Dr. Reimer will focus on the importance of gut health and how a healthy gut helps in having a healthy brain and a healthy body.

Speaker's Bio: Dr. Raylene Reimer is a Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary and also a Registered Dietitian. For the past 26 years, Dr. Reimer has led an exciting research program focused on the role that nutrition plays in improving gut health and preventing and treating obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis. She has published over 230 research papers and supervised many Masters and PhD students. She has received the Earle Willard McHenry Award for Distinguished Service in Nutrition from the Canadian Nutrition Society.