2024 T-CAIREM Summer Research Program Calendar

Mandatory Summer Student Sessions


May 2024

May 1 (Wed.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, In-Person
Welcome & Orientation: Inspiration and Opportunities
• Prof. Laura Rosella (Education Lead, T-CAIREM; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Associate Director, Education & Training, Data Sciences Institute, University of Toronto)


May 6 (Mon.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Bootcamp 1: Introduction to Python


May 8 (Wed.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Bootcamp 2: Model Prediction


May 9 (Thu.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Bootcamp 3: Equity & Ethics


May 10 (Fri.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Bootcamp 4: Deployment & Evaluation


May 13 (Mon.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Professional Development Session
• Dr. Alistair Johnson
Part I: Working with health data and querying a clinical relational database
Part II: Cohort Selection, Data Extraction, Data Visualization


May 14 (Tue.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
​​​​​​Professional Development Session
• Dr. Alistair Johnson
Part III: The data science pipeline including planning, cohort design, covariates, analysis, sensitivity analysis
Part IV: Critically assessing a published analysis using study checklists


May 23 (Thu.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Health Data Sharing & the Health Data Nexus
• January Adams (Data Governance & Quality Analyst, T-CAIREM)


May 28 (Tue.) - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Trainee Rounds 1
• Armaan Malhotra (12pm to 12:30pm)
• Yu Shi (12:30pm to 1pm)


June 2024

June 6 (Thu.)  - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
​​​​​​Professional Development in Academia
Anna Goldenberg (Research Co-Lead, T-CAIREM; Senior Scientist in Genetics and Genome Biology, SickKids Research Institute)


June 11 (Tue.) - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Trainee Rounds 2
• Lianghong Chen (12pm to 12:30pm)
• Timur Latypov (12:30pm to 1pm)


June 20 (Thu.) - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Artificial Intelligence & Ethics
• Ian Stedman (YorkU Centre for AI & Society, Chair of Public Relations Committee; Legal Member, Research Ethics Board at SickKids Hospital)


June 25 (Tue.) - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Trainee Rounds 3
• Ernest Namdar (12pm to 12:30pm)
• Baijian Yuan (12:30pm to 1pm)


July 2024

July 2 (Tue.) - 10am to 12:30pm ET, In-Person
Mid-Term Check-In


July 9 (Tue.)  - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Trainee Rounds 4
• Fumiya Inaba (12pm to 12:30pm)
• Vivian Serena Chu (12:30pm to 1pm)


July 16 (Tue.)  - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Industry & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Devin Singh (Research Co-Lead, T-CAIREM; emergency physician at The Hospital for Sick Children)


July 23 (Tue.)  - 12pm to 1pm ET, Virtual on Zoom
Trainee Rounds 5
• Reza Basiri (12pm to 12:30pm)
• Xuanzi (Elly) Zhou (12:30pm to 1pm)


August 2024

August 8 (Thu.) - 2pm to 5pm ET, In-Person
Mini-Conference: Research Presentations
Keynote: Muhammad Mamdani (Director, T-CAIREM)


Networking Dinner • 5pm to 8pm