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Breaking Barriers: Infectious disease research across boundaries in global health

Medical Science Building, Room 4171 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

Calling all undergrads, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with an interest in infectious disease and global health research: EPIC is excited to host UofT alum Dr. Senjuti Saha for a engaging discussion with UofT trainees!! She'll share her perspective on research and public health in low- and middle-income countries informed by her work as a […]

AI and crowdsourcing for resilient hospitals and enhanced patient care

263 McCaul Street, Lecture Hall 263 McCaul Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

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 […]

Workshop: Careers in public health

Medical Sciences Building, Room 3154 1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

The EPIC Trainee Advisory Committee is hosting a workshop on careers in public health. The workshop brings together 4 panelists who will share their insights and tips to transition from academic research to careers in public health. The panelists are: Catharine Chambers, PhD Applied Public Health Scientist, Public Health Ontario Vanessa Tran, PhD Clinical Microbiologist, Public […]

Pandemic Preparedness: From vaccine technology to global health policy

The MaRs Centre 101 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

The 2024 Gairdner Science Week Global Health Symposium will focus on the innovations and insights that will be vital in addressing future pandemics. Speakers include EPIC member Jen Gommerman. Check out the event website for the agenda and to register.

Clinical health data and AI for responding to pandemics and other public health emergencies

Health Sciences Building 155 College St., Toronto, on, Canada

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 […]

EPIC Trainee Hallowe’en Social

Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, Event rooms 3A/3B 686 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

EPIC’s Trainee Advisory Committee is hosting a Halloween party! This is a fun and relaxed social and the perfect opportunity for trainees to unwind, socialize with fellow trainees and unleash their creative side with some festive pumpkin painting. Trainees will also have the opportunity to enter their decorated pumpkin in a design contest for the […]

Inference of gene regulatory mechanisms from scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq

Red Seminar Room, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research

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 […]

EPIC Trainee Pizza Talks

CCBR Red Room

This seminar series, organized by EPIC’s Trainee Advisory Committee is a no-PI space for trainees to practice presenting and an opportunity to discuss their research with other students, post-docs and RAs that are across various research fields. It is an excellent opportunity for trainees to connect and interact with other trainees! We kick off the […]

Image Integrity in Scientific Research

UTS Building 371 Bloor St West. Room 114, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Genomics of pandemics fast & slow: COVID 19 and antimicrobial resistance

Galbraith Building, Room 220 35 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 […]