June 2015 Newsletter
Congratulations to the Class of 2015
Family, friends and faculty members gathered at Alumni Hall on the morning of June 11 to celebrate the 100 trainees graduating from Schulich Medicine & Dentistry's Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies programs...
Inspiring a deeper commitment to aging
Lynn Zhu exudes passion. In a Q&A interview, the PhD Candidate discusses her commitment to making a difference in the lives of older adults through her research on Parkinson’s disease and her leadership role with the Retiring With Strong Minds lecture series...
Conquering fear in three minutes or less
Lauren Solomon, PhD, steps into the spotlight. Taking in the crowd of faces, she feels her hands begin to shake. She has practised this presentation countless times — she knows she’s got this. All she has to do is get through the next three minutes...
Ten PhD Candidates represent Schulich Medicine & Dentistry at the Canadian Student Health Research Forum
A special congratulations goes to Anusha Ratneswaran for receiving a Gold Medal, Amy Burke for receiving a Silver Medal and Jessica Tong for receiving the Women’s Health Research Foundation Award...
Changing the way we think about data
Gregory Gloor, PhD, hates being wrong. As someone who works with an enormous amount of data on a daily basis, he's committed to doing everything he can to ensure the research he and his colleagues are working on is as accurate as possible — even if it makes the process more of a challenge...
Careers you wouldn't expect a PhD to lead you to
Andrew Watson, PhD, introduces two alumni who have developed exciting career paths outside of academia, and discusses the many paths a graduate degree can lead to...
Audio interview: Filling the gap in mental health care
Stacey Espinet, PhD, and Sandra Gotovac, research associate, discuss their program to bring mental health care training to front line health care professionals in rural and remote communities...
Celebrating the Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Convocation with Baraa Al-Khazraji
Baraa Al-Khazraji has experienced a tremendous amount of growth in the past five years. Since completing her undergraduate education, she has added the titles “trainee”, “award winner”, “wife” and “mother” to her list of roles and accomplishments. On June 11, she added one more: PhD...- Congratulating the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Internal Graduate Awards recipients
We are pleased to announce the 12 recipients of several Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Internal Graduate Awards... - Applications now open: Dean's Graduate Stipends for 2015-2016 year
Applications for the Dean's PhD graduate stipends and Dean's MSc to PhD transfer stipends are now open. The recipients of these stipends have to possess an outstanding academic record, and will have also demonstrated outstanding research excellence and potential... - Homecoming 2015 Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer announced
We are pleased to announce that Bonnie Schmidt, PhD’93, has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecture Award. Schmidt is the President and Founder of Let’s Talk Science — an award-winning, national and charitable organization dedicated to science education and outreach in support of youth development... - Register for See the Line - August 12, 2015
See the Line is returning this summer with an exciting lineup of events, including a Community Symposium, featuring Dr. Michael J. Strong, Ravi Menon, PhD, and graduate trainees Alexander Moszczynski, PhD Candidate, and Kathryn Manning, PhD Candidate... - Video: Improving the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Watch an animated video on how the Ontario Neurodegenerative Disease Research Initiative (ONDRI) is designed to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal lobar dementia and stroke (vascular cognitive impairment)... - Current Affairs to take a summer hiatus
Current Affairs will be taking a hiatus for the summer months. Thank you to the trainees and faculty members who participated in this year's interviews and photo shoots — we enjoyed sharing your stories. During the coming months, we will be planning exciting new content to share with you in the fall... - Recognizing our achievements
Congratulations to Sera-Melisa Thomas, MSc Candidate; Sonya Van Nuland, PhD Candidate; Tariq Zaman, Postdoctoral Fellow; and Victoria Roach, PhD Candidate... - Top read stories in May 2015 Current Affairs
Did you miss the May 2015 issue of Current Affairs? Read the most popular stories on Carlee White, Omar El-Halfawy, and the end of Kelly Gutpell’s term as Chair of the Graduate Student Council...
