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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 […]

Research Ethics in the Health Sciences Info Session

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 […]

Fighting the Trolls: How Researchers can Navigate Online Spaces More Safely

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 […]

Vaccines in Older Individuals: Barriers to uptake and possible solutions

Virtual on Zoom

Join EPIC faculty member Allison McGeer (Mount Sinai Hospital), and speakers Christine Fahim (St. Michael’s Hospital) and Melissa Andrew (Dalhousie University) in this Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD) hosted webinar. Presentations will explore the reasons for sub-optimal immunization coverage for older adults in Canada, including complex eligibility criteria, access issues, hesitancy from older individuals […]

Strategies for Writing Research Articles

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

About the Workshop  Developing your ability to write clear, convincing research articles is an important part of your graduate experience. Exactly how to develop this ability, however, might feel anything but obvious. This workshop is designed to demystify your writing-development process by exploring the rhetorical logic of research articles, offering solutions to common problems associated […]

Third annual AMR Symposium

To mark World AMR Awareness Week, we are excited to continue our partnership with bioMerieux Canada to bring you the third annual AMR symposium on November 19 and 20, 2024. Registration is now open! Click here to register, and here for a sneak peek of the symposium agenda. Poster abstract submissions are now also open! To submit […]

Accelerating discoveries in biology and medicine using AI

Sheraton Centre 123 Queen St W,, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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 […]

Emerging pathogen threats: Strategies for infection prevention & control

The landscape of infectious diseases is rapidly evolving, presenting new challenges for governments, enterprise organizations, and particularly those in the infection prevention space. Hosted by BlueDot, this webinar offers an updated list of high-consequence pathogens that require attention and aims to provide the knowledge and tools necessary to address emerging threats and enhance infection control […]

The Walrus Talks: Canada’s Health Security

Rotman School of Management 105 St George St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  The Walrus Talks is a hybrid event, available in both in-person and virtual formats. The event brings together leaders and experts in health security and crisis initiatives including EPIC faculty members Leah Cowen, Allison McGeer and Fahad Razak to address the growing climate and health concerns facing Canada and the world. The invited speakers […]

EPIC Trainee Pizza Talks

CCBR Red Room

This seminar series, organized by EPIC’s Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC), is a safe and supportive trainee-only space for trainees to present and discuss their research with other students, postdocs, and RAs from various research fields. It is also an excellent opportunity for trainees to connect and interact with other trainees! The speakers for the December talks […]