9TH WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
PLEASE NOTE THIS CONGRESS PROGRAMME IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE & THE POSTER-ORAL PROGRAMME WILL BE POSTED SEPARATELY
SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2015
WELCOME 16h00-17h30
CHAIR: Shane Norris
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
16h00 Shane Norris University of the Witwatersrand, SA Welcome
16h10 Mark Hanson  University of Southampton, UK Origins of DOHaD
16h20 Caroline Fall University of Southampton, UK How is the 'memory' of early life events retained and how might it lead to disease?
16h30 Matthew Gillman  Harvard University, USA DonÕt blame your mother
16h40 John Newnham  University of Western Australia; Australia Pre-term birth prevention
17h50 Francisco Mardones  Pontificia Universidad Cat—lica de Chile, Chile Nutrition during the first 1000 Days
17h00 Peter Gluckman  University of Auckland, NZ  DOHaD and Global Health Policy
17h10 Shane Norris  University of the Witwatersrand, SA DOHaD and its relevance to African scientists
CAPE WINE & CHEESE WELCOME RECEPTION 18h00-19h00
MARIMBA BAND
MONDAY 9TH NOVEMBER 2015
OPENING 08h30-11h00
CHAIR: Lisa Micklesfield
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
08h30 African Truthsayer
08h40 University of Cape Town Choir
09h00 Max Price University of Cape Town, SA Welcome
09h10 Mark Hanson University of Southampton, UK DOHaD President Opening Address
09h30 5204 Tim Armstrong World Health Organisation A global perspective on preventing noncommunicable diseases, childhood overweight and obesity and the relevance to DOHaD
09h50 Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Bin Sulaiman Ministry of Health, Malaysia Prioritising pre-conception health in Malaysia
10h10 Matthew Gillman Harvard University, USA DOHaD: From evidence to policy
10h40 Shane Norris University of the Witwatersrand, SA 9th World Congress of DOHaD
TEA/COFFEE BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 11h00-11h30
BREAK-OUT I
The pre-pregnancy period: Is it an opportunity to impact future pregnancy and offspring outcomes? 11h30-13h00
CHAIR: Salome Kruger
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
11h30 Jennifer Hall University College London, UK From intention to outcome: how pregnancy planning affects maternal and neonatal health in Malawi
11h50 Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand, SA Optimising adolescent health in South Africa to reduce transgenerational risk: Ntshembo Trial
12h05 4900 Hannah Davey University of Southampton, UK LifeLab: Teenagers' self-perceptions of health
12h15 5411 Jutta Skau University of the Witwatersrand, SA Implementing a pre-pregnancy lifestyle intervention to reduce the risk of diabetes in young adults: challenges and key learnings from Malaysia
12h25 4399 Irene Koning ErasmusMC University Medical Centre, Netherlands Optimal periconceptional folate status and human embryonic cerebellar growth trajectories
12h35 5350 Mina Desai LABioMed at Harbor-UCLA Medical, USA Exposure to Maternal Obesity: Predictive-Adaptive Responses in Newborn White (WAT) and Brown (BAT) Adipose Tissue
12h45 Salome Kruger North-West University, SA Q&A and Summary
DOHaD: Role of the placenta during pregnancy and microbiome during infancy 11h30-13h00
CHAIR: Deborah Sloboda
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
11h30 Heather Jaspan  University of Cape Town, SA Gut microbiome, HIV-exposure, and vaccine immunogenicity in HIV-exposed African infants
11h50 5029 Leslie Myatt University of Texas Health Science Center, USA Differential Methylation/Hydroxymethylation of Genes in the Placenta with Maternal Adiposity: Role in Placental Function and Programming of Obesity  
12h05 5353 Tatiane Aparecida Ribeiro MacMaster University, Canada Paternal obesity: fetal and placental outcomes
12h15 5451 Wajiha Gohir MacMaster University, Canada Maternal obesity alters placental gene expression in a sex-specific manner
12h25 4633 Adaikala Antonysunil University of Warwick, UK Low maternal B12 associates with higher leptin in maternal adipose tissue, placental tissue and cord blood
12h35 4454 Zoe Broere-Brown Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands Cord blood levels of Placental Growth Factor; a novel biomarker for the identification of fetal growth restriction
12h45 Deborah Sloboda MacMaster University, Canada Q&A and Summary
DOHaD and genetics and epigenetics: Are we there yet? 11h30-13h00
CHAIR: Keith Godfrey
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
11h30 Matt Silver London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Periconceptional nutrition and the offspring epigenome: Studies from The Gambia
11h50 4927 Rebecca Richmond University of Bristol, UK Exploring the Developmental Overnutrition hypothesis using Mendelian randomization in three birth cohorts
12h05 4921 Nicole Warrington University of Queensland, Australia Does genetic variation contribute to the architecture of gestational weight gain?
12h20 4506 Lauren Capron Imperial College London, UK Does maternal antenatal distress predict placental gene expression of 11-HSD2, MAO-A, NR3C1 and SLC6A4?
