RTCANNUALREPORT| 2013 2014 7
TheRRISummerStudentProgramisa12 week,paid
researchinternshipforundergraduatestudentsto
workinthelaboratoryofaRRIscientistconducting
activeresearch.Keyobjectivesfortheprogram
include:
providinghands onresearchexperienceto
und ergraduates
providingeducationalandcareermentorshipin
cognitiveneuroscienceresearch
expandingtraineeresearchcapacityattheRRI
In2013,atotalof23studentswereselectedtowork
with16participatingscientists.
Aspart oftheireducationalexperience,aspecial6
weekSummerRoundsSerieswasheld,focusedon
providingexpertadviceandinsightintoacareerin
research.In2013,Dr.EmilyNalder,acurrentresearch
trainee,developedandcoordinatedtherounds
series .
The2013SummerRoundssessionsincluded:
BaycrestSpeaker PresentationTitle
Dr.JenniferRyan Cognitiveneurosciencecareers
Dr.NicoleAnderson Clinicalandinterventionfocusedresearch
Dr.AngieTroyer Balancingresearchandaclinicalcareer
Dr. AsafGilboa PsychologyandtheCognitiveNeuroscienceofMemory
Dr.NormanFarb * & LisaEngel *
EarlyCareerSession:HearfromaPost doctoralFellow&Graduate
StudentfromtheRRI
RoshanGuna PursuingaCareerinResearchAdministration
*RRItrainee
Rotman Research Institute Summer
Rounds Series
Summerroundscoordinator,Dr.
EmilyNalder(l))androundsspeaker,
RoshanGuna(r)
