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Careers in Intellectual Property & Law 
Join the ORT for an exciting virtual panel featuring legal and Intellectual Property (IP) experts who will share how they leveraged their scientific training to build their careers and offer advice to those interested in IP and law.

December 11, 2:00 PM | More Information & Register
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.

December 13, 1:00 PM | Register for the Zoom link here
EVENTS 
EPAC Signaling 2.0: Stressed Out Wrestling with SUMO
Join the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for an in-person seminar with Dr. Xiaodong Chen from the University of Texas Health Science Center.

December 11, 10:00 AM, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Ave., 6th Floor, Bob Bell Auditorium
LSO Knowledge & Networking: The Changing Political Landscape
Join Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) for an in-person knowledge and networking breakfast to hear from Michelle McLean, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Santis Health.

December 12, 8:00 AM, 120 Bremner Blvd, Suite 800, Toronto | More Information & Register
The Two Faces of Prostate Cancer: Plasticity and Heterogeneity
Join the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for an in-person seminar with Dr. Ping Mu from Yale University.

December 12, 4:00 PM, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Ave., 6th Floor, Bob Bell Auditorium
Mental Health First Aid
The Mental Health First Aid course is an in-person full-day course for members of TeamUHN to gain the knowledge and skills to assist someone in a mental health crisis. 

December 13, 8:30 AM, Toronto General Hospital, GW1-538 | Register on MyLearning (UHN Connection Required)
Drop-in Holiday Card-Making Workshop with Indigenous Artist Lisa Boivin
Join the UHN Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) team for an in-person drop-in holiday card-making workshop with the newest member of the IDEA team and Indigenous Artist, Lisa Boivin.

December 13, 11:30 AM, Princess Margaret Hospital, 620 University Ave, 7th Floor Lunchroom

December 16, 12:00 PM, Toronto Rehab Institute, 550 University Ave., KITE Innovation Gallery
CIHR Media Training
Join the CIHR Institute for Health Research for a virtual session to learn how to interact with the media when interviewed about your research.

January 20, 1:00 PM | More Information & Register
OPPORTUNITIES
Call for Speakers: Topics and Techniques in Infectious Disease
The Emerging & Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) Trainee Advisory Committee is recruiting postdoctoral researchers and research associates interested in gaining teaching experience to lead a lunch lecture on a topic or technique that can be applied to infectious disease research.

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Innovation OnBoard Pitch Competition
The Innovation OnBoard Pitch Competition is an opportunity to pitch a groundbreaking idea and develop it with University of Toronto incubators, industry mentors, and expert judges.

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Summer by Design 2025
Summer by Design is an 8-day program for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to learn from experts across various aspects of the technology translation continuum including, product conceptualization, intellectual property, regulatory affairs, marketing, and more.

Apply by December 20 | More Information & Apply
CrossTALK Bootcamp: Galvanize AI for Drug Discovery
The University of Toronto's Data Science Institute CrossTALK boot camp is a 9-week program for graduate students, postdocs, and staff with computer or biological sciences backgrounds to learn how experimental data are generated, curated, and formatted, and how machine learning models are built, trained, and used to predict molecules.

Register by January 12 | More Information & Register
2025 Marathon of Hope Health Informatics & Data Science Award
The Marathon of Hope Health Informatics & Data Science Award supports graduate students (MSc or PhD) and postdoctoral researchers with salary and research expense support for studies related to biological cancer data and precision oncology trial design.

Apply by January 26, 11:59 PM | More Information & Apply
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CanHepC Fellowships
The Canadian Network on Hepatitis C provides training and stipend support to graduate students (MSc or PhD) and postdoctoral researchers conducting hepatitis C virus or related disease research.

Apply by February 3, 5:00 PM | More Information & Apply
HIP Graduate Student Award
The Hematology Inclusion Pathway (HIP) Graduate Student Award supports graduate students from communities underrepresented in hematology by providing 2-year stipend support ($40,000/year).

Apply by February 14, 8:00 AM | More Information & Apply
COMMUNITY
Congratulations Dr. Kenta Nakahashi on receiving the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI) Postdoctoral Researcher Award!
Dr. Kenta Nakahashi is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku's lab at TGHRI. His research interests include the development of automated real-time intraoperative guidance tools for lung cancer surgery using deep learning. 
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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