Happy Holidays from the ORT

Find out what's going on at the ORT and around UHN!

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Congratulations to ORT Conference Award winner, Dr. Sina Mehdizadeh, a postdoctoral fellow supervised by Dr. Babak Taati at KITE! Dr. Mehdizadeh studies the neuromechanics of human walking and presented his research at the Canadian Society of Biomechanics Conference.

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Recruiting Members for the UHN Postdoc Association

The UHN Postdoc Association (UHNPA) is recruiting members interested in joining its Leadership Committee. The Committee will work closely with the ORT team on future initiatives and events for PDFs.

More information and signup here.

#EVENTS

A poster for Alternative Careers in Academia with a graphic of a person standing in the middle of a crossroads. The event is advertised for October 5th from 6:00 - 7:15 PM.

Ryerson University: Alternative Careers in Academia
October 5 | 6:00 - 7:15 PM

Curious about careers in academia beyond the tenure track? Join the Ryerson University Career & Co-op Centre on Tuesday, October 5 from 6:00 - 7:15 PM Eastern for a virtual career panel on alternative careers in academia including business development, research support and student professional development. This event is free and now open to all interested students.

More information and registration here.

An infographic for TIER's "The Future of the Professions in the Age of Covid-19" talk by Dr. Daniel Susskind including a photo of a busy city street lined with tall buildings.

TIER: The Future of the Professions in the Age of COVID-19
October 7 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Join Dr. Daniel Susskind, a Fellow in Economics at Oxford University, for his talk exploring the future of the professions in the age of COVID-19.

More information and registration here.

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Seminar Series: Dr. Jan Joseph Melenhorst
October 7 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM

The Princess Margaret Cancer Seminar Series invites you to its next virtual event with Dr. Jan Joseph Mellenhorst, Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mellenhorst will present on "Decade-Long Control of Leukemia Relapse by CD4+ CAR T Cell Clones."

More information and MS Teams link here.

Best Practice in Education Rounds: Dilemmas of Representation- Patient Engagement in HPE
October 12 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM

In these rounds, Paula Rowland, Scientist at the Wilson Centre, MD Education, and the Institute for Education Research at UHN, will shed new light on the dilemma of representation. She will argue for an understanding of representation that is not only inclusive of who is being represented but also carefully considers what is being represented, how and why. This free event is co-hosted by the Centre for Faculty Development, the Wilson Centre, and the Centre for Interprofessional Education.

More information and register here.

UHN Libraries Workshops: Pubmed Basics: Build your Research Skills
October 13 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

UHN Libraries invites you to their free interactive and introductory online session that will demonstrate effective PubMed searching techniques to help you find the evidence you need. PubMed is a free resource that contains more than 32 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. Learn how to build an effective search strategy using the PubMed interface and how to select and manage search results.

More information and registration here.

Science to Business Network: Communicating Science during a Pandemic
October 14 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM CDT

Join the S2BN for a free evening panel discussion featuring Joy Stadnichuk, Community Liason Program Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada. During this session, she will highlight the multidisciplinary nature of professional careers at the Public Health Agency of Canada related to scientific communication. The evening will conclude with a Q&A portion where participants can learn about the skill set required to succeed in this field.

More information and registration here.

#OPPORTUNITIES

TIER Scholarship Opportunity: Dr. Daniel C. Andreae President Award
Apply by October 12 | 5:00 PM ET

One Dr. Daniel C. Andreae President Award of $1500.00 will be awarded to a current UHN Research Trainee in an affiliated Graduate Program in good academic standing.

Trainees should send applications including a CV, unofficial transcripts and a one-page commentary paper addressing the broad issue of either the future of work in Canada OR the future of the healthcare professions to TIER@uhn.ca with the subject line Dr. Daniel C. Andreae President’s Award.

Application criteria and details here.

Ontario Rising Stars in Cancer Research Network
Submit abstract by October 12th

Are you looking for an opportunity to share your cancer research findings? Do you want to join a discussion about cutting edge Ontario-based cancer research?

Ontario Rising Stars in Cancer Research is a pan-Ontarian student and trainee network that aims to highlight trainee research across the province, provide exposure to cutting-edge oncology innovations and novel training opportunities. Rising Stars is excited to launch a speaker series for trainees and by trainees to highlight cutting-edge research across Ontario.

Submit your abstract to present in the seminar series here. Register for the seminar series here.

A graphic reading "From the Office of Research Trainees at UHN (ORT) Team!" with photos of the ORT Team Members (left to right) Dr. Linda Penn, Director, Dr. Amanda Veri, Lead, Research Training Programs, and Dr. Clare Wall, Operations Planning Coordinator.