Happy Holidays from the ORT

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

COMMUNITY

Congratulations to ORT Conference Award recipient, Melissa Miljanovski! Melissa is a graduate student in Dr. Gary Rodin's lab at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. She presented her research on Double Awareness in palliative care cancer patients at the 22nd World Congress of Psycho-Oncology and Psychosocial Academy. Congratulations, Melissa!

Food Vouchers for Research Staff
Refer to the schedule for pickup dates

UHN is launching another round of the UHN-wide staff meal voucher program whereby all staff who are working on site for at least one full day per week are eligible to receive two vouchers for two free meals ($15 value each) at a UHN food vendor. A set number of vouchers will be available for research staff on specific dates (refer to the schedule in the link). Vouchers are valid until March 15, 2022.

This meal voucher program has again been made possible thanks to the generous support of the UHN Foundation and Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. Pickup locations and contact information here.

EVENTS

A poster for the BioAlberta Talent Hub and Science to Business Network (S2BN)'s event "Top 10 Tips to a Successful Career Launch" as part of their Set up for Success Series II.

Top 10 Tips to a Successful Career Launch
February 1 | 5:00 - 6:30 PM EST

BioAlberta and the Edmonton Chapter of the Science to Business Network (S2BN) are hosting their first career-prep workshop of 2022. This event will feature Andrea De Ocampo, Associate Director with Robert Half in Edmonton AB. She’s part of an amazing team that has helped over 1500+ job seekers gain employment this year alone. Andrea will share her top 10 tips for launching your career.

More information and registration here.

FemStem 2022 Fireside Talks: Neena Kanwar
February 2 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Fireside at FemSTEM is an interactive conversation series held as part of Health Innovation Hub's (H2i) broader FemSTEM programming. This FemSTEM talk is delivered by Neena Kanwar, B.Sc., CAMRT, RTNM. Neena is a senior business leader in healthcare management, diagnostics, and cardiology. A 15-minute open networking session will close out the event.

More information and registration here.

ATLAS.ti Collaborative Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation
February 3 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

In this talk, Dr. Gerben Moerman, Director of the BSc and MSc programmes in Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, will address different models of collaborative qualitative analysis. In addition to the different objectives of these forms of collaboration, he will share examples of bad and good practices including tips and tricks in ATLAS.ti.

More information and registration here.

SGS Designing Graphics for Publication-Online Synchronous Workshop
February 7 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM

The University of Toronto's School of Graduate Studies (SGS) is holding a workshop for graduate students on the key elements of designing effective figures for publications. Dr. Vaughn Mangal will lead you through strategies that you can use to help create high-quality figures, conceptual diagrams, and graphical abstracts for publication in the natural sciences using freely available software like Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and R statistical computing.

Registration and more information here.

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CTSI- Putting it into Words: Drafting Your Statement of Teaching Philosophy
February 9 | 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Register by February 8

This session focuses on one of the key components of a teaching dossier: the opening Statement of Teaching Philosophy (STP). Attendees will bring a draft of their STP to the workshop where they will learn how to identify key elements of an STP, examine their own perspectives on teaching, review steps for writing the STP, and edit their own teaching statement draft. U-TORid login required for registration.

Register here.

The Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Seminar Series: Dr. Bart Cornelissen
February 9 | 11:00 AM

The Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology invites you to attend their seminar talk by Dr. Bart. Cornelissen, PhD, Dept of Oncology, University of Oxford. Dr. Cornelissen will present on "In Vivo Molecular Imaging of DNA".

Join through Zoom here.
Meeting ID: 838 1590 3625
Passcode: 498765

OPPORTUNITIES

Parkinson Canada Basic Research Fellowship
Apply by February 7

The Parkinson Canada's Basic Research Fellowship program encourages promising young scientists to enter the field of Parkinson's research and to invest in research training that offers promise for future work in the area of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson Canada intends to provide awards in the range of $40,000 - $50,000 per year over a two-year term.

Application details here.

Parkinson Canada Graduate Student Award
Apply by February 7

Parkinson Canada's Graduate Student Award program invites applications from full-time PhD students committed to conducting research in areas relevant to the cure, cause, prevention, improved treatment and/or understanding of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. Parkinson Canada intends to provide awards of up to $10,000 per year over a two-year term.

Application details here.

The Kidney Foundation KRESCENT Program: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Apply by February 7

The KRESCENT program aims to enhance kidney research training by increasing the numbers of highly skilled scientists, across multiple disciplines, focused on the prevention of end-stage renal disease and improving the health of Canadians with kidney disease. KRESCENT post-doctoral fellowships are intended for applicants with a PhD or MD to continue their investigations in the field of kidney research.

Application details here.

The Kidney Foundation: Allied Health Kidney Doctoral Fellowships
Apply by March 15

The Kidney Foundation offers a limited number of fellowships that fund full-time academic study and preparation for research at the doctoral level. The objective of this program is to promote and enhance the development of allied health investigators in Canada in the field of nephrology and/or organ donation. Fellowships are awarded for amounts up to $31,000/year and can be held in Canada or abroad.

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.