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Daniel Hardy

@dbhardylab.bsky.social
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Professor, Dept of Ob/Gyn and Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University. CHRI Scientist, Fetal physiologist, interested in #DOHaD, cannabinoids. Great interest in traditional Irish music, running, camping.

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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Congrats to my @schulichmeddent.bsky.social MSc graduate Andrea Kocsis on receiving the CHRI Deb Commuzi Trainee of the Year Award 2026. Thanks to the Children's Health Foundation for their support! #proudsupervisor
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Great Day 1 for 9th annual @dohadcanada.bsky.social conference @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
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Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The day is here! 9th Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Developmental Origins of Health & Disease @dohadcanada.bsky.social Great science (& weather 😎☀️) at @westernu.ca for the next 2 days! Learn more about the programme 👉🏻 rb.gy/2c72yk #DOHaD #pregnancy #lifecourse #scicomm
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Congrats to Dr. Steven Laviolette and my MSc student Andrea Kocsis on these well-deserved @CHRI @lhscri.bsky.social awards. I hope you can attend their talks!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Great celebrating the 24th annual Paul Harding Ob/Gyn Research Awards Day. We were delighted that our 2026 Earl Plunkett Lecturer, Dr. Graeme Smith, repatriated Dr. John Patrick’s Royal Society’s Gold Watch back to his former Department of Ob/Gyn at @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @westernu.ca
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
TODAY!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Looking forward to this rescheduled talk at my alma mater @waterloosci.bsky.social regarding the adverse cardiometabolic consequences of prenatal cannabinoids. A bit of a homecoming!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Looking forward to this exciting @schulichmeddent.bsky.social/CHRI seminar with @pharmalauren.bsky.social!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Congrats to my 4th year student Susie on her @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Physiology 4980 poster today. Great work!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
@schulichmeddent.bsky.social @dohadcanada.bsky.social #futuregenerationsdsay
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Really looking forward to this exciting talk as part of our 2026 annual Paul Harding Ob/Gyn Research Awards Day! @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
HMN 2026: How Cannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placenta @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social healthmedicinet.com/cannabis-pre...
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HMN 2026: How Cannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placenta
Cannabis pregnancy schizophrenia placenta: Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell...
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
www.science-et-vie.com/corps-et-san...
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Le placenta, nouveau marqueur potentiel du risque de schizophrénie
Le placenta pourrait révéler dès la naissance un risque accru de schizophrénie lié à l’exposition prénatale au THC.
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Great #ArtofCreation exhibit opening at D.B. Weldon Library @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02...
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Cannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placenta
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell what is real. It impacts about 1% of the Canadian population and is linke...
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Thanks to @ca.theconversation.com for covering our BOR article academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a... article: theconversation.com/can-the-plac...
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Can the placenta predict schizophrenia risk? Lessons from prenatal cannabis exposure
There is strong evidence connecting cannabis use during pregnancy to harmful effects on a child’s brain development, including a higher risk of schizophrenia.
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Lookiing forward to this exhibit next week @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @slobodalab.bsky.social
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DOHaD Canada @dohadcanada.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
DOHaD Canada 2026 Meeting Call for Abstracts! Deadline for abstract submission is March 1, 2026. Looking forward to sharing knowledge and learning about your outstanding research! @dohadtrainee-ecr.bsky.social
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David Rodenhiser @drodenhiser.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Out in Farm Country shooting some derelict buildings in B/W, and came across this beauty, chillin' (literally, it was -15C°) along a Concession Road on the Midwestern Ontario Tundra. #birds #nature #birdwatching #birding #Fujifilm #birdphotographý #Canada #outdoors #outdoorphotography
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Wendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
While very relieved that my CIHR grant on placenta and fetal heart defects is funded (on the 3rd try), I am very concerned for the research community generally that the funding rate keeps dropping --13.1% in my committee😟.
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Looking forward in talking to my alma mater @waterloosci.bsky.social regarding the adverse cardiometabolic consequences of prenatal cannabinoids. A bit of a homecoming!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Great times with the next generation of scientists today in Chemistry labs!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Today!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Looking forward to this @schulichmeddent.bsky.social #oncology Grand Rounds next Tuesday with my colleague Dr. Jim Petrik @uofguelph.bsky.social
