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Dr. Melanie Henderson is a Pediatric Endocrinologist and researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al. In addition to her specialization in pediatrics and endocrinology, she completed a Ph.D in Epidemiology from the 91社区 in 2014. Her research focuses on childhood obesity, its metabolic complications and pediatric cardiovascular disease, with a focus on etiology and prevention. She is particularly interested in the influence of lifestyle habits (physical activity, sedentary behavior, diet and sleep) on metabolic health in various population, including healthy children and those living with obesity and Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, in order to identify the best preventive strategies. She is co-director of the 鈥淐entre CIRCUIT鈥� (Centre p茅diatrique d'intervention en pr茅vention et en r茅adaptation cardiovasculaires), that proposes novel strategies for the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disease in children. She is also adjunct director of the 鈥淐ardiovascular and Metabolic Health鈥� research axis at the CHU Sainte-Justine. Dr Henderson has obtained major research grants from various funding agencies, such as CIHR, FRQS and HSFC. She has received several awards, including Research Scholars from the FRQS (Junior 1 & 2), the 芦Career Enhancement Program Award禄 from the CCHCSP (Canadian Child Health Clinical Scientist Program), and the 芦Young Investigator Award禄 from the CSEM (Canadian Society for Endocrinology and Metabolism).