UTSC OVPRI Celebration of Research Excellence Lecture Series with Professor Hilary Brown
UTSC OVPRI Celebration of Research Excellence Lecture Series March session with Professor Hilary Brown “Improving Accessibility of Reproductive Health Care for Women with Disabilities” Despite calls from the World Health Organization and UnitedNations for more inclusive health care strategies, women with disabilitiesreport being under-served in reproductive health care settings. In this talk,Dr. Brown will discuss […]
UTSC OVPRI Introduction to NIH Information Session – Mar. 2, 2022
The National Institutes of Health is the United States’medical research agency, supporting scientific studies that turn discovery intohealth. As a steward of medical and behavioral research, its mission is to seekfundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and theapplication of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduceillness and disability. The […]
Information Session – Multidisciplinary DSI Doctoral Student Fellowships – Mar. 3, 2022
The Data Sciences Institute (DSI) is a central hub and incubator for data science research, training, and partnerships at the University of Toronto. Its goal is to accelerate the impact of data sciences across disciplines to address pressing societal questions and to drive positive social change. DSI is focused on training the next generation of […]
Text and Data Mining (TDM) in Research: Applications and Tools – Mar. 3, 2022
Text and data mining is the science of extracting information, identifying patterns, or knowledge from large bodies of text, in the case of text mining, or data, in the case of data mining*. Researchers have used text and data mining in various ways such as abstract screening for knowledge synthesis, determining changes in human languages, […]
Governance and Risk Management for Research – Mar. 4, 2022
As research becomes more collaborative and complex, its inherent uncertainties and organizational challenges can become more acute. Effective governance and risk management processes are therefore essential to anticipate and manage the challenges and ambiguities of research projects both large and small. This webinar presents strategies, tools, and templates for effective governance and risk management for […]
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Week – Mar. 7 – 10, 2022
It’s business as virtual at the 6th annual U of T Entrepreneurship Week, happening from March 7-10, 2022. Join U of T’s entrepreneurial community and campus accelerators in an online celebration of the impact that innovation and startup activity can have on our economy, our health, and the planet. With over 600 new ventures launched in […]
Data Science ARES: Alicia Johnson – Mar. 7, 2022
Talk Title: Demystifying Bayesian statistics Abstract: In a survey of high-ranking institutions, only 6 of 50 colleges and 45 of 102 universities offer an undergraduate course in Bayesian statistics (Dogucu and Hu, 2021). Given the rising popularity of Bayesian statistics, this absence from the common curriculum likely reflects an assumption that the topic can’t be […]
Launchpad: Campus Resources for U of T Startups
Orientation to campus resources for those with startups or interested in startups, including accelerators, courses and programs, library resources, commercialization, funding opportunities, and community resources. This session features a Q&A with a panel of U of T student startup founders. You will leave with: knowledge of how the university supports student and faculty startups through […]
