NEWS AT A GLANCE
IMSSA ANNOUNCEMENTS The annual IMS Talent Show Fundraiser, Artists for Autism, will be held on Thursday, August 16th, 6-10pm (Debates Room, Hart House) featuring emcee Ori Rotstein. Acts will include piano and guitar performances, dancing, and more. Proceeds will be donated to Unity for Autism. $15 ticket includes admission, free pizza and drink. Please contact artistsforautism2012@gmail.com to reserve your ticket! Come out on Saturday, July 28th to Cherry Beach, downtown Toronto, to hang out with fellow IMS students for a Corn roast/BBQ beach day. There will be games, delicious food, great weather, and awesome people—mark your calendars! For further details, please contact richard.foty@gmail.com. A new academic year is around the corner, so please come out and join us at the 2012-2013 IMSSA Executive Council Elections in late September. We will be holding elections for all positions, and immediately afterwards, we will be hosting a FREE pub night for all IMS students! We strongly encourage registered IMS students of all years and degree programs to run for a position. If you have ideas for new initiatives and events for your fellow students, this is your chance to carry them out and have a meaningful impact on your student community! E-mail imssa@utoronto.ca for details.
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS NSERC AWARD RECIPIENTS Jeffrey Cheung, MSc student; Stephane Paquette, PhD student; Tetyana Pekar, MSc student
2012/2013 CIHR Banting and Best Master’s Award Recipients Faizal Aminmohamed Haji
2012/2013 ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS RECIPIENTS Kimberly Blom, Melanie Burger, Fernando Caravaggio, Jill Cates, Jeffery Cheung, Charles de Mestral, Joana Dida, Laura Feldcamp, Gagandeep Fervaha, Erin Gibson, Fervaha Haji, Marvin Hsiao, Stuart Jantzen, Salima Jiwani, David Kepecs, Ammar Khairullah, Alex Laliberte, Tristram Lett, Biao Li, Jonathan Lipszyc, Anton Mihic, Tetyana Pekar, Rachel Rabin, Natasha Radhu, Sofia Raitsin, Meghna Rajaprakash, Grace Shen-Tu, Kevin Shield, Ivonne Suridjan, Weining Yang, Nima Zamiri, Boris Zevin
New Faculty Members Daniel Blumberger Associate Member, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Sam Doesburg Associate Member, The Hospital for Sick Children David Fisman Member, University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Caitlin Gillan Associate Member (Non-Supervisor), ELLICSR, Toronto General Hospital Christian Hendershot Associate Member, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Andrea Levinson Associate Member, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Queen Street Site Daniela Lobo Associate Member, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Jack Goodman Member, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education Rachel Wald Associate Member, Toronto General Hospital Tom Schweizer Member, St. Michael’s Hospital Find out more about faculty on the IMS faculty database at http://www.ims.utoronto. ca/faculty/directory.htm.
Welcome Dr. Liu, Dr. Morshead, and Dr. Venkateswaran!
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