Kristin Connor
@kconnor.bsky.social
🤰🏽My lab conducts research on developmental origins of health & disease
👶🏻Believe a healthy start to life is a right we all share
👩🏼🔬Value fundamental science!
📍Toronto & Ottawa
connorlab.ca
👶🏻Believe a healthy start to life is a right we all share
👩🏼🔬Value fundamental science!
📍Toronto & Ottawa
connorlab.ca
Lucas’ research focus is on the role of the maternal gut as a key mediator of signals to support pregnancy health & fetal development. He’s unpacking how the gut (mal)adapts to situations of malnutrition & infection—increasingly common co-conditions in some areas of the world—to shape outcomes
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Lucas’ research focus is on the role of the maternal gut as a key mediator of signals to support pregnancy health & fetal development. He’s unpacking how the gut (mal)adapts to situations of malnutrition & infection—increasingly common co-conditions in some areas of the world—to shape outcomes
It’s another Meet the Member Monday!
This week I’m pleased to introduce 2 of our PhD students (both proud 🇧🇷!!) Erikles & Lucas!
Erikles is a veterinarian with a background in experimental biology. He’s leading our transgenic animal studies🐭 to understand causes & prevention of neural tube defects
This week I’m pleased to introduce 2 of our PhD students (both proud 🇧🇷!!) Erikles & Lucas!
Erikles is a veterinarian with a background in experimental biology. He’s leading our transgenic animal studies🐭 to understand causes & prevention of neural tube defects
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It’s another Meet the Member Monday!
This week I’m pleased to introduce 2 of our PhD students (both proud 🇧🇷!!) Erikles & Lucas!
Erikles is a veterinarian with a background in experimental biology. He’s leading our transgenic animal studies🐭 to understand causes & prevention of neural tube defects
This week I’m pleased to introduce 2 of our PhD students (both proud 🇧🇷!!) Erikles & Lucas!
Erikles is a veterinarian with a background in experimental biology. He’s leading our transgenic animal studies🐭 to understand causes & prevention of neural tube defects
Tomorrow is #WorldPrematurityDay to bring awareness & action for all those #BornTooSoon & the challenges they & their families face, even long after birth.
Healthy starts & lifelong health is at the 💜 of our research
& aligns with this year’s theme healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Learn more 👇🏻
Healthy starts & lifelong health is at the 💜 of our research
& aligns with this year’s theme healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Learn more 👇🏻
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Tomorrow is #WorldPrematurityDay to bring awareness & action for all those #BornTooSoon & the challenges they & their families face, even long after birth.
Healthy starts & lifelong health is at the 💜 of our research
& aligns with this year’s theme healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Learn more 👇🏻
Healthy starts & lifelong health is at the 💜 of our research
& aligns with this year’s theme healthy beginnings, hopeful futures
Learn more 👇🏻
📣Tomorrow is International #DayoftheGirl
& 30 years since the Beijing Declaration on advancing equity, development & peace for all women & girls
📈We must scale investment in girls — including through research, health, education & empowerment-
-a commitment we make in our lab
#GenerationEquality
& 30 years since the Beijing Declaration on advancing equity, development & peace for all women & girls
📈We must scale investment in girls — including through research, health, education & empowerment-
-a commitment we make in our lab
#GenerationEquality
October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣Tomorrow is International #DayoftheGirl
& 30 years since the Beijing Declaration on advancing equity, development & peace for all women & girls
📈We must scale investment in girls — including through research, health, education & empowerment-
-a commitment we make in our lab
#GenerationEquality
& 30 years since the Beijing Declaration on advancing equity, development & peace for all women & girls
📈We must scale investment in girls — including through research, health, education & empowerment-
-a commitment we make in our lab
#GenerationEquality
Next, we have Madeline, who is undertaking an MSc to co-create Libraries of Lived Experience, as part of a Mitacs-partnered project with BCCHRI in Vancouver!
Mady has also been awarded a Patient Oriented Research (POR) fellowship with PASSERELLE, the national training entity for POR! 🎉
Mady has also been awarded a Patient Oriented Research (POR) fellowship with PASSERELLE, the national training entity for POR! 🎉
October 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Next, we have Madeline, who is undertaking an MSc to co-create Libraries of Lived Experience, as part of a Mitacs-partnered project with BCCHRI in Vancouver!
