2026 T-CAIREM Summer Research Program Calendar
2026 Mandatory Summer Student Sessions
Meet the 2026 Summer Research Program Cohort
May 2026
May 1 (Fri.) - 12pm to 2pm ET, In-Person, Location: 263 McCaul Street (Google Map)
Welcome & Orientation: Inspiration and Opportunities
Host: Laura Rosella, Education Lead, T-CAIREM, University of Toronto
May 4th (Mon.) - 12:00pm to 1:30pm, (Virtual on Zoom)
Lunch & Learn – Part 1: Introduction to AI in Healthcare (optional, recommended)
Presenters: Julia Wiercigroch, Gemma Postill, T-CAIREM Education Trainee Affiliates
May 5th (Tues.) - 12:00pm to 1:30pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Lunch & Learn – Part 2: Model Prediction (optional, recommended)
Presenter: Samantha Unger, T-CAIREM Education Trainee Affiliate
May 6th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 1:30pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Lunch & Learn – Part 3: Equity, Deployment, and Evaluation (optional, recommended)
Presenter: Gemma Postill, T-CAIREM Education Trainee Affiliate
May 7th (Thurs.) - 12:00pm to 1:30pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Lunch & Learn – Part 4: Introduction to ML, LLM, and Vision (optional, recommended)
Presenter: Abhishek Moturu, T-CAIREM Education Trainee Affiliate
May 8th (Fri.) - 12:00pm to 1:30pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Lunch & Learn – Part 5: Ethics (optional, recommended)
Presenter: Konrad Samsel, T-CAIREM Education Trainee Affiliate
May 13th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 2:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Professional Development Session with Dr. Alistair Johnson
Part I -Working with health data and querying a clinical relational database
Part II -Cohort selection, Data Extraction, Data Visualization
May 14th (Thurs.) - 12:00pm to 2:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Professional Development Session with Dr. Alistair Johnson
Part III -The data science pipeline includes planning, cohort design, covariates, analysis, sensitivity analysis
Part IV - Critically assessing a published analysis using study checklists
May 21st (Thurs.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Professional Development Session: Health Data Sharing and the Health Data Nexus
Presenter: January Adams, Data Governance and Quality Analyst, T-CAIREM
May 27th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Trainee Rounds featuring presentations by 2 trainees
• Presenter 1 (12:00pm to 12:30pm)
• Presenter 2 (12:30pm to 1:00pm)
June 2026
June 4th (Thurs.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Professional Development Session - AI and Ethics
Presenter: Jay Shaw, Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Responsible Health Innovation and Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at University of Toronto
June 10th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Trainee Rounds featuring presentations by 2 trainees
• Presenter 1 (12:00pm to 12:30pm)
• Presenter 2 (12:30pm to 1:00pm)
June 18th (Thurs.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Professional Development Session - Professional Development in Academia
Presenter: Dr. Azadeh Kushki, Associate Chief of Data Science at Bloorview Research Institute and Associate Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto
June 24th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Trainee Rounds featuring presentations by 2 trainees
• Presenter 1 (12:00pm to 12:30pm)
• Presenter 2 (12:30pm to 1:00pm)
July 2026
Week of July 1st - ONE WEEK BREAK
July 8th (Wed.) - 10:00am to 12:30pm, In-Person, Location: 263 McCaul Street (Google Map)
Mid-term check-in & Research-in-progress check-in
July 15th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm, (Virtual on Zoom)
Trainee Rounds featuring presentations by 2 trainees
• Presenter 1 (12:00pm to 12:30pm)
• Presenter 2 (12:30pm to 1:00pm)
July 23rd (Thurs.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Professional Development Session: Industry and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Dr. Noah Crampton, family physician, Toronto Western Family Health Team, and lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto
July 29th (Wed.) - 12:00pm to 1:00pm (Virtual on Zoom)
Trainee Rounds featuring presentations by 2 trainees
• Presenter 1 (12:00pm to 12:30pm)
• Presenter 2 (12:30pm to 1:00pm)
August 2026
Week of August 3rd - ONE WEEK BREAK (PREPARE FINAL PRESENTATIONS)
August 10th (Mon.) - 1:00pm to 5:00pm (In-Person) Location: 263 McCaul Street (Google Map)
Mini-Conference: Research Presentations
Keynote: Muhammad Mamdani, PharmD, MA, MPH, Director, T-CAIREM
5:00pm - on - (In-Person) Location: Duke of Cornwall, 400 University Avenue
Networking dinner