Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Kudos to KGK! lfpress.com/business/loc...lfpress.comLondon research firm KGK Science expands, plans new family clinicThe company plans to open a family health centre with three physicians and room for up to 5,000 patients. 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Congrats 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 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Great Day 1 for 9th annual @dohadcanada.bsky.social conference @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social 064
Reposted by Daniel HardyKristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The 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 085
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Congrats 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! 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Great 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 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Looking 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! 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Looking forward to this exciting @schulichmeddent.bsky.social/CHRI seminar with @pharmalauren.bsky.social! 011
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Congrats to my 4th year student Susie on her @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Physiology 4980 poster today. Great work! 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 20/03/2026@schulichmeddent.bsky.social @dohadcanada.bsky.social #futuregenerationsdsay 141
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Really looking forward to this exciting talk as part of our 2026 annual Paul Harding Ob/Gyn Research Awards Day! @schulichmeddent.bsky.social 021
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 06/03/2026HMN 2026: How Cannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placenta @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social healthmedicinet.com/cannabis-pre...healthmedicinet.comHMN 2026: How Cannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placentaCannabis pregnancy schizophrenia placenta: Schizophrenia is a serious mental health disorder that is characterized by psychosis, making it difficult for a person to tell... 021
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026www.science-et-vie.com/corps-et-san...science-et-vie.comLe placenta, nouveau marqueur potentiel du risque de schizophrénieLe placenta pourrait révéler dès la naissance un risque accru de schizophrénie lié à l’exposition prénatale au THC. 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Great #ArtofCreation exhibit opening at D.B. Weldon Library @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social 052
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 25/02/2026@westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02...medicalxpress.comCannabis in pregnancy may leave schizophrenia-risk signals in the placentaSchizophrenia 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... 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Thanks to @ca.theconversation.com for covering our BOR article academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a... article: theconversation.com/can-the-plac...theconversation.comCan the placenta predict schizophrenia risk? Lessons from prenatal cannabis exposureThere is strong evidence connecting cannabis use during pregnancy to harmful effects on a child’s brain development, including a higher risk of schizophrenia. 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Lookiing forward to this exhibit next week @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social @slobodalab.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Daniel HardyDOHaD Canada @dohadcanada.bsky.social · 24/01/2026DOHaD 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 024
Reposted by Daniel HardyDavid Rodenhiser @drodenhiser.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Out 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 1358
Reposted by Daniel HardyWendy Robinson 🇨🇦 @wprobins.bsky.social · 29/01/2026While 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😟. 4181
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Looking forward in talking to my alma mater @waterloosci.bsky.social regarding the adverse cardiometabolic consequences of prenatal cannabinoids. A bit of a homecoming! 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Great times with the next generation of scientists today in Chemistry labs! 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Looking forward to this @schulichmeddent.bsky.social #oncology Grand Rounds next Tuesday with my colleague Dr. Jim Petrik @uofguelph.bsky.social 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Delighted 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! 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Looking forward to this Osler Society talk by Dr. Rob Hegele @schulichmeddent.bsky.social 020
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2025www.acog.org/clinical/cli...acog.orgCannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation 010
Reposted by Daniel HardyDr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 24/09/2025In 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 2317
Reposted by Daniel HardyDr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2025As 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) 10338126
Reposted by Daniel HardyJibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Latest 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... 082
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Excited 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.socialacademic.oup.comIdentifying 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 062
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025To my child health research colleagues, please consider applying for this CHRI Director position: cchl-ccls.ca/job/scientif...cchl-ccls.ca Scientific Director, Children’s Hospital Research Institute 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Great 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...kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Happy to be a part of this exciting study! rdcu.be/eyMFmrdcu.bePerinatal omega-3 sex-selectively mitigates neuropsychiatric impacts of prenatal THC in the cortico-striatal-hippocampal circuitMolecular Psychiatry - Perinatal omega-3 sex-selectively mitigates neuropsychiatric impacts of prenatal THC in the cortico-striatal-hippocampal circuit 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Excited 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...kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.meRedirecting 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Congrats to Andrea Kocsis on her successful @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Physiology and Pharmacology MSc defence today! 030
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Congrats to the @schulichmeddent.bsky.social Physiology and Pharmacology Graduating Class of 2025! 000
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 31/05/2025@westernu.bsky.social Reproductive Biology at #SORB25 010
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Great 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! 020
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Congratulations 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! 🎂 010
Reposted by Daniel HardyDaniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Looking 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 011
Daniel Hardy @dbhardylab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Great time presenting our prenatal cannabis-heart research at @ccicbluesky.bsky.social 2025! Thanks for the invite! 000