
Josiane C.S. Mapplebeck
BSc, Third year PhD Student, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto
Supervisor: Dr. Michael Salter
Chief of Research, Hospital for Sick Children
Professor, Institute of Medical Science and Faculty of Dentistry
By: Kasey Hemington
When you meet …

First cohort of the Translational Research Program, Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
By: the TRP Team



When the first of our ancestors, after discovering the usefulness of a sharpened rock realized that a rock bound …


Author: Sam Kean
Reviewed by: Jabir Mohamed
In The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, Sam Kean traces the origins of modern neuroscience through stories of brain injury and recovery. Celebrated figures from the annals of …


Author: Brigid Schulte
Reviewed by: Chelsea Lowther
As most graduate students know, when you run into a fellow graduate student the conversation inadvertently turns to how busy you are. There are tales of long hours spent in the lab, revision …

Li Guo, MD, is a 5th year PhD Student at Institute of Medical ScienceLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital
Supervisor: Dr. John Semple
By: Yekta Dowlati
As an only child of a traditional Chinese family, Li Guo was …

Serisha Moodley, 5th year PhD Student, Institute of Medical Science Latner Thoracic Surgery Research Lab, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
By: Arunima Kapoor
The decision to pursue a PhD degree is a commitment unlike any other. This degree requires …

Dr. Mario Masellis MSc (Pharm), MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Scientist, Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program Co-Director, Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Assistant Professor, Neurology, University of Toronto Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science
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By: Rebecca Ruddy
The Institute of Medical Science’s (IMS) annual Ori Rotstein Lecture in Translational Research took place on October 23, 2015 and featured Dr. Paul O’Byrne as the keynote speaker.
The Ori Rotstein Lecture was founded in 2011 in …

- August 28 – Last date for payment of tuition fees to meet registration deadline
- September 10 – IMS New student orientation
- September 18 – Registration for Fall session ends; after this date, a late registration fee will be assessed
- September
Ebola outbreak: Lessons Learned
By: Yekta Dowlati
As we followed the dramatic news of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a few months ago and the hysteric fascination of the media with the few cases of Ebola that trickled into Western Europe and North …