12h25 4622 Vanessa Patala King's College London, UK Impact of paternal cholestasis on the sperm epigenome
12h30 4431 Samual Hoile University of Southampton, UK The effect of dietary fat on age related changes on the liver DNA methylome across generations
12h35 4395 Kozeta Miliku Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands Common genetic variants and kidney outcomes in children and adults
12h45 Keith Godfrey University of Southampton, UK Q&A and Summary
DOHAD: Hot topics I 11h30-13h00
CHAIR: Sophie Moore
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
11h30 Rihlat Said Mohamed  University of the Witwatersrand, SA Relationship between early life exposure to infections and later adult inflammation and metabolic disease risk
11h50 4628 William Johnson MRC Human Nutrition Research, UK Prenatal nutritional supplementation effects on fetal growth and birth outcomes in rural Gambia: the Early Nutrition and Immune Development trial
12h05 4600 Miguel Alejandre Alcazar University of Cologne, Germany Early-Onset Overweight after Maternal Obesity  Increases Insulin, Intrinsic Renal Leptin Signaling and Metabolic Programming of the Kidney
12h20 4957 Kirsty Pringle University of Newcastle, Australia Maternal Obesity negatively impacts on fetal kidney development, maternal health and birth outcomes in an Indigenous Australian cohort
12h25 4705 Emily Dorey University of Queensland, Australia Alcohol exposure during the periconceptional period programs renal dysfunction in aged female rats
12h30 4948 Michael Davies University of Adelaide, Australia Using donor eggs eliminates the risk of congenital heart defects after IVF/ICSI
12h35 4406 Irene Koning Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands Periconceptional maternal smoking reduces growth of the human embryonic head
12h45 Sophie Moore MRC Human Nutrition Research, UK Q&A and Summary
Breastfeeding: Putting science into practice  11h30-13h00
CHAIR: Jerry Covadia
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
11h30 Cesar Victora Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Breastfeeding patterns, trends and consequences
11h50 Linda Richter University of the Witwatersrand, SA Determinants of breastfeeding
12h10 Nigel Rollins World Health Organisation Infant feeding marketing
12h30 Jerry Covadia University of the Witwatersrand, SA Panel discussion
LUNCH BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 13h00-14h00
MEET THE MENTOR I: Scientific writing 13h00-14h00 (Bag lunch)
Speaker Affiliation Title
Jens Aagaard-Hansen Steno Diabetes, Denmark Pearls of Wisdom: Getting your papers published
Taara Madhavan Nutricia Reseach, Singapore Medical writing for dissemination
ASSOCIATED DOHaD GROUPS MEETING 13h00-14h00
BREAK-OUT II
DOHaD and fetal, neonatal and infant growth standards 14h00-15h45
CHAIR: Cesar Victora
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
14h00 Stephen Kennedy  Oxford University, UK International Fetal Growth Standards: Implications for clinical practice & DOHaD research
14h20 Fernando Baros Federal University of Pelota, Brazil New International Neonatal and Pre-term Phenotype Classification Standards: Implications for clinical practice and DOHaD research
14h35 4473 Jorine Roelants Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands Prenatal markers of neonatal fat mass
14h45 Joris Hemelaar Oxford University, UK Perinatal outcomes associated with maternal HIV infection
14h55 4525 Zoe Broere-Brown Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands How to define fetal growth restriction? An observational study exploring clinical implications of misclassification. 
15h05 4977 Darren Dahly University College Cork, Ireland What do we know about body composition in healthy infants?
15h20 4658 Alexandra Brentani University of S‹o Paulo, Brazil Intrauterine Growth and Early Childhood Development: Evidence from the Sao Paulo Western Region Cohort
15h30 Cesar Victora Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Q&A and Summary
Gestational diabetes and its impact   14h00-15h45
CHAIR: Matthew Gilman
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
14h00 John Newnham  University of Western Australia, Australia Exercise in pregnancy as a strategy to prevent gestational diabetes 
14h20 Dinky Levitt  University of Cape Town The Mom and Baby Dyad in the First Year: IINDIAGO Trial (Integrated INtervention for DIAbetes rIsk after GestatiOnal diabetes)
14h35 4988 Marketta Toman University of Witwatersrand, SA Pregnancy and postpartum islet beta-cell function in African women attending the Antenatal Clinic in the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic hospital.
