Rescheduled Café Scientifique on improving the health of Canadian youth to be held on January 31

The PEI Health Research Institute’s (PEI HRI) Café Scientifique, postponed due to a major snow storm in December, will be held on Thursday, January 31, from 3-5 p.m., at the Culinary Institute of Canada, Room 246.

Members of the public are invited to attend this free event, which will explore ways to improve the health of Canadian youth through discussion and debate.

Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie, of the UPEI Department of Psychology, will give a presentation called “Inviting pregnant adolescents into tobacco research: How can we improve our reach into the community?” And Dr. Jennifer Taylor, of the UPEI Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences, will give a presentation called “Beyond Hotdogs and Potato Chips: Do school nutrition policies work?”

Sponsored by the federal Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Café Scientifiques offer insight into health-related issues of interest to the general public, and in turn provoke questions and provide answers. This is the first time that a Café Scientifique has been held on P.E.I.

Located at UPEI, the PEI HRI supports, promotes and enhances quality research related to human health on Prince Edward Island, contributing to the health of Islanders and Canadians, and to the economy of P.E.I.

For more information, contact Jennifer Jelley, PEI Health Research Institute, at (902) 894-2812 or peihri@upei.ca.