Mady has also been awarded a Patient Oriented Research (POR) fellowship with PASSERELLE, the national training entity for POR! 🎉
Mady has also been awarded a Patient Oriented Research (POR) fellowship with PASSERELLE, the national training entity for POR! 🎉
It’s Monday! Which means it’s time for another
Meet the Member series!
First, Miguel, who hails from 🇨🇴&🇦🇷
I have the pleasure of co-supervising Miguel for his PhD on lifecycle health promotion & prediction tools.
He’s been recognised by the 🇨🇦 gov’t as an emerging leader in the Americas! 🏆💪🏾
Meet the Member series!
First, Miguel, who hails from 🇨🇴&🇦🇷
I have the pleasure of co-supervising Miguel for his PhD on lifecycle health promotion & prediction tools.
He’s been recognised by the 🇨🇦 gov’t as an emerging leader in the Americas! 🏆💪🏾
October 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It’s Monday! Which means it’s time for another
Meet the Member series!
First, Miguel, who hails from 🇨🇴&🇦🇷
I have the pleasure of co-supervising Miguel for his PhD on lifecycle health promotion & prediction tools.
He’s been recognised by the 🇨🇦 gov’t as an emerging leader in the Americas! 🏆💪🏾
Meet the Member series!
First, Miguel, who hails from 🇨🇴&🇦🇷
I have the pleasure of co-supervising Miguel for his PhD on lifecycle health promotion & prediction tools.
He’s been recognised by the 🇨🇦 gov’t as an emerging leader in the Americas! 🏆💪🏾
🩸The work continues w
Alliance Against Iron Deficiency & experts-by-experience
to co-design improved, gender-specific implementation strategies for prevention & treatment of ID for women & girls in Benin🇧🇯
🙌🏾 Tech & shared purpose bring us together to solve great challenges
tinyurl.com/2dmr7npw
Alliance Against Iron Deficiency & experts-by-experience
to co-design improved, gender-specific implementation strategies for prevention & treatment of ID for women & girls in Benin🇧🇯
🙌🏾 Tech & shared purpose bring us together to solve great challenges
tinyurl.com/2dmr7npw
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🩸The work continues w
Alliance Against Iron Deficiency & experts-by-experience
to co-design improved, gender-specific implementation strategies for prevention & treatment of ID for women & girls in Benin🇧🇯
🙌🏾 Tech & shared purpose bring us together to solve great challenges
tinyurl.com/2dmr7npw
Alliance Against Iron Deficiency & experts-by-experience
to co-design improved, gender-specific implementation strategies for prevention & treatment of ID for women & girls in Benin🇧🇯
🙌🏾 Tech & shared purpose bring us together to solve great challenges
tinyurl.com/2dmr7npw
In our next meet the member of our series, here’s the talented Thaina, who is soon finishing her PhD with us & a proud #teamplacenta member!
Thaina hails from 🇧🇷 & has been an amazing mentor to many junior students in our lab over the years! 🙌🏼
Thaina hails from 🇧🇷 & has been an amazing mentor to many junior students in our lab over the years! 🙌🏼
August 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In our next meet the member of our series, here’s the talented Thaina, who is soon finishing her PhD with us & a proud #teamplacenta member!
Thaina hails from 🇧🇷 & has been an amazing mentor to many junior students in our lab over the years! 🙌🏼
Thaina hails from 🇧🇷 & has been an amazing mentor to many junior students in our lab over the years! 🙌🏼
And here is Juliette, joining us from the sunny French Riviera 😎 to expand her engineering and bio background this summer!
She’s making amazing strides in histopathological & molecular assessments of maternal & gestational tissues following adverse exposures. 🔬🧐
She’s making amazing strides in histopathological & molecular assessments of maternal & gestational tissues following adverse exposures. 🔬🧐
August 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And here is Juliette, joining us from the sunny French Riviera 😎 to expand her engineering and bio background this summer!
She’s making amazing strides in histopathological & molecular assessments of maternal & gestational tissues following adverse exposures. 🔬🧐
She’s making amazing strides in histopathological & molecular assessments of maternal & gestational tissues following adverse exposures. 🔬🧐
It’s another Meet the Member Monday.
Pleased to introduce you to two recent additions to our team!
First up, superstar Adel, whose interest is in translational research as he aims to be a clinician-scientist!
