Congratulations to ORT Conference Award recipient, Prabjit Ajrawat! Prab Ajrawat is a graduate student in Dr. Hance Clarke’s lab at the Krembil Research Institute where he is investigating the immunomodulatory effects and inflammatory properties of medical cannabis and how it can help alleviate pain among chronic pain patients.

Prab presented his research at the 2021 Canadian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

Congratulations Prab!

Live Spring Fling Cook-Along and Demo with ELLICSR  Kitchen Chef Geremy Capone
March 25 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM

The UHN Postdoc Association in partnership with the ORT invites you participate in a live, interactive cooking session with UHN's ELLICSR Kitchen Chef Geremy Capone.

We are flinging into spring with a spring-themed menu to welcome a new season of rebirth, renewal, and growth, while saying goodbye to the winter blues. Come kickstart the spring season and join us virtually from your kitchen to learn some healthy new recipes and celebrate the art of food together!

More information and registration here.

In case you missed it, you can watch the recording of the UHN Postdoc Association's panel on Exploring Careers for Postdocs here.

You can also learn about Developing Smart Textiles for Healthcare with this recording of the ORT's Peer-to-Peer webinar with Dr. Kirsten Schaefer.

Opportunity and Challenge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Drug Delivery
March 16 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM 

The Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy is hosting a virtual seminar with Dr. Defang Ouyang, Associate Professor, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau.

Join the seminar here (Meeting ID: 828 5733 4269, Passcode: 789317).

The Translational Neurophysiology & Brain Stimulation is hosting a workshop for anyone from UHN and U of T on programming, with a focus on efficiency, reproducibility, & collaboration.

The workshop will be targeting an audience seeking applied knowledge in these fields much rather than a deep theoretical understanding.

Registration here.

The MBP Career Development Association is honoured to host Dr. Sanduni Liyanage, an Assessment Officer/Clinical Scientist with the Therapeutic Products Directorate at Health Canada. 

More information and registration here.

Following its initial release at Princess Margaret, the Computational and Bench Scientist Ecosystem a platform to address is being "beta" launched UHN-wide.  CoBE is a platform to address your bioinformatics and computational biology needs.
 
The CoBE team is hosting a free UHN-wide training workshop to familiarize staff and trainees with the platform.

More information and registration here.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Environments
March 17 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM 

The Graduate Peer Support Network (GPSN) at UofT is offering a seminar series presented by Dr. Nicole Kaniki. This series will provide a foundational understanding of what equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) is as it relates to the research environment and research practices. It will discuss the barriers and challenges for underrepresented groups in these environments, and how to promote belonging and full participation in the research ecosystem. Participants will be provided with best practice approaches to recognizing, responding and redressing the inequities they experience and/or observe.

More information and registration here.

Public Health Connect is hosting a free workshop to help aspiring public health students and professionals advance their skills in data analytics and see R software in action. This event will be hosted by Harman Sandhu, a PhD student at the University of Toronto. 

Although a basic understanding of statistics and R may be helpful, it is not required.

Dr. Sukhai on EDI in the Life Sciences
March 22 | 5:30 - 6:30 PM 

The MBP Career Development Association is honoured to host Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai, the Director of Research and Chief Inclusion and Accessibility Officer for the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind) for a seminar on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in the life sciences. 

More information and registration here.

The LSCDS is excited to invite you to a career seminar on Careers in Clinical Research, featuring Ms. Alison Foo. Join to learn about clinical research and how to transition into this field.

The DSI Doctoral Student Fellowships are designed to support multi/interdisciplinary training and collaborative research in data sciences. To be considered for the Fellowship, applicants in PhD programs must pursue a research project that has a data sciences focus, through the development of novel methodology or the innovative application of existing approaches. 

DSI Doctoral Student Fellows will receive stipend support of $25,000/year for up to 3 years. Fellows will have access to travel awards, administered through the DSI, to present their work at scientific meetings, or to participate in workshops/training courses.

More information and eligibility details here.