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Delighted to have Dr. Sandy Raha @McMasterU to speak to our 4th year @schulichmeddent.bsky.social students on the importance of proper and clear science communication!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
TODAY….
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy Hallowe’en from the Hardy Lab!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Today!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Looking forward to this Osler Society talk by Dr. Rob Hegele @schulichmeddent.bsky.social
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
In summary: as a MFM specialist, my job is to use shared decision-making to help pregnant people make educated decisions around preventative measures & treatments. Ultimately, my priority is the pregnant person. The fetus is a passenger, impacted by maternal health & wellbeing
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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
As a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, here are a list of exposures with conclusive evidence for adverse fetal & childhood outcomes: Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis Maternal suicide Maternal homicide Viruses (CMV, influenza, COVID, HIV, HepB&C) Bacteria (syphilis, listeria) Parasites (toxo)
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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Latest work from the lab led by Hakan Kayir: Tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) Dose Dependently Blocks or Substitutes for Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in a Drug Discrimination Task in Rats www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15...
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Excited to see my MSc student Andrea Kocsis’ BOR publication identifying THC-specific placental markers of #schizophrenia academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a... #cannabis #placenta @drcnatale.bsky.social @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @sriwomenshealth.bsky.social @placentadoc.bsky.social
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Identifying established human placental markers of schizophrenia in rodents after gestational ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure†
Summary Sentence Prenatal THC exposure led to alterations in the expression of established prioritized markers of schizophrenia in placenta and brain model
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
To my child health research colleagues, please consider applying for this CHRI Director position: cchl-ccls.ca/job/scientif...
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Scientific Director, Children’s Hospital Research Institute
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Great study regarding the efficacy of a novel CBD: TMP, ART12.11 to reduce stress-induced depression from Laviolette Lab @schulichmeddent.bsky.social. Happy to be a part of this work! kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Happy to be a part of this exciting study! rdcu.be/eyMFm
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Perinatal omega-3 sex-selectively mitigates neuropsychiatric impacts of prenatal THC in the cortico-striatal-hippocampal circuit
Molecular Psychiatry - Perinatal omega-3 sex-selectively mitigates neuropsychiatric impacts of prenatal THC in the cortico-striatal-hippocampal circuit
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Excited to be a part of this transformative paper from Dr. Ken Yeung’s lab in Chemistry at @westernu.bsky.social kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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Redirecting
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Congrats to Andrea Kocsis on her successful @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Physiology and Pharmacology MSc defence today!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Congrats to the @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Physiology and Pharmacology Graduating Class of 2025!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
@westernu.bsky.social Reproductive Biology at #SORB25
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Great day at #SORB25 @mcmasterugme.bsky.social
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Great to be reunited with my PhD mentor (and now judge) Dr. Kaiping Yang at today’s @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Dr. Paul Harding Ob/Gyn Research Awards Day!
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Congratulations to my MSc student Andrea Koscis on winning 2nd place oral presentation at today’s @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Dr. Paul Harding Ob/Gyn Research Awards Day! And Happy Birthday too! 🎂
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Looking forward to Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden’s Earl R. Plunkett’s lecture at the 23rd Annual Paul Harding Research Awards Day! @westernuPRG @westernuREI @westernu.bsky.social
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Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Great time presenting our prenatal cannabis-heart research at @ccicbluesky.bsky.social 2025! Thanks for the invite!
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Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids @ccicbluesky.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
LAST CALL Don't miss out on early bird registration rates and submitting your #cannabinoidresearch abstract! Deadline: March 14 ccic.net/ccic-conference #medicalcannabis #cannabisresearch
LAST CALL

Don't miss out on early bird registration rates and submitting your #cannabinoidresearch abstract!

Deadline: March 14

ccic.net/ccic-conference
#medicalcannabis #cannabisresearch
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