14h45 5020 Michael Boyne The University of the West Indies, West Indies Role of prenatal factors and postnatal growth on insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in Afro-Caribbean youth: Vulnerable Windows Cohort Study 
14h55 4733 John Bertram Monash University, Australia Human Fetal Kidney Volume in Pregnancies Complicated by Gestational Diabetes
15h05 4653 Hema Vankataraman University of Warwick, UK "Thin-fat" fetal phenotype at 20 weeks of life in GDM pregnancies: Novel evidence from an Indian Cohort
15h15 4983 Regien Biesma Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland Fetal macrosomia and early childhood obesity- findings from the Growing Up in Ireland Cohort Study
15h25 4687 Hema Vankataraman University of Warwick, UK Ethnic Differences in Fetal Growth Patterns in GDM: Novel Data from the UK
15h35 Matthew Gilman Harvard University, USA Q&A and Summary
Maternal ante- and post-natal depression and its impact 14h00-15h45
CHAIR: Celia Hsiao
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
14h00 Paul Ramchandani  Imperial College, London, UK Maternal depression in pregnancy and the developing fetus
14h20 Alan Stein  Oxford University, UK Disaggregating the effects of maternal antenatal and postnatal depression on children 
14h35 Tamsen Rochet  Human Sciences Research Council, SA From pregnancy to primary school: A synthesis of results on the impact and mitigation of maternal depression on childrenÕs emotional and behavioural development in rural South Africa
14h50 4437 Lauren Capron Imperial College London, UK Associations of maternal and paternal depression and anxiety with offspring anxiety disorder at age 18 years
15h00 4497 Anne-Lisa Brantsaeter Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway Maternal dietary patterns and postpartum depression, a prospective study of 56,303 women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
15h10 4442 De-kun Li Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research Maternal Depressive Symptoms During Pregnancy and the Risk of Childhood Obesity: a 15 Year Prospective Birth Cohort Study
15h15 4499 Satu Kumpulainen University of Helsinki, Finland Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and maternal depressive symptoms 6 months after delivery
15h20 4770 Meera Ghandi Centre for the Study of Social change, India Ante- and post-partum depression among women living in Mumbai slums,  
15h30 Celia Hsiao Save the Children, SA Q&A and Summary
Programming of Infant neurological development and neuro-bahaviour: Cutting edge science 14h00-15h45
CHAIR: Linda Richter
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
14h00 Barak Morgan  University of the Witwatersrand, SA Neurobehavioural Programming by Early Social Adversity: Pathology or Adaptation?
14h20 Sarah Skeen University of Stellenbosch, SA Thula Sana: The long term impact on child cognitive and socio-emotional functioning of an intervention in the first 1000 days to enhance the mother-infant relationship and improve infant attachment
14h35 4964 Anne Rifkin-Gabol Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore Antenatal Maternal Mental Health Predicts Preschoolers' Neuronal Firing during an Executive Functioning Task
14h45 4815 Carol Cheatham University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Effect of early nutrition on later cognition: human milk nutrients at 3 months of age predict declarative memory abilities at 2 and 3 years of age
14h55 4717 Jeannine Baumgartner North-West University, SA Effects of iron and n-3 fatty acid supplementation, alone and in combination, on cognition and behavior in South African school children
15h05 4586 Claudia Buss Professor of Medical Psychology, Charite, Germany Maternal cortisol concentrations during pregnancy and newborn amygdala volume
15h15 5043 David Olson University of Alberta, Canada Markers of allostatic load associate with adverse pregnancy and offspring outcomes in rats
15h25 4509 Bea R.H Van den Bergh Tilburg University, the Netherlands Do maternal anxiety and mindfulness during pregnancy affect infant cognition and emotion? Results from a brain imaging study.
15h30 4500 Alice Haugen Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway Fatty fish intake during pregnancy and postpartum depression in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
15h35 Linda Richter University of the Witwatersrand, SA Q&A and Summary
Intergenerational epidemiology: First 1000 days before and after 14h00-15h45
CHAIR: Andrew Prentice
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
14h00 4702 Ilona Koupil Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Overweight and obesity: lifecourse and multigenerational studies
14h10 4154 Cecilly Kelleher University College Dublin, Ireland Grandparents cardiovascular risk factor profiles are associated with grandchildren's anthropometric measures at age 5 and 9 years in the Lifeways Cross-Generation Cohort Study
14h20 5351 Mina Desai LABioMed at Harbor-UCLA Medical, USA Maternal Obesity Programs Offspring Hyperphagia via Enhanced Appetite and Reduced Anorexigenic Neurons
14h25 4411 Ling-Wei Chen National University of Singapore, Singapore Maternal trans fatty acid status in relation to birth outcomes in a multi-ethnic Asian population               
14h30 4428 Lingjun Li Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Maternal Retinal Vasculature Is Indicative For Subsequent Fetal Growth And Birth Size At Birth
14h35 4449 Marie Roland Drammen Hospital, Norway BMI in early pregnancy is more important for fetal growth than metabolic factors in early pregnancy and longitudinal changes during pregnancy. 
