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Table 1 Guideline Development Panel

From: Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years (0–4 years): An Integration of Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep

Panel member Affiliation Role Conflict of interest declaration
Research experts and credentials
 Kristi Adamo, PhD Associate Professor, University of Ottawa (Canada) PA and SB content expert, systematic review author none
 Salome Aubert doctoral student, University of Ottawa (Canada) PA and SB content expert, systematic review author none
 Valerie Carson, PhD Associate Professor, University of Alberta (Canada) compositional analyses leader, PA and SB content expert, Leadership Committee, Steering Committee, Surveillance Sub-Committee, systematic review author none
 Jean-Philippe Chaput, PhD Research Scientist, HALO, CHEO RI (Canada) sleep, PA, and SB content expert, Leadership Committee, Steering Committee, Surveillance Sub-committee, systematic review author none
 Guy Faulkner, PhD Professor and CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health, University of British Columbia (Canada) PA and SB content expert, stakeholder consultation (focus groups author) none
 Gary Goldfield, PhD Senior Scientist, HALO, CHEO RI (Canada) PA and SB content expert, systematic review author none
 Reut Gruber, PhD Professor, McGill University; Director, Attention Behaviour and Sleep Lab, Douglas Mental Health University Institute (Canada) sleep content expert, systematic review author Husband on ACSM Board of Directors 2010–2016 (ACSM produced clinical guidelines and position stands for sleep medicine field); received several grants as a Principal Investigator to investigate the interplay between sleep, nutrition and PA in children and developed an intervention program to target this interplay, expects to publish.
 Ian Janssen, PhD Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Obesity, Queen’s University (Canada) PA and SB content expert, Surveillance Sub-Committee, systematic review author none
 Nicholas Kuzik doctoral student, University of Alberta (Canada) combined movement behaviour content expert, systematic review author, Leadership Committee none
 Joanna MacLean, PhD, MD, FRCPC paediatric respirologist and sleep medicine specialist; Associate Professor, University of Alberta (Canada) sleep content expert, systematic review author none
 John Spence, PhD Professor and Vice-Dean of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta (Canada) PA and SB content expert, systematic review author none
 Brian Timmons, PhD Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Child Health and Exercise Medicine, McMaster University (Canada) PA and SB content expert, systematic review author none
 Mark Tremblay, PhD Director, HALO, and Senior Scientist CHEO RI (Canada) Chair, PA and SB content expert, Leadership Committee, Surveillance Sub-Committee, Steering Committee, systematic review author, dissemination and implementation, evaluation none
Stakeholder groups and knowledge users
 Louise Choquette bilingual health promotion consultant, Health Nexus (Canada) invited representative (Health Nexus), early years expert none
 Mary Duggan, CAE Manager, CSEP (Canada) CSEP representative, Leadership Committee, Steering Committee, dissemination and implementation, evaluation none
 Katherine Janson Director of Communications and Public Affairs, ParticipACTION (Canada) invited representative (ParticipACTION), creative development and marketing, Leadership Committee none
 Claire LeBlanc, MD, FRCPC paediatric rheumatologist and sport medicine physician, Montreal Children’s Hospital (Canada) invited representative (Canadian Pediatric Society,) early years, PA, SB, and sleep content expert none
 Mary-Ellen Rayner Chief Partnerships and Communications Officer, The Sandbox Project invited representative (The Sandbox Project), early years, PA, and SB content expert none
International collaborators
 Xanne Janssen, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Strathclyde (Scotland) PA and SB content expert, international representative, systematic review author none
 Anthony Okely, PhD Professorial Fellow and Director, Early Start Institute, University of Wollongong (Australia) early years, SB, and PA content expert, international representative, systematic review author Received funding as a consultant from Foxtel to advise on PA interstitial as part of their preschool television programs
 John Reilly, PhD Professor, University of Strathclyde (Scotland) early years, PA and SB content expert, international representative, systematic review author none
Methodology consultants and project management
 Casey Gray, PhD Project Manager, HALO, CHEO RI (Canada) PA and SB content expert, Leadership Committee, Steering Committee, systematic review author, evaluation none
 Alejandra Jaramillo Garcia Global Health and Guidelines Division, PHAC (Canada) AGREE II and GRADE methodological consultant, Steering Committee, systematic review author none
 Veronica Poitras, PhD Clinical Research Officer, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (Canada)a PA and SB content expert, Leadership Committee, Steering Committee, Surveillance Sub-Committee, systematic review author none
 Margaret Sampson, PhD Manager, Library Services, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Canada) methodology expert, research librarian, systematic review author none
  1. ACSM American College of Sports Medicine, AGREE Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation; CAE Certified Association Executive, CHEO RI Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute; CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CSEP Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, FRCPC Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation, HALO Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, PA physical activity, PHAC Public Health Agency of Canada, SB, sedentary behaviour
  2. aVeronica Poitras was a Research Manager (HALO, CHEO RI) during the conduct of the systematic reviews and preparation of the initial draft of the guidelines
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