He is working on a few projects with us from 🐭 to 🤰🏻metabolomics to a clinical trial.
Pleased to introduce you to two recent additions to our team!
First up, superstar Adel, whose interest is in translational research as he aims to be a clinician-scientist!
He is working on a few projects with us from 🐭 to 🤰🏻metabolomics to a clinical trial.
August 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It’s another Meet the Member Monday.
Pleased to introduce you to two recent additions to our team!
First up, superstar Adel, whose interest is in translational research as he aims to be a clinician-scientist!
He is working on a few projects with us from 🐭 to 🤰🏻metabolomics to a clinical trial.
Pleased to introduce you to two recent additions to our team!
First up, superstar Adel, whose interest is in translational research as he aims to be a clinician-scientist!
He is working on a few projects with us from 🐭 to 🤰🏻metabolomics to a clinical trial.
MBOKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🔥🙌🏿🥹🎾
🔥🙌🏿🥹🎾
August 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
MBOKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
🔥🙌🏿🥹🎾
🔥🙌🏿🥹🎾
Sweaty Investors should the new label for Venture Capitalists
And LOL to what Google AI thinks when I google: sweaty venture
And LOL to what Google AI thinks when I google: sweaty venture
July 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sweaty Investors should the new label for Venture Capitalists
And LOL to what Google AI thinks when I google: sweaty venture
And LOL to what Google AI thinks when I google: sweaty venture
Next up in our Meet the Member series…
Sadra, who has been with the lab over multiple award-winning research internships & 4th year thesis!
He graduated last month, & we wish him well on his journey towards becoming a dentist (& clinician-scientist!)
He will soon submit his work for publication🙌🏽
Sadra, who has been with the lab over multiple award-winning research internships & 4th year thesis!
He graduated last month, & we wish him well on his journey towards becoming a dentist (& clinician-scientist!)
He will soon submit his work for publication🙌🏽
July 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Next up in our Meet the Member series…
Sadra, who has been with the lab over multiple award-winning research internships & 4th year thesis!
He graduated last month, & we wish him well on his journey towards becoming a dentist (& clinician-scientist!)
He will soon submit his work for publication🙌🏽
Sadra, who has been with the lab over multiple award-winning research internships & 4th year thesis!
He graduated last month, & we wish him well on his journey towards becoming a dentist (& clinician-scientist!)
He will soon submit his work for publication🙌🏽
New pics from our lab lunch & social this afternoon.
Lucky to work with this amazing crew
& have this incredible bit of nature at our doorstep!
🙏🏻to all the newcomers for taking a chance on the lab (& me)!
🍀to all those leaving for new adventures &
🔮to a great next year with those still here!
Lucky to work with this amazing crew
& have this incredible bit of nature at our doorstep!
🙏🏻to all the newcomers for taking a chance on the lab (& me)!
🍀to all those leaving for new adventures &
🔮to a great next year with those still here!
July 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
New pics from our lab lunch & social this afternoon.
Lucky to work with this amazing crew
& have this incredible bit of nature at our doorstep!
🙏🏻to all the newcomers for taking a chance on the lab (& me)!
🍀to all those leaving for new adventures &
🔮to a great next year with those still here!
Lucky to work with this amazing crew
& have this incredible bit of nature at our doorstep!
🙏🏻to all the newcomers for taking a chance on the lab (& me)!
🍀to all those leaving for new adventures &
🔮to a great next year with those still here!
Next, meet Alissa, who is a talented analyst in our Health: Science, Technology & Policy MSc programme, learning about trials in women’s & reproductive health!
July 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Next, meet Alissa, who is a talented analyst in our Health: Science, Technology & Policy MSc programme, learning about trials in women’s & reproductive health!
Working on some new ways to showcase the awesome people in the lab!
Here’s our Meet the Member series!
1st up, the talented Ada, who received a health sci research award to join us this summer & will be back in Sept for her 4th yr thesis to look at diet & intersectional factors in iron deficiency!
Here’s our Meet the Member series!
1st up, the talented Ada, who received a health sci research award to join us this summer & will be back in Sept for her 4th yr thesis to look at diet & intersectional factors in iron deficiency!
July 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Working on some new ways to showcase the awesome people in the lab!
Here’s our Meet the Member series!
1st up, the talented Ada, who received a health sci research award to join us this summer & will be back in Sept for her 4th yr thesis to look at diet & intersectional factors in iron deficiency!
