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The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is excited to announce our Professional Development (PD) Day! This will be held on Thursday, June 5th, 2025 at the BMO Conference Centre. This special half-day event brings together a diverse community of clinical and basic science trainees and staff throughout the TRCHR ecosystem.
We have an exciting agenda planned for the day, including a keynote presentation from Dr. Cedric Manlhiot, a workshop led by Dr. Chris McIntosh, a career panel session featuring TRCHR alumni, as well as the opportunity to participate in and observe mock interviews!
Lunch and refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you there!
*Please note: registrants must use their institutional emails to gain access to tickets.
Assistant Professor, Queen's University
Consultant, Oliver Wyman
Business Development Lead, Pharmaceutical Company
Staff Scientist Acceleration Consortium (U of T) Toronto
9:30-10:00am – Registration
10:00-10:50pm – Introductions and Keynote: “A Primer on Artificial Intelligence: What do you need to know?”
10:50-11:20am – TRCHR Jeopardy
11:20am-12:05pm – “Introduction to Machine Learning using Pytorch”
12:05-1:05pm – Lunch and Mingle
1:05-1:50pm – Career Panel – TRCHR Alumni
1:50-2:50pm – Mock Interviews
2:50pm – Closing Remarks