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International Day of Women and Girls in Science Spotlight: Seeds of Science Podcast
To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (February 11, 2022), the Office of Research Trainees is shining a spotlight on three exceptional UHN trainees who are making great strides in their research and are launching a UHN trainee podcast to build more community at UHN.
The Seeds of Science trainee podcast was an idea that Dr. Emily Mills conceived while performing her postdoctoral research at the Krembil Research Institute. With the help of UHN trainees Rima El-Sayed and Dr. Olivia Mekhael, a graduate student and postdoctoral fellow at Krembil Research Institute and Toronto General Hospital Research Institute respectively, they are developing and growing the idea into a reality.
Learn more about this exciting initiative by these accomplished women here.
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE
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S2BN Women in STEM Career Panel: Empowering Women Leaders
February 10 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST
The Science to Business Network (S2BN)'s Guelph chapter is hosting its 3rd annual all-women career panel to celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Come join an interactive panel discussion and Q&A session providing an opportunity to learn strategies and tools to help women thrive and forge ahead in STEM sectors, to discuss the obstacles and barriers in science- and business-related careers and discover career opportunities for graduate students in industry.
More information and registration here.
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Krembil International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 11 | 10:00 AM
The Krembil Research Institute is hosting a free livestream event in recognition of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This is an open public education event geared towards high school and early university-age students of all genders.
Drs. Sindhu Johnson, Tahani Baakdhah and Mary Pat McAndrews will give short TED talk-style presentations on their lives and careers, as well as what inspired them to enter the fields of brain, arthritis and vision research.
More information and registration here.
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Medicine By Design: Breaking the Myth of Objectivity
February 11 | 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Medicine by Design invites all levels of researchers to their panel on bias in quantitative data and how value systems are embedded in data. This virtual panel will feature talks by Heather Krause, PStat, CEO, We All Count & Datassist, Inc., and Azadeh Yadollahi, PhD Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network. It will be followed by an interactive discussion on the importance of equitable science, and practical and concrete tools to identify and account for biases in quantitative data.
Registration and more information here.
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A Foundation of Equity
February 11 | 12:00 PM EST
Join CIHR Institute of Gender and Health Scientific Director, Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, who will be participating in a virtual panel discussion entitled ‘A Foundation of Equity’ hosted by Women’s College Hospital and Baycrest Health Sciences. This panel will discuss equity data and metrics in health research.
More information and registration here.
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Women in Science Initiative: Innovate, Integrate, Illuminate
February 11 | 5:00 PM EST
The Women in Science Initiative (WSI) presents INNOVATE, INTEGRATE, ILLUMINATE, a virtual event celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Come hear Dr. Margarete Akens and Dr. Lisa Robinson share their stories and speak about the influential female mentors who have played an important role in their scientific careers.
More information and registration here.
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FemStem Fireside Talks 2022 presents: Elizabeth Gray
February 16 | 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 Dr. Elizabeth Gray. Dr. Gray brings over 10 years of experience in the public and private sectors, having held progressive leadership positions involving the pre-commercialization of early-stage technologies and successful product launches. A 15-minute open networking session will close out the event.
Registration and more information here.
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Black History Month Events
In honour of Black History Month (February 2022), the UHN Bioethics Team has curated a list of upcoming virtual panels, workshops, and film screenings, to highlight speakers and ways of confronting anti-Black racism within healthcare, universities, and systemically.
Sign in via UHN intranet to access the full list of events and workshops here.
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Seminar Series presents: Dr. Cynthia E. Hawkins
February 10 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM
The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Seminar Series invites Team UHN members to a talk by Dr. Cynthia E. Hawkins, Neuropathologist, Medical Director of Translational Molecular Pathology, Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, The Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Hawkins will speak on "Deciphering the glioma histone code."
Join through MS Teams here.
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Sector Seminar Series: Medical Affairs
February 10 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Hosted by ITCS, these lectures will feature pharmaceutical industry professionals from AstraZeneca, Moderna, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. and more! This first event in the series focuses on the topic of medical affairs. All are welcome!
More information and registration here.
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Creating and Designing Poster Presentations for Scientific Conferences
February 14 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM
The School of Graduate Studies at the University of Toronto is hosting a synchronous online workshop to help graduate students learn strategies for organizing key findings of research projects through effectively designed poster presentations. The workshop will provide detailed information about poster structure, effective design elements, and poster presentation skills to help you present posters effectively at scientific conferences.
More information and registration here.
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Sector Seminar Series: Regulatory Affairs and Business & Market Access
February 15 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Hosted by ITCS, these lectures will feature pharmaceutical industry professionals from AstraZeneca, Moderna, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc. and more! This second event in the series focuses on Regulatory Affairs and Business & Market Access. All are welcome!
More information and registration here.
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Crafting Effective Science Communication Bootcamp
Apply now!
The 2022 U of T Libraries Science Communication workshop series, Crafting Effective Science Communication Bootcamp, invites expert science communicators Farah Qaiser and Samantha Yammine (aka Science Sam) to deliver dynamic, free online workshops in real-time to help U of T students and alumni to hone their science communication skills.
Sessions will be offered on February 17, February 24, and March 3.
More information here.
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CIHR Project Grant Program
Extended registration deadline: February 16
CIHR has extended the registration and application deadlines for the Project Grant Program. The Project Grant program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes by supporting projects of research proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers in all areas of health.
Application details here.
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