14h40 4490 Mya-Thway Tint National University of Singapore, Singapore Association between maternal mid-gestation vitamin D and offspring's abdominal adiposity
14h45 4523 Olta Gishti Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands Influence of maternal gestational hypertensive disorders on microvasculature in school-age children. The Generation R Study
14h50 4527 Aleksandra Jelena Vidakovic Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands Maternal polyunsaturated fatty acid levels during pregnancy and childhood adiposity
15h00 4530 Sofie Moller University of Copenhagen, Denmark The relation between anemia in different trimesters and changes in the placental vascularization, Northeastern Tanzania
15h05 4528 Christentze Smiegelow University of Copenhagen, Denmark Dynamics of second trimester anaemia with foetal growth and birth outcome in a longitudinal study in Tanzania
15h15 4579 Sunhil Bhat University of Western Australia, Australia Dissecting the relationship between depression and adiposity in young adult offspring: the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study
15h25 Andrew Prentice London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, UK Q&A and summary
TEA/COFFEE BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 15h45-16h15
PLENARY I
Survive and Thrive: Optimising Child Growth  16h15-17h45
CHAIR: John Pettifor
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
16h15 Noel Cameron Loughborough University, UK The relationship between pre-natal and post-natal growth
16h35 Deborah Lawlor  University of Bristol, UK Maternal circulating nutrients and ethnic differences in body composition at birth
16h55 David Dunger Cambridge University, UK Childhood growth in height and adult disease – a distinct developmental trajectory
17h15 Aryeh Stein  Emory University; USA Growth recovery in adolescence: how much is possible and does it matter?
17h35 John Pettifor University of the Witwatersrand, SA Q&A and summary
SPECIAL EVENTS SESSION
SPECIAL EVENT I: AFRICAN NUTRITION LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME 18h00-19h00
Unravelling the DNA of Leadership: Panel discussion
CHAIR: Jane Badham
Time Speaker Affiliation Title
18h00 Chantell Witten North-West University, SA Introductory remarks
Namukolo Covic  International Food Policy Research Institute, Ethiopia Panel member
Klaus Kraemer  Sight and Life, Switzerland Panel member
Andrew Prentice  MRC Unit The Gambia Panel member
Parul Christian  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, SA Panel member
SPECIAL EVENT II
Nutrition during the first 1000 days
CHAIR: Manfred Eggersdorfer University Groningen< Netherlands
Time Speaker Affiliation Title
18h00 Zulfi Bhutta University of Toronto, Canada Multiple micronutrient needs and interventions in pregnancy: Impact and outcomes
18h20 Henkjan Verkade University Groningen, Netherlands The role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids  in pregnancy, lactation and infancy
18h40 Weiguo Zhang DSM Nutrition Science Developmental origin of hypertension from a nutrition and kidney perspective
SPECIAL EVENT III
Approaches to improving DOHaD Health Literacy
CHAIR: Mark Hanson
Time Speaker Affiliation Title
18h00 Tamara Lazarini Danone Nutricia Research Maternal Health during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding – a global survey of healthcare experts
18h20 Regien Biesma Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland Health literacy before and after pregnancy
18h40 5144 Jacquie Bay University of Aukland, NZ Characterising Public Understanding of DOHaD to Inform Communication Strategies
COCKTAIL FUNCTION (everyone is invited) 19h00-19h30
TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
DOHaD COUNCIL MEETING 07h25-08h25
PLENARY II
Early life nutrition: A major determinant of long-term health  08h30-10h00
CHAIR: Susan Prescott
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
08h30 Susan Prescott  University of Western Australia, Australia Early nutrition in programing of immune health
08h55 Atul Singhal  University College London, UK Impact of protein intake on long-term health
09h20 Ferdinand Haschke University of Vienna, Austria Does complementary feeding contribute to metabolic programming?
09h45 Susan Prescott  University of Western Australia, Australia Q&A and summary
TEA/COFFEE BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 10h00-10h30
BREAK-OUT III
Early life factors and growth, obesity and diabetes 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Dinky Levitt
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 Maureen Gannon  Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA Defects in pancreatic beta cell mass establishment and Type 2 Diabetes later in life
10h45 4655 Hema Vankataraman University of Warwick, UK First Trimester Prediction of GDM using maternal characteristics: Scope for improvement? Preliminary Results from the PRiDE study
10h55 4672 Dayana Rodrigues Farais University of S‹o Paulo, Brazil Maternal lipids and hormones concentration throughout pregnancy and birth weight: a prospective cohort
11h05 4557 Satoru Ikenoue University of California, USA Fetal liver blood flow in mid-gestation is prospectively associated with newborn adiposity.
11h15 4801 Miri Stolovich-Rain Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Premature weaning impairs beta cell regeneration later in life
11h25 4551 Egberto Gasper de Moura State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maternal flaxseed oil supplementation during lactation programs adipose tissue inflammation in male adult rats but not in females
11h35 4596 Philippa Prentice University of Cambridge, UK Short chain fatty acids in human milk influence infancy anthropometry outcomes
11h45 4630 Kamilla Eriksen MRC Human Nutrition Research, UK The effect of exclusive breastfeeding on growth in rural Gambian infants: Data from the ENID trial (ISRCTN49285450)
11h55 4677 Nicola Hawley Yale University, USA To what extent do secular trends toward obesogenic infant growth trajectories reflect changes in feeding practices in American Samoa?