Here’s our Meet the Member series!
1st up, the talented Ada, who received a health sci research award to join us this summer & will be back in Sept for her 4th yr thesis to look at diet & intersectional factors in iron deficiency!
I’d be happy to go back even just to early 2000s!
July 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’d be happy to go back even just to early 2000s!
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day
Learn more about this day, how you can get involved, & how you can continue to learn about & support Indigenous peoples & culture
👉🏻 www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/11001000...
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8668.html
Learn more about this day, how you can get involved, & how you can continue to learn about & support Indigenous peoples & culture
👉🏻 www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/11001000...
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8668.html
June 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day
Learn more about this day, how you can get involved, & how you can continue to learn about & support Indigenous peoples & culture
👉🏻 www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/11001000...
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8668.html
Learn more about this day, how you can get involved, & how you can continue to learn about & support Indigenous peoples & culture
👉🏻 www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/11001000...
cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/8668.html
Did you know June is Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Awareness Month in 🇨🇦?
Learn more from www.hydrocephalus.ca
& Spina Bifida families of 🇨🇦 sbcan.ca
And visit our lab’s website to see our work in this field made possible through the power of clinical & translational science research partnerships 🫱🏽🫲🏻
Learn more from www.hydrocephalus.ca
& Spina Bifida families of 🇨🇦 sbcan.ca
And visit our lab’s website to see our work in this field made possible through the power of clinical & translational science research partnerships 🫱🏽🫲🏻
June 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Did you know June is Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Awareness Month in 🇨🇦?
Learn more from www.hydrocephalus.ca
& Spina Bifida families of 🇨🇦 sbcan.ca
And visit our lab’s website to see our work in this field made possible through the power of clinical & translational science research partnerships 🫱🏽🫲🏻
Learn more from www.hydrocephalus.ca
& Spina Bifida families of 🇨🇦 sbcan.ca
And visit our lab’s website to see our work in this field made possible through the power of clinical & translational science research partnerships 🫱🏽🫲🏻
👏🏻Great presentation from Melissa @ Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting
on her undergrad thesis work investigating the placenta-fetal brain axis
& how maternal HF diet-induced obesity programmes the placenta & brain metabolomes in tissue- and sex-specific manners!
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
on her undergrad thesis work investigating the placenta-fetal brain axis
& how maternal HF diet-induced obesity programmes the placenta & brain metabolomes in tissue- and sex-specific manners!
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
👏🏻Great presentation from Melissa @ Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting
on her undergrad thesis work investigating the placenta-fetal brain axis
& how maternal HF diet-induced obesity programmes the placenta & brain metabolomes in tissue- and sex-specific manners!
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
on her undergrad thesis work investigating the placenta-fetal brain axis
& how maternal HF diet-induced obesity programmes the placenta & brain metabolomes in tissue- and sex-specific manners!
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
Fantastic exhibition where art meets science — and incubation of creativity and life occurs!
Congrats to the Art of Creation team! @slobodalab.bsky.social
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
Congrats to the Art of Creation team! @slobodalab.bsky.social
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Fantastic exhibition where art meets science — and incubation of creativity and life occurs!
Congrats to the Art of Creation team! @slobodalab.bsky.social
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
Congrats to the Art of Creation team! @slobodalab.bsky.social
@dohadcanada.bsky.social
Congrats to my student Miguel on his successful poster at @dohadcanada.bsky.social #DOHaD2025 on Knowledge graphs and natural language processing to improve prediction and prevention of child overweight and obesity.
A big collaboration with our ~8 year old THRIVE Change Lab
www.thrivechangelab.ca
A big collaboration with our ~8 year old THRIVE Change Lab
www.thrivechangelab.ca
May 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Congrats to my student Miguel on his successful poster at @dohadcanada.bsky.social #DOHaD2025 on Knowledge graphs and natural language processing to improve prediction and prevention of child overweight and obesity.
A big collaboration with our ~8 year old THRIVE Change Lab
www.thrivechangelab.ca
A big collaboration with our ~8 year old THRIVE Change Lab
www.thrivechangelab.ca
#CNPRM2025 theme: From womb to world. Equity, imagination & the next wave of perinatal science
May 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#CNPRM2025 theme: From womb to world. Equity, imagination & the next wave of perinatal science