Happy Holidays from the ORT

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

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A poster for the ORT's event "Mastering the Art of Communication". It has a photo of speaker, Dr. Amanda Veri on the left and a graphic of a female scientist presenting research on the left. In the centre is the event date of January 19 from 3-4 pm EST over Zoom. Underneath the date, text explains that the event will help participants elevate their research presentations with strategies for effective and accessible communication.

Mastering Communication: Tips for Engaging & Accessible Presentations
January 19 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Join the ORT’s Lead, Dr. Amanda Veri, to learn strategies for improving your oral research presentations. You’ll learn tips to:

• Engage your audience through storytelling

• Create crowd-pleasing graphics and slides

• Increase the accessibility of your presentations

Open to everyone. More information and registration here.

Introducing the UHN Trainees Slack Workspace

The ORT has launched a new UHN Trainees Slack community! This online community is open to all UHN trainees and will allow you to interact with colleagues, meet new people, ask questions, share knowledge and much more.
We hope this Slack community will help trainees virtually and safely connect with others during this difficult time!

Join our Slack Community using your UHN email address here.

If you are having difficulties joining, please contact Amanda Veri at Amanda.Veri@uhnresearch.ca

A poster advertising UHN's RASI Summer Program featuring two female-presenting trainees in lab coats. The poster has the Office of Research Trainees (ORT) and Inclusion Diversity Equity Accessibility (IDEA) logos along the bottom left.

IDEA/RASI Summer Program
Apply by January 18

UHN Research's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee is seeking Principal Investigators at all UHN Research Institutes who are interested in hiring an undergraduate summer student from an underrepresented community for summer 2022.

The IDEA Committee is collaborating with the Research Application Support Initiative (RASI) at the University of Toronto, which provides support to students from underrepresented communities in obtaining summer research positions. RASI's program has strong academic scholars with promising potential for research, who often face barriers to accessing research positions.

UHN RASI scholars will participate in a 12-week full-time research program and receive a summer student stipend of approximately $6800. The IDEA committee will provide $1000 for up to ten UHN researchers to subsidize RASI summer student stipends.

If you are interested in having a subsidized summer position in your lab, apply here.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to Dr. Ivan Kosik, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Brian Wilson's Lab. Ivan was awarded a Franz-Hillenkamp Postdoctoral Fellowship. He likes to figure out ways to help doctors see cancer and guide the treatment of diseases. He is developing a photoacoustic imaging system that listens to the sound cancer makes when illuminated by lasers. Congratulations, Ivan!

EVENTS

Virtual Princess Margaret Seminar Series
January 13 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM

The Princess Margaret Seminar Series is hosting Jesse S. Boehm, PhD; Chief Science Officer, Break Through Cancer Principal Investigator, Broad Institute, MA. the talk is titled "Accelerating prediction of tumor vulnerabilities using precision functional genomics".

Host: Benjamin Haibe-Kains, PhD

Join the seminar here.

A poster for Medicine by Design's Global Speaker Series. The poster has a photo of its next speaker, Dr. Trey Ideker along with the title of his presentation "Building the Mind of Cancer". The poster includes the date of January 18, 2022 from 12-1 PM and has the logos of U of T, Medicine by Design, and McEwen at UHN along the bottom right.

Medicine by Design Global Speaker Series: Dr. Trey Ideker
January 18 | 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Medicine by Design, in partnership with the McEwen Stem Cell Institute, is pleased to welcome Trey Ideker, PhD, Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Bioengineering and Computer Science at UC San Diego. Dr. Ideker's talk is titled "Building the Mind of Cancer".

More information and registration here.

A poster advertising the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Series' workshop "Microaggression and Active Allyship". Text along the bottom states that it will take place on January 20th from 3-5 PM.

EDI Series: Microaggression and Active Allyship Workshop
January 20 | 3:00 - 5:00 PM

St. Michael's Research Student Association invites you to the next workshop in their Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion series. Learn new frameworks to help identify and address microaggression and racial aggression, and understand the notion behind active allyship. The workshop will be provided by the Temerty Faculty of Medicine Office of Inclusion and Diversity. This event is open to students/trainees (MSc, PhD, PDF).

Register here.

A poster for LSCDS's event "Optimizing your Resume & LinkedIn" with a photo of their guest speaker, Hannah Stevenson. Text along the bottom states that the workshop takes place on Jan 20th from 6-7:30 PM over Zoom.

Life Sciences Career Development Society (LSCDS): Optimizing your Resume & LinkedIn
January 20 | 6:00 - 7:30 PM

LSCDS invites you to their webinar with Career Educator, Hannah Stevenson. Join Hannah to learn how to build a cohesive job application package for a career in the life sciences. Hannah will discuss optimizing your LinkedIn, tips, and tricks to maximize the LinkedIn algorithm and discuss what makes a resume stand out.

The event will be held virtually.

More information and register here.

OPPORTUNITIES

Seeking Participants: RESPECT COVID-19 Study

The RESPECT study is now collecting anonymous saliva samples for COVID-19 testing, in order to assess the prevalence of the COVID-19 and variants of concern in asymptomatic workers.

Interested participants do not need to register, sign consent, or provide any information or material other than their saliva. All samples will be tested at Mount Sinai Hospital and will be destroyed after testing for the prevalence of COVID-19.

More information here.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program
Apply by January 12 | 4:00 PM EST

The Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.

Application details here.

Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award
Apply by January 18

The Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award aims to encourage the academic career of exceptional hepatology trainees. It provides $4,000 in travel funds to fourth-year Transplant Hepatology fellows or third-year GI/Hepatology dual certification program fellows.

Awardees will also receive enhanced career development opportunities throughout their fellowship year/

More information here.

Evidence 4 Democracy Science to Policy Accelerator
Apply by January 20

Evidence 4 Democracy is launching a pilot program for up to 25 early-career researchers from across Canada (PhD in any discipline, or a Master’s degree with 3+ years of research experience).

S2PA participants will gain foundational knowledge in science policy and communication. Then, they will apply these concepts to specific forms of policy engagement including writing briefing notes and participating in pre-budget consultations.

Application details 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.