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Find out what's going on at the ORT and around UHN!
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2025 UHNPA Leadership Committee Information Session
Are you interested in joining the UHN Postdoc Association (UHNPA) Leadership Committee? Join the UHNPA for an information session to meet the current members, and learn about available positions, and understand the process to join the 2025 team.
November 14, 3:00 PM, 101 College Street, Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower, 4th Floor, Room 4-204 | More Information & Register
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ORT Drop-In Session
Join us for a Zoom drop-in session to have your questions answered, get help finding resources, and have your concerns addressed.
November 15, 10:30 AM | Register for the Zoom link here
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UHN Summer Research Information Session
Join us on Zoom to learn about paid summer research opportunities and programs at UHN and hear advice from a UHN scientist and a former summer student.
November 27, 12:00 PM | More Information & Register
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Convergence 2.0 - UHN Healthcare Education Series on the Future of Teaching & Learning
Join to discover the transformative power of compassion and loving-kindness and learning at UHN through virtual discussions with Brian Hodges, Sacha Agrawal, and Kateryna Metersky.
November 5, 12:00 PM | More Information & Register
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KITE Trainee Innovations Showcase
Join the KITE Research Institute for the Trainee Innovations Showcase to hear about the exciting research being conducted by PhD candidates Nicholas Moser, Katherine Bak, and Pedram Karimi.
November 5, 1:00 PM, 550 University Ave., KITE Innovation Gallery | More Information
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Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology Seminar
Join the Centre for Pharmaceutical Oncology for their upcoming virtual seminar "Protein Degradation as a Therapeutic Strategy in Oncology: Exploring Monovalent Degraders" by Dr. Olivia Rossanese.
November 7, 11:00 AM | More Information & Zoom Link
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Navigating New Frontiers in Life Sciences Leadership
Join the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association for their panel discussion and networking event to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by newcomers in the healthcare industry.
November 12, 5:00 PM, 661 University Ave., MaRS Centre West Tower, Suite 1300 | More Information & Register
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Pitch Perfect 2024
Join the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Health Innovation Hub for Pitch Perfect 2024 to hear six student-based ventures pitch their innovative concepts to a panel of judges for a chance to win the Student Innovation Fellowship.
November 12, 3:00 PM, 45 Willcocks St., William Doo Auditorium | More Information & Register
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Practical Screening: Get Through Screening with Minimal Frustration
Join the UHN Library & Information Services for a virtual workshop to brainstorm inclusion and exclusion criteria; look at screening tools including Covidence; examine where different characteristics can quickly be located during Title and Abstract screening and work through a sample pilot test to improve agreement rates.
November 13, 11:00 AM | More Information & Register
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McEwen Stem Cell Institute Seminar Series
Join the McEwen Stem Cell Institute for their upcoming seminar titled "Integrating In-Silico Predictions with an Engineered Tissue Assay Identifies Perlecan as an Age-Perturbed Re-Quiescence Cue for Muscle Stem Cells."
November 13, 4:00 PM | 101 College St., Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower, 4th Floor, Room 4-204
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Krembil Science Jam: Spotlight on Discovery
Join the Krembil Research Institute for an in-person event to learn about the innovative research happening at Krembil through short, TED Talk-style presentations from world-leading Krembil scientists.
November 14, 5:30 PM, 60 Leonard Ave., BMO Conference Centre, Krembil Discovery Tower | Register
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Pride in STEM Panel: Queering up Science Spaces
Join UHN Research on International Pride in STEM Day for a virtual panel discussion on the experiences of working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and being a member of the 2SLGBTIA+ community. Hear from our panelists on what they love about their work, what they love about their 2SLGBTQIA+ identity, and what makes a great workplace.
November 18, 11:00 AM | Register
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Job Opportunity: Clinical Research Coordinator
The Critical Care Department at the Toronto General Hospital is recruiting a Clinical Research Coordinator to support the management of the Critical Care research program operations and the conceptualization and planning of clinical trials.
Apply by November 16 | More Information & Apply
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Integrating IDEA into Research Methodologies - Translational Research
This UHN virtual course links bias in biomedical research and human biological materials to health disparities in society and offers participants a series of tools and guidelines to integrate inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) principles into their translational research.
November 19, 11:30 AM | More Information & Register (UHN connection required)
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Call for Applications: 2025 ECHO Discovery Program
The Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) Discovery Program is open to fourth-year undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. It is designed to explore ideation, research translation, and commercialization within the cardiovascular health sector.
Apply by November 24 | More Information & Apply
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Student Traineeship Award
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Student Traineeship Award provides up to $4,000 in funding to a student enrolled a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral program conducting a research project related to cystic fibrosis.
Apply by December 2 | More Information & Apply
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Travel Award Supplement
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Travel Award Supplement provides up to $3,000 in funding to a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher conducting cystic fibrosis research. The award supports participation in off-site training to learn new research skills or techniques, enhancing their research experience.
Apply by December 2 | More Information & Apply
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Every month UHN STEM Pathways recognizes the outreach work of our volunteers. For October we acknowledge outreach endeavors from Crizza Ching, a PhD candidate at Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. Crizza has facilitated numerous events, taking on leadership roles and even recently speaking to the public about her research at a local literacy event. We are grateful to have her on the team!
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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 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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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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