12h05 4862 Paula Griffiths Loughborough University, UK Birth socio-economic status (SES) is more strongly associated with BMI/body fat than changing SES birth to 16 years in South African adolescents
12h15 Dinky Levitt University of Cape Town, SA Q&A and summary
Early life factors and cardiovascular disease 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Stephen Tollman
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 Francisco Mardones  Pontificia Universidad Cat—lica de Chile, Chile Associations between fetal growth and the metabolic syndrome during childhood in Chile
10h45 5409 Juliana Kagura University of the Witwatersrand, SA Early Life Growth and Blood Pressure across the Life-course in urban South Africa: Birth to Twenty Plus Cohort
10h55 4408 Merida Rodriguez-Lopez Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Fetal growth restriction induces different cardiac phenotypes
11h05 4415 Izzudin Aris Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore Effect of infant weight, length and adiposity gains during early childhood with blood pressure at 36-
11h15 4366 Arend van Deutekom VU medical center, Netherlands The association of perinatal growth with energy intake and satiety response at 5-6 years of age; The ABCD study.
11h25 4489 Jude Morton University of Alberta, Canada Vascular dysfunction in offspring born from dams of advanced maternal age
11h35 4544 Alina Maloyan University of Texas Health Science Center, USA Sexual Dimorphism in Fetal Cardiac Growth Response to Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
11h45 4635 Heloisa Bettiol University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Cesarean section as an independent risk factor for hypertension among young adults
11h55 4710 Karin Moritz University of Queensland, Australia The effect of prenatal hypoxia and a postnatal high-salt diet on microvascular structure and function
12h05 4752 Verena Schrier Julius Center, UMC Utrecht, Netherlands Association between in utero HIV and ART exposure and assessment of vascular damage in infancy: a feasibility study
12h10 5013 Lilly-Ann Mohikert Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Aortic, coronary and carotid dimensions, intima media thickness and stiffness in 6-year-old children
12h15 Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand, SA Q&A and summary
Early life exposures and later outcomes 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Aryeh Stein
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 4452 Trine Flensborg-Madsen University of Copenhagen, Denmark Trajectories of early development and adult intelligence.
10h45 5414 Ruth Bland Africa Centre, SA Exclusive breastfeeding, HIV exposure, and development at primary school-age in a large, rural, cohort in South Africa
11h00 5410 Natasha Lelijveld IGH, University College London Long-term Effects of Acute Malnutrition on Growth, Body Composition and Function
11h10 4969 Karen Lillycrop University of Southampton, UK Perinatal methylation of the serotonin transporter SLC6A4 is a predictor of childhood adiposity
11h20 4939 Rachel Woods University of Nottingham, UK Maternal dietary supplementation with canola oil during lactation delays the loss of uncoupling protein 1 in the offspring's adipose tissue
11h30 4958 Lynne Giles University of Adelaide, Australia Growth trajectories in early childhood, their relationship with antenatal and postnatal factors, and devevelopment of obesity by age 9 years
11h40 4955 Ghattu Krishnaveni CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, India Association between linear growth and fat and lean tissue gain during childhood and cardiometabolic outcomes in Indian adolescents
11h50 4952 Suyog Joshi King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Centre, India Stunting at 18 years is predicted by femur length in utero: Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (PMNS)
12h00 4949 Kalyanaramen Kumaran University of Southampton, India Components of height and the intergenerational change in height as predictors of body composition and cardiovascular risk in young Indian adults
12h10 4937 Poornima Prabhakaran Public Health Foundation of India, India Comparison of mother-child versus father-child associations for cardiometabolic risk: New Delhi Birth Cohort, India
12h20 Aryeh Stein Emory University, USA Q&A and summary
Early life exposures and bone health and body composition 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: John Pettifor
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 Cyrus Cooper  University of Southampton, UK Maternal vitamin D supplementation and childhood skeletal health
10h45 Lisa Micklesfield  University of the Witwatersrand, SA Early life predictors of adult bone size and strength: Bone Health Cohort
11h00 4712 Karen Moritz University of Queensland, Australia Periconceptional alcohol exposure contributes to increased adiposity in male offspring
11h10 4654 Susan Carlson University of Kansas Medical Center, USA Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation and Body Composition at Age 5 Years
11h20 4364 Arend van Deutekom VU medical center, Netherlands The Association of Birth weight and Infant growth with Energy Balance-Related Behavior. A Systematic Review and Best-evidence Synthesis of Human Data
11h30 5025 Caroline Childs University of Southampton, UK Low B-vitamin status during pregnancy is associated with greater offspring adiposity in childhood
11h40 4867 Robert Levitan University of Toronto, Canada A DRD4 Gene by Maternal Sensitivity Interaction Predicts Risk for Overweight or Obesity in Two Independent Cohorts of Pre-School Children .
