UHN Summer Seminar Series

UHN is hosting the first ever UHN Summer Seminar Series for high school students (grades 9-12) from underrepresented and racialized backgrounds. The Summer Seminar series will take place during July 27th, 28th, and 29th from 10am-1pm EST online over Zoom.

All UHN trainees are welcome to join and observe the seminar series to:

• Learn about research happening at UHN including talks on cancer, neuroscience, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
• Explore careers in healthcare and research including doctors, scientists, clinical research coordinators, lab technicians and more.
• Observe interactive activities on machine learning, innovation and science communication.

Trainees are welcome to observe any/all sessions of interest. We ask that all UHN trainees respectfully hold their questions and engagement until all high school students have had the opportunity first. UHN trainees will not be eligible to win prizes during the trivia sessions.

Agenda:

Tuesday July 27th:

10 - 10:20- Welcome and introductions by Dr. Brad Wouters, Hodan Mohamud, and Dr. Amanda Veri.

10:20 - 10:50 am

• ""I'm afraid I will fall": identifying barriers to attending aerobic training for patients with stroke" by Dr. Augustine Devasahayam
• "Fixing broken hearts with stem cells" by Dr. Rasha Al-attar
• Talk on Stem Cells and Hearts by Doris Adao

11 - 11: 50 am - Introduction to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and Teachable machine with Google activity with Dr. Andrew Sage, Elly Zhou, and Bonnie Chao.

12 - 12:50 pm - Panel discussion on careers in research with panelists: Dr. Valeria Rac (Scientist, TGHRI), Najia Khurram (Clinical Research Coordinator, Princess Margaret), Cristiana O’Brien (Research Technician, Princess Margaret), Ruby Shanker (Bioethicist, Toronto Rehab and Women’s College, Doctoral student, Wilson Centre)

Wednesday July 28th:

10 - 10:10 am - Opening messages

10:10 - 10:30 am - Introduction to Cancer Research

• "Finding the Achilles' Heel of Cancer" by Dr. Michael He.
• Talk on Health Literacy and Patient Education by Bhajan Gill
• Talk on the Carbon Footprint of Radiation Medicine by Ronald Cheung

10:30 - 10:50 am - Introduction to Education Research

• Talk on Education Research by Tobi Lam
• "Where should I park my canoe? The anthropologist in healthcare and education research" by Melanie Hammond Mobilio

11 - 11:20 am - Introduction into Innovation/Medical Devices

• "Electrophysiological Signals & Human-Machine Interfaces" by Lazar Jovanovic.
• Talk on medical devices by Guijin Li

11:20 - 11:50 am - KITE Young Innovators Innovation activity and simulation labs by Hodan Mohamud

12 - 12:50 pm - Panel discussion on careers in healthcare with panelists Zikra Awosanmi (Medical Student at UofT), Alexia Cumal (Nurse and Graduate Student), Nathan Cupido (Graduate student, TIER and Research Fellow, Wilson, Centre).

Thursday July 29th:

10 - 10:10 am - Opening messages/discussion

10:10 - 10:30 am

• Introduction to Medical Research by Dr. Muhammad Usman Asghar
• "Studying brain development to understand neurological disorders" by Dr. Brianna Unda

10:30 - 10:50 am - Interactive activity on misinformation and finding veritable sources in science and on social media by Dr. Tracy Lackraj, Mandy Ding, and Dr. Amanda Veri

11 - 11: 50 am - Panel session “Spilling the tea on undergrad” with panelists Maisha Fahmida, Ronald Cheung, Kaylen Soriano, Zuha Qureshi, Jennita Ariaratnam and Anwar Abdi

12 - 1 pm - Feedback and closing message by Dr. Jennifer Campos