ThisWeek@Schulich is an e-bulletin for all faculty, staff, students and trainees at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
Canadian Dental Student Workshop: Careers in Academic Dentistry -
June 10 - 11
The Network for Canadian Oral Health Research (NCOHR) is pleased to host the first Canadian dental student workshop, Careers in Academic Dentistry, at Schulich Dentistry. This year’s event will be held on June 10 - 11 at Western University, and will be an important step in supporting research capacity within the Canadian oral health community.
You are invited to view a live broadcast of the presentations where your questions will gladly be answered. To view the livestream presentation, Click here (no password required). The presentations will run 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on June 10, and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on June 11.
Website Redevelopment Project - Your Chance to Tell Us What You Think
As the website redevelopment project continues moving forward, we have implemented the second component of our research and survey stage: a stakeholder survey for our faculty and staff.
We ask that you please take a couple moments to fill out this 17 question survey. It is essential that staff and faculty play a role in this phase of the website redevelopment so we can ensure the new site appropriately reflects your needs and the manner in which you use the website. Click here to take the survey and tell us what you think.
We thank you in advance for your participation in this exciting project and look forward to reviewing your feedback.
Symposium on “Advances and New Directions in Skeletal Biology and Disease” – May 31
The Symposium on “Advances and New Directions in Skeletal Biology and Disease” will feature leading North American researchers, including Dr. Eileen Shore from the University of Pennsylvania providing an update on FOP (a disease of unchecked bone growth); Dr. Marc Grynpas from Toronto, discussing bone quality; and Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy, the new Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, speaking on novel insights into rheumatoid arthritis
1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Dental Sciences Building, Room 1002
Sponsored by Western’s Bone and Joint Initiative.
All welcome
Save the Date: Strategic Plan Town Hall – June 6
Save the date for our next Town Hall. Taking place on June 6 at 12:00 p.m. in Dental Sciences Building, Rm. 1002, Strategic Plan achievements will be shared.
Can’t attend? Click here to bookmark the video Livestream channel.
Save the Date: London and District Academy of Medicine Annual Golf Day -
June 12
This year's London and District Academy of Medicine (LDAM) Annual Golf Day will be held on June 12, 2013 at Forest City National Golf Club. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the LDAM Memorial Bursary Fund, which provides seven bursaries per year to Schulich Medicine students. Last year's tournament raised $7,400 for this purpose.
Lunch will be served prior to a 'shotgun' start, with dinner, silent auction and prizes to follow.
Fees this year will be $155.00. Academy members will be receiving registration forms in the mail. Spouses and non-Academy guests are welcome.
May 22 - Paediatrics Grand Rounds - “Trouble with the Curve: Updated Canadian Growth Curves”
Speaker: The Endocrine Team: Drs. Clarson, Gallego and Stein, Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
12:00 – 1:00 p.m., London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, B2-119 (Amphitheatre)
May 22 - Resident Well-being Day
The final Schulich Medicine PGE Academic Half Day of this academic year is the annual, PAIRO-developed Resident Well-being Day, taking place on Wednesday, May 22 from 12:00 - 4:30 p.m.
This event will be held at Gibbons Park and the event begins at 12:00 noon. The BBQ food service will begin between 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. and will remain on hand for two hours.
The afternoon will include LHSC Fitness providing demonstrations and exercise sessions (tentatively scheduled for 2:00 p.m.), games and activities with prizes, yoga sessions and the afternoon will be completed with ice cream provided by Marble Slab at 4:30 p.m.
May 23 - Deadline to Register for Canada-Israel Symposium on Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Education – Poster Presentation
The Royal Society of Canada, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research are organizing a symposium on Brain Plasticity, Learning, and Education, which will take place at Western University from June 14 - 16, 2013. Undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members are invited to present their work in the form of a poster presentation at the Symposium.
The Symposium offers a fabulous opportunity for Western researchers to network with some of the leading scientists in this country and Israel. Representatives from the RSC, the Israel Academy, CIFAR, the OBI will be in attendance -- and officials from all three funding agencies have been invited. The registration fee includes all meals and the banquet at the Great Hall.
Click here for details, registration and abstract submission.
Deadline to register is May 23, 2013
May 27 - Physiology and Pharmacology Seminar Series – “Congenital Heart Defects in Pregestational Diabetes: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species”
Speaker: Hoda Moazzen, PhD candidate, Physiology
4:00 p.m., Dental Sciences Building, Room 2016
Everyone welcome
May 28 - Adobe LiveCycle Designer #928
Instructor: Donna Bueckert
8:30 - 11:00 a.m., Valberg Education Resource Centre, Medical Sciences Building, Room M150A
Click here to register online or email cpd@schulich.uwo.ca
May 28, 29, 30 & June 4 - Lawson Launches New Quality Management System for Clinical Research: Open Forum
Lawson Health Research Institute's Quality Assurance and Education (QAE) team is launching a new Quality Management System (QMS) for clinical research. Join us at the Lawson Open Forum at your site to meet the team and learn how the Quality Management System will help you! The forum is open to all researchers and staff.
