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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