11h50 4882 Albert Koulman MRC Human Nutrition Research, UK The lipid class cross-talk during dietary fat metabolism in breast-fed infants
12h00 4887 Janis Baird University of Southampton, UK Duration of sleep at 3 years of age is associated with lean and fat mass at 4 years of age: the Southampton Women's Survey
12h10 4979 Simon Schoenbuchner MRC Human Nutrition Research, UK Ethnic differences in adolescent male skeletal growth persist after adjustment for maturational timing
12h20 John Pettifor University of the Witwatersrand, SA Q&A and summary
Early life exposures and disease 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Nancy Potischman
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 4407 Mahua Choudhury Texas A & M University, USA Benzyl Butyl Phthalate (BBP) - foe or friend? An Epigenetic View
10h45 4534 Somdat Mahabir National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA NIH efforts to advance research focused on early life factors and cancer development
11h00 4394 Kozeta Miliku Erasmus MC, Netherlands First trimester maternal protein intake and childhood kidney outcomes. The Generation R Study
11h10 4341 Karien Viljoen University College Dublin, Ireland Maternal nutrient intake during pregnancy and asthma risk in offspring over a 10 year period
11h20 4412 Jonathan Bernard Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Singapore Maternal plasma PUFA status during pregnancy and trajectory of postnatal growth in children from the GUSTO cohort
11h30 4588 Claudia Buss Statens Serum Institut, Denmark Does fish oil supplementation in late pregnancy prevent offspring asthma? Experience from a Danish randomized controlled trial with 25 years of follow-up
11h40 5415 Brian Houle The Australian National University, Australia Growth in 7-11 year old HIV-exposed and unexposed children in rural South Africa 
11h50 4819 Pieta Nasanen-Gilmore National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland Effect of Preterm birth and intrauterine life on adulthood lung function: A clinical follow-up of births (1985-89) in Finland
12h00 4865 Leonardo Trasende NYU School of Medicine, USA Cardiometabolic and Pulmonary Outcomes among Children Exposed to the World Trade
12h10 4723 Lauren Houghton Columbia University, USA Mother's weight gain in pregnancy is related to daughters being overweight 40 years later. 
12h20 Nancy Potischman NIH, USA Q&A and summary
LUNCH BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 12h30-13h30
MEET THE MENTOR II: Grant writing 12h30-13h30 (Bag lunch)
Speaker Affiliation Title
Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand, SA Formula for successful grant applications
Aryeh Stein Emory University, USA Formula for successful grant applications
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND DOHaD AFFILIATE ASSOCIATION MEETING 12h30-13h30 (Bag lunch)
CANADIAN DOHaD AFFILIATE ASSOCIATION MEETING 12h30-13h30 (Bag lunch)
BREAK-OUT IV
Methodological challenges for DOHaD studies 13h30-15h00
CHAIR: Darren Dahly
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
13h30 Linda Adair  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Translating DOHaD biological concepts into statistical models for cohort studies
13h55 4847 Michael Kramer McGill University, Canada Does Fetal Growth Restriction Cause Later Obesity?   Pitfalls in Analyzing Mediators as Confounders  
14h20 4721 George Ellison Leeds University, UK Inappropriate adjustment for mediators in analyses exploring the relationship between birth weight and blood pressure in later life: A systematic review and meta-analysis
14h45 Darren Dahly University College Cork, Ireland Q&A and summary
Nutrition transition in migrating populations  13h30-15h00
CHAIR: Atul Singhal
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
13h30 Sue Sayers  Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin Australia Nutritional changes across the life course in Australian Aboriginal birth cohort study 
13h55 Anne Jaquiery  Liggins institute, Auckland Metabolic effects of erratic eating - Lessons from animal models and ÔWa kai – time to eatÕ study in Maori children
14h20 Wendy Hoy  University of Queensland Effect of Body size and shape on development of Chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal people
14h45 Atul Singhal University College London, UK Q&A and summary
DOHaD and translating public health nutrition policy into action: Reaching the hard to reach  13h30-15h00
CHAIR: Mark Hanson
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
13h30 Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton, UK Investing in young womenÕs diet and nutritional status: addressing the developmental origins of health                                                                    
13h50 Judith Stephenson University College London, UK Development of a cross- national measure of pregnancy intention for non-pregnant women: formative research in Botswana
14h10 Mary Barker   University of Southampton, UK Maximising the potential of existing services to engage and support young women to improve their diets and lifestyles                                                                
14h25 Bjarne Jensen Steno Diabetes Centre, Denmak A participatory approach to community health promotion
14h40 Mark Hanson University of Southampton, UK Panel discussion
DOHAD and nutrition: Are we doing enough to improve birth and long-term outcomes through maternal nutrition? 13h30-15h00
CHAIR: Jane Badham
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
13h30 Parul Christian Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Maternal nutritional status and micronutrient deficiencies : Impact of interventions on birth outcomes and long term consequences 
14h00 Philip James London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK Can what a mother eats at the time of conception influence the epigenome of her child? A review of potential nutrition-epigenetic pathways and latest studies from The Gambia
14h20 Klaus Kraemer Sight and Life, Switzerland Policy and programme implications for multiple micronutrients in pregnancy: Where do we stand and where should we be going?
