Soft Skills Training for Graduate Students: Building Your Online Presence and Personal Brand

This webinar will cover how graduate students doing research can leverage social media platforms to build a successful online presence, engage with a broad audience, and communicate their research responsibly and effectively. Topics include practical guidelines for building a personal brand, using social media effectively, and leveraging AI tools as well as best-practice examples and […]

Transforming EDI from Commitment to Operations: Strategies for Sustainable Integration

In this virtual workshop, participants will understand and reconnect with the importance of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) within institutions and be given practical tools and resources to implement EDI. The session will be facilitated by Jodie Glean-Mitchell, executive director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the University of Toronto Date: January 14th Time: 10:00 AM […]

Writing an Epic Abstract: Tips and Tricks for Writing an Outstanding Abstract

Virtual on Zoom

EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee is hosting a virtual science writing workshop to help trainees learn useful tips and tricks to craft a concise and engaging abstract. The workshop features two experts from within the EPIC community-  Conrad Izydorczyk (postdoctoral fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, co-supervised by Allison McGeer and Julianne Kus, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, […]

10th Annual Science & Society Conference

Virtual

Organized by the Beyond Sciences Initiative, Science & Society is a free online conference that allows researchers worldwide to present their work and network with their peers. EPIC faculty member, Jen Gommerman (Immunology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine) is one of the keynote speakers at this year's conference, the first part of which will be held […]

Mpox vaccination in Ontario: clinical, community, and research perspectives

The 2022 outbreak of mpox in Canada disproportionately affected gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Recognizing that the GBMSM group is at high risk of exposure, Ontario deployed the two-regimen modified vaccinia ankara–bavaria nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine, first in June 2022 and next in September 2022. Vaccine uptake, however, has remained […]

Opportunities for prevention: Group B Streptococcus vaccines under development

Virtual

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) causes serious and fatal infections in newborns and is the leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis. In this webinar co-hosted by the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Eliana Castillo, Kirsty Le Doare and Ziyaad Dangor will discuss the latest clinical findings on GBS vaccine candidates and outline a path to […]

Find out more about the Translational Research Program (TRP): information session April 2025

Virtual on Zoom

This is an online presentation and discussion with the TRP Director, faculty and staff for prospective students interested in learning more about the Master of Health Science (MHSc) in Translational Research graduate degree program. MHSc is a project-based graduate degree for people from diverse backgrounds and career stages interested in innovation in healthcare. Participants will […]

AI4PEP: A Model for Decolonizing AI in Global Health for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

Virtual on Zoom

In this virtual seminar organized by the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM), EPIC member Jude Kong will give a presentation on the uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches to improve pandemic preparedness and responses to emerging and re-emerging infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle- income countries. Date […]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Flock Talks – Scientific Update

Virtual on Zoom

EPIC member Samira Mubareka will co-host a webinar organized by the Canadian Association for HIV Research. Attendees can expect to learn about the latest scientific findings on the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus strain currently affecting dairy cattle and its ability to adapt to mammals, and understand the risks of potential human infections and […]