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Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto 

June 30, 2021 | Volume 29, Number 21

In this issue: U of T holds a vaccine pow wow; a new 'powerhouse' network will accelerate diabetes research; and celebrating the legacy of a champion for public health. 
Photo by Guy Hanford on Unsplash

Not Forgetting Our History, But Celebrating Our Future

Last week’s announcement that 751 graves were discovered by the Cowessess First Nation at the Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan is yet another sad reminder of Canada’s legacy of genocide perpetrated against Indigenous communities. This follows the news last month that the remains of 215 children were found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. As the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) warned, these heartbreaking discoveries are likely to be repeated as further investigations are done at other residential schools. 

 

We must be aware of the intergenerational trauma suffered by Indigenous communities as a result of residential schools, as well as other discriminatory actions like the Sixties Scoop. At the same time, we must also recognize the deep sense of pain and anguish felt by Indigenous members of our community as a result of these announcements. We will continue to support our Indigenous colleagues while continuing to invest in long-term resources to make meaningful change and respond to the TRC’s Calls to Action. I am thankful for the many Indigenous leaders who are helping to guide us in this work. As Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme said last Thursday, “We all must put down our ignorance and accidental racism of not addressing the truth that this country has with Indigenous people.”

Read the message from Dean Young
Trevor Young 
Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine 
Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions 

News

U of T Hosts Vaccine Pow Wow at Varsity Stadium  


Dancing and hand drums helped welcome First Nations, Inuit and Métis people to a culturally safe mass vaccination clinic last week. Volunteers from Temerty Medicine, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy helped with the immunization effort, held at Varsity Stadium. 

U of T Endocrinologist to Lead 'Powerhouse' Diabetes Research Network 


Professor Lorraine Lipscombe will lead the Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations. A partnership between Temerty Medicine, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and University of Toronto Mississaugua, the network will focus on interdisciplinary collaboration to accelerate research, education and outreach.  

Vivek Goel's Public Health Vision 


Over the course of his decades-long relationship with U of T, Vivek Goel has created a lasting legacy for public health. As he prepares for his new role as president at the University of Waterloo, Goel's colleagues reflect his impact

Toronto Academic Health Science Network Welcomes Humber River Hospital and Scarborough Health Network


The change will enable further collaboration and alignment across the academic network in the  Greater Toronto Area, says TAHSN Chair Dr. Gary Newton. As part of membership, both organizations will strengthen their existing affiliation relationship with U of T.
 
 

New Donnelly Centre Director on 'Supporting the Next Breakthroughs in Biomolecular Sciences'


"Our ideas are unlimited, but to remain internationally renowned and performing at the cutting-edge of discovery research, we need to fuel those ideas," says Professor Stephane Angers, who will begin his new role on September 1
 
 

Parents Know Best: Parent-led Research Identifies Real Issues, and Often How to Solve Them 


As patients are increasingly being seen as partners in care, they are also becoming more valued as partners in research. Jonathon Maguire, the Lawson Chair in Patient Engagement in Child Nutrition, established a patient and clinician team to help ensure child health and nutrition research is led by, and relevant and accessible to families.
 
 

Researchers Develop Quantum Dot Smartphone Device to Diagnose and Track COVID-19


The test, engineered by researchers at the Donnelly Centre in collaboration with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Public Health Ontario and Mount Sinai Hospital, could help lower the turnaround time and efficiency for infectious disease diagnosis for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases
 
 

Female Physicians Delay Having Children Until Later, Study Finds 


The findings, by Andrea Simpson, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, raise questions about how to support female physicians at all stages of training if they want to have children and suggest the importance of systemic change.
 
 

Nadine Narain: From Here to Emergency


Nadine Narain's career as an occupational therapist has been varied. She's worked with children, in palliative care, home health care and most recently, in a hospital emergency department — which she hopes will become a growing trend.
 

Recent Appointments 

 

Director, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research


Professor Stephane Angers has been appointed as Director of the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, for a five-year term effective September 1.


 

Director, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute


Professor Angela Colantonio has been reappointed as Director of the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, for a second five-year term effective September 1.


 

Senior Advisor on Antisemitism  


Professor Ayelet Kuper has been appointed Senior Advisor on Antisemitism in the Office of Inclusion and Diversity for an initial one-year term, which began June 1.
 


Senior Advisor on Islamophobia 


Professor Umberin Najeeb has been appointed Senior Advisor on Islamophobia in the Office of Inclusion and Diversity for an initial one-year term, which began June 1.

Call for Applications

 

Chair, Department of Surgery 


The Advisory Committee invites applications for this position. The closing date is Wednesday October 20, 2021. The committee welcomes comments and nominations for Chair. Input and nominations may be directed to any member of the committee.

Grant Opportunities

 

Ukraine-Toronto Education and Collaboration Initiative 


A new fund has been established to support education and research to increase and deepen our collaborations and partnerships with clinicians, health educators and researchers in Ukraine. Please see the application form for further details

The deadline for applications is September 30.

Book Club

 

Women In STEAM Leading and Reading 


This group meets every other month and will next discuss Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez on August 26 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. via Zoom.

Email eliza.mccoll@mail.utoronto.ca to join the mailing list. 

Virtual Events

 

North American Refugee Health Conference


September 9-11
Online


Join a panel of world-renowned keynote speakers who will explore the health of refugee populations during the continuum of their flight, migration and resettlement. Workshop themes will include COVID's impact on refugees, LGBTI, tropical diseases, nutrition and tuberculosis and infectious diseases. 


 

Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics Summer School 2021


July 5-14
Online


This two-week course will introduce participants to the concepts and methods behind psychiatric neuroinformatics. Learn about best practices for data management, ethical considerations and quality control in the context of integrative analysis.


 

Strategies for Systematic, Scoping, or Other Comprehensive Searches of Literature Part II


July 14, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Online


The second instalment of this workshop, Beyond MEDLINE: Translating Search Strategies for Knowledge Synthesis, is open to graduate students and faculty engaged in health research. 


 

EXITE Summer Series: Virtual Care & Equity  


July 14, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Online


This four-part summer series will begin with Virtual Care & Equity. The session will feature Prof. Onil Bhattacharyya, who will explore the opportunity for virtual care through a quality improvement lens and what's happening during the pandemic.    


 

T-CAIREM Trainee Rounds Seminars 


August 10, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Online


Join emerging healthcare researchers, Anastasia Razdaibiedina, a Computational Biology and Machine Learning PhD candidate, and medical student Michael Balas as they discuss their approaches to Artificial Intelligence

 

View more upcoming events on the Temerty Faculty of Medicine website.

Congratulations, #UofTGrad21!

Students from several of Temerty Medicine's clinical and research-based graduate programs marked Spring Convocation on June 23. The virtual ceremony was streamed across Canada and the world.

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