14h30 Jane Badham Sight and Life, SA Panel discussion
Lifecourse economics 13h30-15h00
CHAIR: Caroline Fall
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
13h30 5404 Karen Hoffman  University of the Witwatersrand, SA Best buys in the First 1000 Days for South Africa
13h55 5408 Chris Desmond Human Sciecnes Research Council, SA Returns to early life interventions: Are they still high when other things are not equal?
14h20 Nicole Ford  Emory University, USA Childhood exposures and adult human capital: Modeling the potential impact of health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa
14h45 Caroline Fall University of Southampton, UK Q&A and summary
TEA/COFFEE BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 15h00-15h30
PLENARY III
Childhood obesity  15h30-17h00
CHAIR: Linda Adair
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
15h30 Peter Gluckman  University of Auckland, NZ The prevention of childhood obesity; understanding the interplay of lifecourse biology and trans-generational environments
15h55 Nigel Rollins  World Health Organisation TBC
16h20 Shane Norris  University of the Witwatersrand, SA Growing up in Africa and its implications for childhood obesity
16h45 Linda Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Q&A and summary
DOHaD SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING & MANIFESTO 17h00 - 18h00
CONGRESS DINNER 19h30
WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER
PLENARY IV
DOHaD interventions 08h30-10h00
CHAIR: Vicki Lambert
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
08h30 Caroline Fall University of Southampton, UK So you think you can do a pre-conceptional study? What we learned from the Mumbai 'Samosa' Trial
08h55 Sophie Moore MRC Human Nutrition Research, UK Antenatal nutritional interventions and offspring health in undernourished settings
09h20 Elizabeth Kimani-Murage  African Population Health Research Centre; Kenya Effectiveness of personalized home-based nutritional counselling on breastfeeding practices and child nutrition outcomes in Nairobi slums
09h45 Vicki Lambert University of Cape Town, SA Q&A and summary
TEA/COFFEE BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 10h00-10h30
BREAK-OUT V
DOHaD: Hot topics II 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Andrea Sharma
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 5403 Chittaranjan Yajnik KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India Lifecourse evolution of diabetes related phenotypes in Indians: Pune Studies
10h50 4416 Salome Kruger North-West University,South Africa Short stature in black South African adults and cardiometabolic risk: evidence from adults of Sotho descent
11h05 4966 Ellis Voerman Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Netherlands Maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy, early growth and body fat distribution at school-age. The Generation R Study
11h15 4393 Merida Rodriguez-Lopez Universitat de Barcelona,Espa–a Effect of postnatal nutrition on cardiovascular remodeling induced by fetal growth restriction. 
11h25 4369 Elizabeth Murray University of Oxford,United Kingdom Sex differences in the association between foetal growth and child attention at age four: specific vulnerability of girls 
11h35 4477 Nina van Mil Netherlands Maternal Mid-Pregnancy Trans Fatty Acids and Pregnancy Outcomes
11h45 4674 Marjaana Tikanmaki National Institute for Health and Welfare, Suomi Leisure-time physical activity in young adults born preterm The ESTER Study
11h55 4815 Carol Cheatham University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Effect of early nutrition on later cognition: human milk nutrients at 3 months of age predict declarative memory abilities at 2 and 3 years of age
12h05 Andrea Sharma CDC, USA Q&A and summary
Adolescence: Another critical window of opportunity to improve health? 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Kathleen Kahn
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 Ken Ong University of Cambridge, UK Puberty timing: a new milestone in the developmental trajectory to adult disease
10h50 4890 Sikha Sinna Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research,India Intergenerational change in anthropometry of children and adolescents in New Delhi Birth Cohort, India
11h05 4767 Celia Hsiao Save the Children SA Longitudinal Associations between affective problems and eating disturbances in South African adolescents
11h15 4724 Lauren Houghton Columbia University, USA Maternal pregnancy factors and menarche in girls with a family history of breast cancer: The Legacy Girls Study
11h25 4951 Kalanaraman Kumaran University of Southampton, India Does change in components of childhood height influence cardiovascular risk and cognitive function in indian adolescents?
