of the Canadian Mother-Child Initiative on Drug Safety in Pregnancy (CAMCCO Research/Training/Knowledge Dissemination). She has published over 230 scientific papers, and 2 patents; she has obtained over 37 million dollars in funding from CIHR, CFI, and FRQS as principal investigator. She recently received a Most Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention for her work on antidepressants, maternal depression, and pregnancy; and a research career award from the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada. She is a member of the Agence Nationale sur la Sécurité des Médicaments in France, where she is involved in decision making regarding medication safety in pregnancy, including antidepressants.

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• CSPT Trainee Workshop: Mastering the Art of Grant Writing

  • When
    Monday, December 01, 2025
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    1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom (Link will be sent close to the event)

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  Successful grant writing is both a science and an art. This session will provide practical insights into crafting persuasive and fundable proposals. Participants will learn how to effectively communicate research ideas, understand reviewer expectations, and avoid common pitfalls that can make or break an application. 

  
  

  Speaker:

  Dylan Burger, PhD

  Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

  Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa

  President, Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT)

  
  

  Date and time:

  Monday, December 1, 2025

  10 AM PT / 11 AM MT / 12 PM CT / 1 PM ET / 2 PM AT / 2:30 PM NT

  
  

  
  

  Speaker Bio: Dylan Burger (PhD) is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute where he serves as Associate Director of the Inflammation and Chronic Disease Program and Director of the Kidney Research Centre. He is a Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Ottawa.

  
  

  Dr. Burger holds a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of Western Ontario and is an internationally recognized expert on extracellular vesicle biology and their signaling in diabetes, aging, and renal disease.

  
  

  He has authored more than 140 manuscripts and has received several awards including the Canadian Society of Nephrology New Investigator Lectureship (2016), the University of Ottawa Department of Medicine PhD Scientist Award (2018), the 2022 Outstanding Volunteer Award from Hypertension Canada, the University of Ottawa Educator of the Year –Basic Sciences – Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (2024), and the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s John B Dossetor Research Award (2025).

  
  

  Dr. Burger is the current President of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, a member of the Board of Directors for the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles, and Associate Editor for the European Heart Journal.

  
  

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• Canadian Community of SOTL Practice #2: Connecting Educators on SOTL Topics from Across Canada

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    Tuesday, December 02, 2025
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    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom (Link will be sent close to the event)

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  Are you already a published scholar, or perhaps are you just getting started or not quite sure? Whichever the case, we invite you to join our next Community of Practice session titled: From Silos to Synergy- Connecting Educators on SOTL Topics from Across Canada

  
  

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  Tuesday Dec 2, 2025

  9 AM PT / 10 AM MT / 11 PM CT / 12 PM ET / 1 PM AT / 1:30 PM NT

  
  

  
  

  The session will be 1.5 hours long and is open to everyone involved in pharmacology education.

  
  

  The CSPT Education Committee is excited to launch a Community of Practice focused on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) in Pharmacology.  

  
  

  This series will allow you to connect with those with shared teaching and learning experience across Canada and share ideas and problem solving while developing and promoting excellence and teaching, learning and scholarship across Canadian Pharmacology and related medical science disciplines.

  
  

  
  

  CoP#1 Thursday Oct 23, 2025: Building a Canadian Community of SOTL Practice: From Curiosity to Inquiry

  
  

  CoP#2: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 12pm (EST): From Silos to Synergy- Connecting Educators on SOTL Topics from Across Canada

  
  

  CoP #3: Tuesday Jan 27 2026, 1:30 pm (EST): Sharing Hurdles and High Fives: Sharing Expertise and Overcoming Challenges

  
  

  CoP#4: Thursday March 12 2026, 1:30 pm (EST): Celebrate and Elevate: Showcasing your SOTL Through Dissemination

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