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MedEmail
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
December 2, 2020 | Volume 29, Number 7
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In this issue: Indigenous Health Conference focuses on youth and suicide, rehab sciences students peer at the future, and how a diet low in Omega 3s could undermine early brain growth.
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Photo by Sarah Briggs Ramsey
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Building Our Future
If you’ve spent time in the Medical Sciences Building (MSB), you’ve likely spent some time daydreaming about how it could be improved. You’ve imagined how classrooms could be reconfigured. How some walls could be removed to open up labs. How we might better host conferences and events, as well as how more windows in the right places could help too.
The MSB is the primary home of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, representing more than half of the space occupied by the Faculty across two campuses. When it opened in 1968, it expressed the best thinking about how research and learning should be conducted. It also featured what architecture deemed fashionable and what building science thought was wise at the time. But, we always knew that innovation might outpace the building’s design and intentions.
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Trevor Young
Dean, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Vice Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions
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How a Maternal Diet Low in Omega 3s Can Hinder Brain Development in the Young
An international research team that includes Professor Richard Bazinet has found a cellular mechanism in mice that could explain why low intake of Omega 3 fats by mothers is linked to cognitive problems in their offspring — an association that growing evidence shows is also a risk for women and children.
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U of T Researchers Identify an Eye Signature for ALS
For a team of U of T scientists led by Professor Yeni Yucel, our eyes may be more than windows to our souls — they can help diagnose and monitor Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a devastating and incurable neurological disease.
Leah Cowen Appointed U of T’s First Associate Vice President, Research
Professor Leah Cowen, chair of the department of molecular genetics and an expert on infectious fungal diseases, has been appointed U of T’s first associate vice-president, research.
Crossroads Clinic: Providing Safe and Sensitive Care for Refugees and Newcomers
Navigating the Canadian medical system as a refugee can feel impossible when combined with limited English proficiency, family separation, social isolation and now the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s where the Crossroads Clinic comes in.
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Leadership & Governance
Special Advisor to the President and Provost on COVID-19
Professor Sal Spadafora has been appointed Special Advisor to the President and Provost on COVID-19, effective January 1 to June 30, 2021.
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Leadership Applications
Chair, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
The advisory committee invites applications for this position, which has a closing date of January 11, 2020.
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Temerty Medicine Education Awards
2020 Achievement Celebration Moves Online
In place of the annual Education Achievement Awards celebration, view a new microsite that features awardees from across Temerty Medicine's education programs. The site features the C. I. Whiteside keynote address by Professor Shelly Dev, award information and congratulatory messages from the education Deans.
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Virtual Events
TRP Presents: Networking in the Time of COVID-19
December 7, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Online
The Translational Research Program will offer this virtual networking opportunity for clinicians, researchers, mentors and students to meet new people, exchange ideas and seek expertise outside of established circles.
Temerty Medicine Talks: In Pursuit of Equity
December 14, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Online
The final instalment in this three-part virtual series hosted by André Picard will focus on how new approaches to career-spanning medical education are helping physicians develop as advocates for change that will reduce inequities, and benefit patients and communities.
2021 Big Data & AI Case Competition
March 27, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Online
This case competition for graduate students is sponsored by the BIGDataAIHUB at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with Scotiabank, STEMFellowship and ICUBE.
View more upcoming events on the Temerty Faculty of Medicine website.
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Calls for Award Applications
W. T. Aikins Awards
These awards are named after the Faculty of Medicine's first Dean and honour sustained commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching in the MD Program.
Application deadline is January 18, 2021.
Miriam Rossi Award for Health Equity in Undergraduate Medical Education
This award recognizes any Faculty of Medicine faculty member who has taught and/or held a leadership position, or, staff member, in the MD Program for their commitment to diversity and health equity in undergraduate medical education.
Application deadline is January 18, 2021.
Norman Rosenblum Award for Excellence in Mentorship in the MD/PhD Program
This award recognizes any faculty member, resident, or staff member who exhibit an exemplary level of leadership and commitment to mentorship and role modeling for MD/PhD students in the Faculty of Medicine.
Application deadline is January 18, 2021.
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