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Find out what's going on at the ORT and around UHN!
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ORT Drop-In Sessions
The ORT is hosting a series of drop-in sessions to meet with trainees and postdoctoral researchers to answer questions, share resources, and provide a safe space for addressing issues.
June 20, 1:00 PM, TRI KITE Innovation Gallery
June 28, 10:30 AM, Zoom (Register for the Zoom link here!)
More Information
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UHN Trainee and Postdoc Trivia Night
The Big Brain Bash Trivia Night will bring together trivia enthusiasts for exciting questions on topics from science to pop culture. This event is open to UHN summer students, graduate students, and postdocs!
July 4, 4:00 PM | PMCRT Room 4-204 | More Information & Register
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Scientific Storytelling: Enhancing Your Communication and Presentation Skills
Join the ORT for the next learning session of the 2024 Summer Training and Research (STAR) program to learn evidence-based strategies for creating memorable research presentations.
July 5, 2:00 PM, Toronto Rehab Institute, 2nd Floor Auditorium | More Information
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ORT Conference Participation Award
The July ORT Conference Participation Award supports UHN graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to participate in national and international conferences between September and December 2024.
Apply by July 5, 5 PM | More Information & Apply
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Preventing Burnout with Evidence-Based Strategies
Join the ORT to learn how to identify, understand, and prevent burnout with research-backed methods from Burnout Prevention & Organizational Culture Consultant, Bonita Eby!
July 11, 2:00 PM | More Information & Register
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OSOTF Unilever/Lipton Graduate Fellowship
The OSOTF Unilever/Lipton Graduate Fellowship is awarded to graduate students registered with the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine, on the basis of financial need and academic excellence who are studying within the neurosciences at UHN.
Apply by July 12, 5:00 PM | More Information & Apply
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Reimagining 'Weeds' as Food and Medicine Workshop
Join for a workshop with Carolynne Crawley, a Mi'kmaw environmental justice advocate and an educator from Miinikaan. Carolynne will share the importance of changing our perspective on plants and nature through Indigenous wisdom. For more information, contact green@uhn.ca.
June 19, 11:30 AM | In-person at the Michener Gitigan (corner of Elm St. and McCaul St.)
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Engineering Photodynamics for Cancer Treatment, Priming, and Imaging
Join the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for their upcoming seminar by Dr. Huang Hiao Huang from the University of Maryland.
June 20, 4:00 PM | 101 College St., PMCRT, 4th Floor, Room 4-204
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Biostatistics@UHN Workshop: Reporting Results - Figures
Join Biostatistics@UHN to learn best practices for data visualization for publication, including discussions on types of figures best suited for different types of data and examples of poor data visualization.
June 21, 11:00 AM | More Information & Register
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PiPER Community of Practice
Pride in Patient Engagement in Research (PiPER) is hosting a Community of Practice to facilitate knowledge sharing in patient engagement in research. Benita Hosseini and Brenda Andreas will be presenting on “Empowering patient engagement: Insights from the CanTreatCOVID trial”.
June 26, 12:00 PM | Zoom Link
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Ethical Implications for AI in Care and Education: What We Know and What we Want to Know
Join The Institute of Education (TIER) for their upcoming panel with experts on AI and healthcare education and representatives from Elsevier and the UHN community.
June 26, 2:00 PM | In person only, MaRS Building | More Information & Register
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2SLGBTQIA+ Community Research Networking Event
Members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community are invited to a Pride in STEM networking event. Join the Research IDEA Committee for interactive science activities and snacks in a quiet, private space.
June 27, 3:00 PM | Register
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BioCanRx Travel Awards and Lab Exchanges
BioCanRx is offering Travel Awards (up to $1200) and Lab Exchange funding (up to $3000) to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, research associates, and technical or clinical research staff working under a BioCanRx investigator.
Apply by June 28 | More Information & Apply
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TGHRI Postdoctoral Researcher Awards
The Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) Postdoctoral Awards provide $30,000 in funding to up to six postdoctoral researchers supervised by an Assistant Scientist, Scientist, or Senior Scientist at TGHRI.
Apply by June 30, 5:00 PM | More Information & Apply, under 2024 TGHR PDR Awards tab.
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DRI EDIA Champions Pilot Program
The Alliance Digital Research Infrastructure (DRI) Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA) Champions Pilot Program provides up to $35,000 for projects that promote awareness and update of Alliance DRI to an equity-seeking audience.
Apply by July 17, 5:00 PM | More Information & Apply
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Congratulations to Dr. David-Dan Nguyen for receiving a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship!
Dr. David-Dan Nguyen is a urology resident and Ph.D. student in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre under the supervision of Dr. Girish Kulkarni and Dr. Laura Rosella. He will be working at the intersection of prostate cancer, health policy, and artificial intelligence.
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Share your accomplishments with us!
Have you won an award? Published a paper? Attended a cool conference? Let us know by filling out the ORT highlight form here to be featured in an upcoming newsletter or on social media!
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Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Handbook
The ORT has created a comprehensive handbook for UHN research trainees and postdoctoral researchers. Click here to download the handbook!
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Share a concern or idea with the ORT
We want to hear from you! Share your feedback and concerns here.
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To share upcoming events or opportunities with the UHN research community, please fill out this form or email ortadmin@uhn.ca.
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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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