11h35 4959 Ghattu Krishnaveni CSI Holdsworth Memorial Hospital, India Birth weight, postnatal weight gain and cortisol responses to stress in Indian adolescents 
11h45 4972 Laura Howe University of Bristol, UK The association of childhood growth trajectories with left ventricular mass and left atrial size in adolescence
11h55 4429 Mina Park University of British Columbia, Canada Prenatal exposure to maternal anxiety is associated with DNA methylation signatures in adolescence
12h05 Kathleen Kahn University of the Witwatersrand, SA Q&A and summary
Healthy ageing starts early 10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Krisela Steyn 
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 4989 Emma Anderson University of Bristol, UK Early-life adversity and healthy ageing
10h50 4722 George Ellison Leeds University, UK The health in later life of Channel Islanders exposed to the 1940-45 German occupation and siege
11h10 4703 Ilona Koupil Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet,Sweden Early life determinants of mortality in a cohort of 12,564 men and women born in Uppsala 1915-1929
11h25 4401 Viktor Goudochnikov Independent researcher, Brazil Gender differences of age-related morbidity and mortality: on the way to ontopathogenic model
11h40 4430 Samual Hoile University of Southampton, UK Increased dietary fat across generations leads to loss of metabolic homeostasis with ageing and an aged transcriptome in young adults
11h55 4785 Zandile Mchiza Human Sciences Research Council, SA Understanding the inter-connection between body image, socio-demography and the development of obesity across lifespan in South Africa: SANHANES I
12h10 Krisela Steyn Unviersity of Cape Town, SA Q&A and summary
Intergenerational effects: Research & trials  10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Michael Ross
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 4532 Lucilla Poston Kings College London, UK The UPBEAT trial. A Complex Intervention of Diet and Physical Activity in 1555 Obese Pregnant Women.
10h50 Vincent Jaddoe Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands Maternal obesity and weight gain on childhood outcomes: meta-analysis using data from over cohorts
11h10 4445 Matthijs Van Dijk Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands M-Health improves fertility and (pre)pregnancy lifestyle behaviors in couples.
11h20 4938 Poornima Prabhakaran Public Health Foundation of India Combatting the Transgenerational risk of Non-communicable diseases in Transitioning societies: from evidence to action with Case studies from India
11h30 4464 Linda Sagedal S¿rlandet Hospital, Norway Effect of a prenatal lifestyle intervention on infant size up to 1 year of age: results of the Norwegian Fit for Delivery randomized controlled trial
11h40 4631 David Himmelgreen Unversity of South Florida, USA The Role of Food Security on Nutritional Status and health during Critical Periods of Growth and Development
11h50 4976 Nazia Peer Health Systems Trust, SA A review of maternal, neonatal, infant and child health interventions within the first 1000 days of life:What can South Africa learn from other countries?
12h00 4936 Alan Macken National Children's Research Centre, Ireland Vascular and metabolic studies in children whose fathers had premature cardiovascular disease.
12h10 Michael Ross Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA  Q&A and summary
Translation of DOHaD: Partnerships, policy and practice  10h30-12h30
CHAIR: Peter Gluckman
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
10h30 4679 Lyne Letourneau  University of Quebec, Canada Epigenetic programming, respect for autonomy and intergenerational justice: a new ethical battleground in connection with the fight against obesity
10h50 Charlotte Ersb¿ll Novo Nordisk, DM Public-Private Partnerships in NCD prevention
11h10 Feisul Idzwan Mustaph Ministry of Health, Malaysia Public health programs for NCD prevention in Malaysia
11h30 Craig Nossel Discovery Health, SA Incentivising health change: is it effective?
11h50 Peter Gluckman University of Auckland, NZ  Q&A Summary
LUNCH BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 12h30-13h30
MEET THE MENTOR III: Navigating an academic career 12h30-13h30 (bag linch)
Speaker Affiliation Title
Caroline Fall University of Southampton, UK Navigating a career as a clinical scientist
Elizabeth Kimane-Murage African Population Health Research Centre; Kenya Navigating a career as a scientist in a low- or middle-income country
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING 12h30-13h30 (Bag lunch)
PLENARY V
DOHaD AND AFRICA 13h30-15h00
CHAIR: Glenda Gray
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
13h30 Andrew Prentice London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine, UK Generational and intergenerational echoes of poverty: Implications for discovery science and policy in Africa
13h50 Nigel Crowther  University of the Witwatersrand, SA Early life origins of chronic diseases: A perspective from low- and middle-income countries
14h10 David Phillips  University of Southampton, UK Long tail of neglected chronic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa
14h30 Stephen Tollman  University of the Witwatersrand, SA The HIV/NCD burden in South Africa: Prevention across the lifecourse
14h50 Glenda Gray MRC, SA Q&A
TEA/COFFEE BALLROOMS EAST & WEST 15h00-15h30
CLOSING 15h00-17h00
CHAIR: Lisa Micklesfied
Time Number Speaker Affiliation Title
15h00 Deborah Sloboda MacMaster University, Canada Nick Hales Award & lecture
15h25 John Challis University of Toronto, Canada David Barker Award & lecture
15h50 Michael Ross Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA  Journal of DOHaD Award
16h00 Shane Norris University of the Witwatersrand, SA 9th World Congress of DOHaD 2015 Best oral and poster-oral presntation awards
16h15 Vincent Jaddoe Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands 10th World Congress of DOHaD 2017
16h25 Mark Hanson University of Southampton, UK Presidents' closing remarks
16h40 Drum CafŽ African drumming with delegates
CONGRESS ADJOURNS 17h00