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MedEmail
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
June 30, 2021 | Volume 29, Number 21
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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.
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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.”
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Trevor Young
Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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