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Find out what's going on at the ORT and around UHN!
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Farewell Lauren!
Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Del Bel who will be leaving the ORT to start a new career adventure outside of UHN. Join us in thanking Lauren for all of her contributions to the ORT and UHN, by signing this virtual card!
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The ORT is hiring - Join our Team!
Job Opportunity: Research Training Coordinator
Apply by April 9 | Information & Application
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Developing Effective Mentoring Skills
Training program for UHN graduate students and postdocs to enhance their skills to prepare for mentoring summer research students.
Apply by March 31 | Information & Application
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ORT Meet & Greet
A virtual drop-in social event for UHN trainees and postdocs. Join us for conversation and games, and the chance to meet your colleagues!
April 3, 12:00 PM | Register
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Webinar: Sustainability in Research
Join the ORT and the UHN Green Team to learn new ways to make health care research GREEN!
April 11, 2:00 PM | Register
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How To: Informational Interviews
Join the UHN Postdoc association for an interactive, in-person workshop on how to set up, prepare and conduct informational interviews.
March 28, 5:00 PM | Register
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UHN Postdoc Talks
Come to hear Princess Margaret Cancer Centre postdoctoral researcher Dr. Oro Uchenunu present on "Defining the Role of GCN2 as an Adaptive Stress Response Kinase in Ovarian Cancer".
March 31, 4:00 PM | TGH 430 | Register
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Postdoc-to-Postdoc Buddy Program
A 3-month program to help postdocs navigate life at UHN. Connect and network with other postdocs in the community. Sign-up Today!
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PM Seminar Series (virtual event only)
Speaker: Dr. Elana Fertig, PhD
Title: Spatial multi-omics of pancreatic carcinogenesis
March 23, 4:00 PM | Tune into MS Teams
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Biomedical Research & Entrepreneurship
This virtual workshop will feature guest speaker Prof. J. Paul Santerre, Co-director of the Health Innovation Hub and Baxter Chair for Health Technology Commercialization at UHN.
March 22, 2:00 PM | Learn More & Register
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UHN Community of Practice
The Pride in Patient Engagement in Research (PiPER) initiative is hosting a Community of Practice to facilitate knowledge sharing in patient engagement in research. Dr. Valeria Rac and Ryan Hooey will discuss co-developing, implementing and evaluating a population health management strategy for diabetic retinopathy screening.
March 29, 12:00 PM | Learn More & Register
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Health, Equity, and Research Talks (HEaRT)
Speaker: Dr. Natasha Rajah
Title: Increasing Participant Diversity in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Memory: Lessons Learned and New Directions
March 31, 12:00 PM | Register
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JDRF Canada-Mitacs Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Type 1 Diabetes
This fellowship provides support for early-stage scientists to gain experience in an industry environment focused on type 1 diabetes research & development.
Apply by March 24 | Information & Application
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AGE-WELL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging
This award provides qualified master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral candidates with funding and access to training/mentorship opportunities through the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence.
Info session March 28 12:00 PM | Register
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Amplitude Fellowship
Three-month summer fellowship program for health-focused PhD candidates, postdocs and MDs interested in exploring "what if" biotech concepts and creating novel, life-changing health science companies.
Apply by March 31 | Information & Application
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CDI Spark Award
The award will support four PhD candidates or postdocs, and includes salary funding, tailored educational webinars, 1:1 coaching with specialists, research day events and more. Applications open April 3 and close April 14 | Information & Application
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Congratulations Giselle!
Giselle Boukhaled is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. David Brooks’ lab at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. Giselle has been interested in understanding the immune system’s role in governing responses to cancer therapy, particularly immunotherapy.
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Congratulations Crizza!
Crizza Ching is a PhD student, co-supervised of Drs. Jason Fish and Dinesh Thavendiranathan at TGHRI. She is currently investigating the role the endothelium plays in cancer therapy related cardiac dysfunction, with a particular focus on endothelial-derived extracellular vesicles in mediating endothelial cell-cardiomyocyte crosstalk.
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For more information about upcoming events at the ORT and other events of interest check out the Event Calendar on our website!
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