CANSSI Ontario is hosting a hybrid seminar with Michael Mina (chief scientific officer, eMed and founder and director of Immune Observatory). Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic exemplified the need for multidisciplinary approaches to public health. As technologies advance they hold great potential to understand the biological world and benefit public health to maintain healthy societies. Many […]
PhD defense seminar for EPIC trainee member Minh Sang Huynh (supervised by Trevor Moraes)
We are thrilled to partner with the Institute for Pandemics and the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine to host a three-part speaker series this fall on AI and infectious diseases! Moderated by The Globe and Mail’s Ivan Semeniuk, this series will be a fascinating exploration of how AI is revolutionizing the way we […]
This presentation will cover how routinely generated healthcare data can be a critical element in responding to pandemics and other public health emergencies. Dr. Razak will discuss the state of these repositories and what is required to make them more accessible and timelier. He will also discuss artificial intelligence applications that harness this data and […]
Offered by Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, this seminar is useful for researchers doing single cell genomic analyses. Emily R. Miraldi, associate professor of Immunobiology and Biomedical Informatics at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will discuss how single cell sequencing techniques can be used in gene regulation studies. The seminar is a […]
This is an interactive and public seminar on image integrity in scientific research, presented by Elizabeth Bik, a world-renowned expert in scientific image manipulation and misconduct. Offered by U of T’s Research Oversight and Compliance Office and UHN’s Research Quality Integration Office it is open to all life science researchers at UofT, including faculty, graduate […]
In this seminar, Andrew McArthur, professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, and David Braley Chair in Computational Biology at McMaster University will discuss the current infectious diseases landscape, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and the need for effective surveillance. Using the COVID 19 pandemic as an example his talk will highlight need […]
The Human Research Ethics Unit is hosting an informational session to address research ethics in all types of research involving human participants in the health sciences. This seminar includes a talk by Daniel Gyewu, Research Ethics Board Manager, Health Sciences, followed by a Q&A session. Topics to be discussed: History and principles behind research ethics […]
This virtual seminar is offered by The Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS) and The Conversation Canada and aimed at mitigating online harassment and trolling related to sharing research findings on social media and other digital platforms. This online workshop offers evidence-based strategies for scholars to mitigate the perils of online environments. For registration […]
We are thrilled to partner with the Institute for Pandemics and the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM) to host a three-part speaker series this fall on AI and infectious diseases! Moderated by The Globe and Mail’s Ivan Semeniuk, this series will be a fascinating exploration of how AI is revolutionizing the […]
