IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the Editors............................... 4
MAGAZINE TEAM
IMS50 Co-Chairs’ Message....................... 5
EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
History of the IMS...................................... 6 Historical Timeline..................................... 8
EXECUTIVE EDITORS
JOURNALISTS & EDITORS
IMS50 Stories.......................................... 14 Spotlight Series....................................... 66 Scientific Day through the Years.................. 80 IMS Photo Gallery: Past & Present.......... 84 IMS50 International Conference on Graduate Education in Medical Science.................................. 92 50th Anniversary Gala............................. 94 Future of the IMS..................................... 97
Sarah Topa
Chantel Kowalchuk
Natalie Venier
Beatrice Ballarin
Natalie Osborne
Jonathon Chio
Meital Yerushalmi
Colin Faulkner
IMS50 Events........................................... 10 Graduate Awards & Donations................ 12
Priscilla Chan
Tamadher Alghamdi
Chantel Kowalchuk
Amanda Ali
Jason Lau
Yvonne Bach
Yena Lee
Anna Badner
Yousef Manialawy
Beatrice Ballarin
Natalie Osborne
Ranya Barayan
Frank Pang
Jonathon Chio
Arpita Parmar
Elizabeth Cho
Cricia Rinchon
Keith Colaço
Parita Shah
Corinne Doroszkiewicz
Ana Stosic
Carina Freitas
Abanti Tagore
Melissa Galati
Samia Tasmin
Rehnuma Islam
Brenda Varriano
Grace Jacobs
Akshayan Vimalanathan
Krystal Jacques-Smith
Mohammad Zavvarian
Gaayathiri Jegatheeswaran ART DIRECTOR
Suharu Ogawa, Continuing Professional Development Faculty of Medicine
DESIGN EDITORS
Julia Devorak
Coleen Tang Poy
Mona Li
Alexander Young
Shirley Long PHOTOGRAPHERS
Krystal Jacques-Smith Mikaeel Valli
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FEATURE INFOGRAPHIC
SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM
Louise Pei
By Colleen Tang Poy, MScBMC Candidate
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COVER ART By Alexander Young, MScBMC Candidate
IMSMAGAZINE IMS50 ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
THINK. LEARN. DISCOVER.
FALL 2018
The IMS Magazine is a student-run initiative. Any opinions expressed by the author(s) are in no way affiliated with the Institute of Medical Science or the University of Toronto.
IMS50 STORIES
Celebrating 50 years of IMS
Student-led initiative