Join the Department of Family Medicine for the 2026 Carl Moore Lecture, a learning event that brings together faculty, staff, learners, and healthcare professionals to explore the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on lifelong health and the important role of primary care in recognizing and responding to childhood trauma.
This year’s featured speaker, Andrea Gonzalez, along with research team member Divya Joshi, will present a keynote lecture examining the links between childhood adversity, toxic stress, health outcomes, and health care engagement across the lifespan. Participants will gain evidence-informed insights into how early experiences become biologically embedded and contribute to physical, mental, and social health challenges encountered in clinical practice.
Wednesday, October 28 4 – 5:30 p.m. DBHSC Auditorium, 2nd floor Online via Zoom Register now
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Andrea Gonzalez is an associate professor in McMaster University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences. As a researcher, her work focuses on how early life experiences influence health and development across generations. She is a member of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) and co-leads the MIRA Intergenerational Study (MIRA-iGeN), a large-scale research initiative examining the biological, social, and environmental factors that shape health and healthy aging across generations. Her research seeks to identify pathways of risk and resilience and inform prevention strategies that support healthier lives and communities.
The lecture and workshop will be co-presented by research team member Divya Joshi, Research Associate, Population Health Epidemiology.
Carl Moore was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. Originally a community-based family physician in the Hamilton area, Moore was Chair of the Department of Family Medicine from 1975 to 1986.
During his tenure as Chair, he worked with the fledgling department and a group of committed community physicians to further develop family medicine as a recognized discipline in Canada. Throughout his career, Moore was at the forefront of innovation in primary care service, education, research and policy development and would take on leadership roles at the international, national and provincial levels.
The Department of Family Medicine honours Moore’s contributions to the development of primary care through this annual lectureship in his name. This event brings timely and provocative topics with local, national, and international significance to a forum that welcomes the McMaster, Hamilton, and wider community to better understand and respond to issues in primary care.
Learn more about Carl Moore.
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