May 28, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Parkwood Hospital, Room C215
May 30, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., St. Joseph’s Health Care, Room, Roney B-D1-226
May 29, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m, London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital, Auditorium A - 3rd floor
June 4, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., London Health Sciences, Victoria Hospital, Sumner Auditorium, Room B2-119
For more information, click here or contact QAEP@lawsonresearch.com
May 29 - Robarts Vascular Biology Seminar - “Endothelial Cell Loss and Repair in Diabetes Complications: Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Considerations”
Speaker: Richard E. Gilbert, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University of Toronto
12:30 p.m., Robarts Research Institute, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Lunch provided
May 29 - Interdisciplinary Pain Rounds - “The Burden of Herpes Zoster and Post-Herpetic Neuralgia in Canada: An Epidemiological Perspective”
Speaker: Melanie Drolet, MD, BSc, PhD, Centre de Recherché du CHU de Quebec, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University
4:30 - 6:00 p.m., St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Room B2-075, Thompson Amphitheatre
May 29 - Paediatric 26th Annual Research Day
Keynote speaker: Alex Mackenzie, BSc, MD, PhD, University of Ottawa
Lecture title: “Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Rare Genetic Disease; After the Deluge”
Location: Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
10:00 - 11:45 a.m., Oral Presentations (Clinical and Basic Sciences), North Tower Amphitheater, Room B2-119
12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Keynote presentation, North Tower Amphitheater, Room B2-119
1:00 - 2:30 p.m., Lunch and poster session, Room B2-116
2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Oral presentation (Clincial and Basic Sciences), North Tower Amphitheater, Room B2-119
Click here for more information.
May 30 - 5th Annual Developmental Biology Research Day – "Model Systems in Developmental Biology”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott F Gilbert, Senior Research Associate, Howard A Schneiderman Professor Emeritus Developmental Biology - Swarthmore College
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Civic Gardens Complex, 625 Springbank Drive, London
To register contact Paula Nopper at 519.685.8500, ext. 55455 or email at pnopper@uwo.ca
May 30 - Milestones-Competency Based Education Workshop: Presentation & Discussion: “From Competence by Time to Competence by Design: the Coming of CBME”
Dr. Jason Frank, Director of Specialty Education at the Royal College will describe the coming changes to residency education in Canada, and why they are coming. Program directors and all those involved in residency education will not want to miss the news about: assessment, accreditation, milestones, the end of the FITER, and an end of the use of time as a basis of competence.
By the end of the session, participants will be able to...
1. Describe the rationale for the move to Competency-based Medical Education in Canada
2. Describe how a CBME program can be different than what we are doing now
3. Describe the Royal College's new Competence by Design initiative and the new model of training
This workshop will be of interest to Postgraduate Residency Training Program Directors
and Senior Residents.
Date: Thursday May 30, 2013
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Dental Sciences Building, Rm. 1002
To register, please click here
May 30 – CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis: Researcher Reception
This researcher reception, sponsored by the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), will be held on May 30, 2013 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. at Conron Hall, Room 224, University College, Western University.
This will be of interest to researchers in arthritis, MSK rehabilitation, bone, skeletal muscle, skin and oral health.
Over the course of this and next year, IMHA is consulting with its many and varied constituents as part of its strategic planning process. IMHA's new Scientific Director, Dr. El-Gabalawy, will highlight some of IMHA's current activities and partnerships, introduce members of the Advisory Board, and open a dialogue with the audience during a question and answer period.
This is an excellent opportunity for researchers at all career levels to come together to help shape the future of musculoskeletal, skin and oral health research in Canada.
Please RSVP to Elizabeth Robson at Elizabeth.robson@utoronto.ca
May 31- Maud L. Menten Memorial Spring Symposium
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kym Boycott, University of Ottawa - “Canadian Geneticists Collaborate to Help Children with Rare Diseases”
Dr. Michael J. Strong, Dean, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry "TBA"
Dr. Rob Hegele, Robarts Research Institute - “Rare and Common Contributions to Complex Traits”
Dr. Victoria Siu, Department of Paediatrics – “TBA”
Hosts: Drs. Tony Rupar and Victoria Siu
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in the 3M Building, Rm 3250
May 31 - Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar Series - “Characterization of a Novel Human Nodal Isoform”
Speakers: Scott Findlay, Ph.D., candidate in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology 12:30 p.m., Medical Sciences Building, Room 282
May 31 - Symposium on “Advances and New Directions in Skeletal Biology and Disease”
The Symposium on “Advances and New Directions in Skeletal Biology and Disease” will feature leading North American researchers, including Dr. Eileen Shore from the University of Pennsylvania providing an update on FOP (a disease of unchecked bone growth); Dr. Marc Grynpas from Toronto, discussing bone quality; and Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy, the new Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, speaking on novel insights into rheumatoid arthritis
1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Dental Sciences Building, Room 1002
Sponsored by Western’s Bone and Joint Initiative.
All welcome
May 31 - June 1 - Register Now: Amish and Mennonite Symposium
Please join us for a symposium on provision of care for the Amish and Mennonite populations in Southwestern Ontario occurring on May 31 - June 1 at Victoria Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. Please indicate your intent to attend by registering. To help publicize the event please feel free to distribute the flyer and the registration link.
Keynote Speaker is Dr. Kym Boycott, Clinical Geneticist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Investigator at the CHEO Research Institute.
Topics will include:
• A history of the Amish and Mennonite cultures
• Public health initiatives
• New developments in medical and biochemical genetics
• Newborn screening
• Cancer screening
• Services available to families
To register, please click here. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Janice Little at janice.little@lhsc.on.ca or call at 519.685.8500, ext. 58453
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