Kohila Kurunathan

Inaugural BRN Research Symposium — April 14
The inaugural BRN Research Symposium will take place on April 14 and will will bring together multidisciplinary researchers to showcase the transformative impact of Black research excellence in shaping the future.

ShiftEDIing Gears
The Mitochondrial Innovation Initiative (MITO2i), in collaboration with the Acceleration Consortium (AC), will be hosting a free two-day workshop, designed to foster discussions on equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) in healthcare self-driving labs (SDLs).

AGE-WELL announces new research projects to support healthy aging for Canadians Français
AGE-WELL is pleased to announce funding for nine cutting-edge research projects through its 2024 AgeTech Advance: Healthy Aging Research Program (HARP), aimed at advancing the development and application of technology-enabled solutions that support healthy aging.

PRiME 6th Annual Symposium: Precision X — Discovery to Translation
The symposium brings together faculty, trainees, industry leaders, investors, and policymakers to explore cutting-edge innovations in precision medicine. Gain insights from groundbreaking research, engage in thought-provoking discussions, and discover how today's discoveries are being translated into tomorrow's treatments.

Medicine by Design's 9th Annual Symposium: Driving translation with transformative science
This year’s symposium is themed “Driving translation with transformative science.” Invited speakers and Medicine by Design principal investigators will focus on telling strong translational stories, starting with leading edge science and enabling technologies through to commercialization and patient impact. Since 2016, Medicine by Design has married high risk, high reward research, with a strategy for […]

Accelerate Conference
We’re excited to announce that our third annual conference is hitting the road! Save the date for the Acceleration Consortium’s 2024 Accelerate conference from August 6 to 9 in Vancouver, cohosted with our partner, the University of British Columbia (UBC). Join us to explore how self-driving labs are revolutionizing materials and molecular discovery through the power of AI, robotics, and advanced computing. […]

Applications now open for BRN IGNITE grant
The BRN offers the IGNITE grant annually as a small-scale fund to support interdisciplinary research led by Black faculty, librarians, post-doctoral scholars, clinical scientists and medical research fellows/residents at the University of Toronto. The IGNITE grant will offer between $5,000 to $10,000 towards professional development, research dissemination and other types of research support within the […]

U of T’s Data Sciences Institute helps place the data scientists it’s producing
In this article, we interview leaders at two Canadian companies who are hiring certificate-holders from the Data Sciences Institute. They discuss why they’re working with the DSI, and how hiring Data Science Institute participants will benefit their organizations.

Transform-HF partnership wins provincial award for innovative cardiac care
WAHA and the UHN cardiovascular team have received and Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Award for their efforts in developing Medly — a digital health platform designed for patients with heart failure.

Researchers across U of T are banding together to help the United Nations meet its 17 sustainable development goals
The goals are a kind of blueprint for peace and prosperity around the world, and the newly formed “SDGs@UofT” serves as a nexus for the entire university community to access each other’s expertise and ideas.

Call for Proposals: SDGs@UofT Catalyst and Synthesis Grants
Deadline: December 3, 2024. The Catalyst and Synthesis Grant program aims to support multidisciplinary teams of researchers to test novel research questions and pursue pioneering conceptual and methodological approaches that have high potential to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inform future goals; create and mobilize knowledge that enhances learning and catalyzes equitable action on the SDGs by engaging faculty and trainees and building strong, inclusive, and innovative partnerships.