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Research Training Centre Annual Report 2014-2015

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11 RTC Annual Report 2014 - 2015 Academic & Career Development Workshops 1 As part of its mandate, the RTC is focused on developing the methodological and technical as well as professional skills of research trainees. RTC workshops are meant to: 1) enhance existing skills and expose trainees to new methodologies to increase their all - around scientific knowledge; and 2) build professional skills that enhance their job market competitiveness regardless of their vocational domain. In 2014 - 2015, the RTC steering committee coordinated 7 academic and professional Workshop Leader Presentation Title Dr. Asaf Gilboa, Dr. Shayna Rosenbaum & Jennifer Rabin* Single subject research design (multi - day) Dr. Peter Bevan (Cancer Care Ontario) Dr. Emily Chung (CBCNews.ca) Dr. Ming Hou (Defence Research and Development Canada) Dr. Karen Menard (Ontario Health Study) Looking for a job outside academia? Four tales of employment discovery… Sana Mulji Dutt (Senior Research Communications Specialist) Kelly Connelly (Senior Media Officer) Dr. Corinne Rusch - Drutz, Director of Marketing & Communications Dr. Carrie Esopenko* (Post - doctoral fellow) Knowledge translation: Tips and practical tools for effective communication of your scientific knowledge to the world at large Dr. Kristie Dukewich (University of Toronto) Dr. Susanne Ferber (University of Toronto) Dr. Alexandra Fiocco (Ryerson University) Dr. Jennifer Heisz (McMaster University) Academic career night Michel Belyk (McMaster University) R Studio (multi - day) Dr. Melissa Pangelinan* Introduction to MATLAB (multi - day) Dr. Natasha Kovacevic & Dr. Kelly Shen* Introduction to partial least squares (multi - day) 2 development workshops for over 200 attendees. These workshops also represented an opportunity for trainees to se rve as instructors, sharing their knowledge and developing their own teaching skills. Workshop instructors: Dr. Natasha Kovacevic (l) and Dr. Kelly Shen (r) Workshops offered included: * Baycrest trainee

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