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August 14th, 2009

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Summerfest 2009: Photos from the event
     
  2. Angela Hildyard, Vice-President, Human Resources & Equity and
    Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost, Univ. of Toronto:
    Pandemic Planning
     
  3. Faculty of Medicine Research Office, Univ. of Toronto:
    Updates to the CIHR University Delegate Webpage - Definition of “Equipment” at CIHR
     
  4. Faculty of Medicine Research Office, Univ. of Toronto:
    What's New in Research Funding! Week of August 10, 2009
     
  5. Faculty of Medicine Research Office, Univ. of Toronto:
    Update to the CIHR University Delegate Webpage - Conference Call August/09
     
  6. Save the Date!
    Dept. of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Paul Garfinkel Lecture: Topic: Leadership
    Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University
    (Event: September 16, 2009)
     

    7. Newest Course and Event Announcements

  7. Hospital for Sick Children:
    Advanced Child Psychopharmacology: Schedule for July to December 2009
     
  8. CAMH and Tobacco Cessation:
    TEACH Community of Practice Teleconference:
    “White Paper” on Tobacco Addiction: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go?
    (Event: August 24, 2009)
     
  9. Humber River Regional Hospital:
    Mental Health & Addictions Program: 8th Annual Clinical Day
    (Event: October 2, 2009)
     
  10. NOTE: Brochure is now posted.
    Culture and International Mental Health Conference:
    A conference to bring together clinicians and researchers in the area of culture and mental health
    Resilience and Vulnerability
    Keynote Address: Dr. Vikram Patel, Psychiatrist and Professor of International Mental Health and Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London
    (Event: October 15-16, 2009)
     
  11. CAMH and Tobacco Cessation:
    TEACH Francophone trainings offered in 2009
    (Event: October 2009)
     

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    Please distribute this memo widely within your department.
     

    Office of the Vice-President
    Human Resources & Equity

    To:

    Principals, Deans, Academic Directors & Chairs Professional & Managerial staff
     

    From:

    Angela Hildyard, Vice-President, Human Resources & Equity
    Cheryl Misak, Vice-President and Provost
     

    Re:

    Pandemic Planning
     

     
    Local, national and international health agencies are predicting that the H1N1 influenza will be widespread this coming fall and winter.  It has also become apparent that our students fall within an age group that is at higher risk for H1N1 than for the typical seasonal flu.  The University has, therefore, brought together a number of planning groups to help us prepare for the potential for significant numbers of students, staff and faculty members to become ill or to have family members who are ill. 

      Some examples of our planning include the following:
    • A series of communications, including Q&As, for general as well as specific audiences.  These will be posted on the University H1N1 website (http://www.preparedness.utoronto.ca), which also has links to relevant public health sites. 
    • The H1N1 Program Continuity Group, in conjunction with  the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation  will develop some strategies that faculty might incorporate into their course outlines in anticipation of the faculty member or students  being unable to attend one or two classes.
    • Our residences are developing plans for supporting large numbers of  students who may become sick and who are unable to return home while sick.
    • We are actively engaged in Business Continuity Planning so that key services can be maintained in the event that significant numbers of faculty  and staff are absent.

    We urge you to check the website on a regular basis.  In the meantime, please remind all members of your department (a) that they should stay home if they are exhibiting any of the symptoms of H1N1 (see website); (b) that frequent hand cleansing is important; and (c) that coughing/sneezing  into sleeves or tissues is best practice.

     

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    CIHR University of Toronto University Delegate

    Updates to the CIHR University Delegate Webpage
    Definition of “Equipment” at CIHR

    The following updates to the CIHR Delegates webpage have been posted on the Faculty of Medicine Research Office web site at http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/chir.html

    E-Alert – Issue 74

    Contents

    1) CIHR at a Glance – Working for You
    a) September: Quench your scientific thirst

    2) Funding Opportunity News
    a) Funding opportunities posted between July 14 and July 31, 2009 by CIHR and its partners
    b) Notice - Changes to the CIHR Randomized Controlled Trials Program (Reminder)

    3) Application and Funding Policy News
    a) Definition of “Equipment” at CIHR

    4) Peer Review News
    a) Updates to the CIHR Peer Review Manual for Grant Applications
    b) Revised Grants Evaluation Criteria at CIHR

    5) Links to Institute and Portfolio News

    6) Announcements from other organizations
    a) Funding Opportunity for Postdoctoral Fellowships from the Human Frontier Science Program
    b) Vacancies at the International Agency for Research on Cancer

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    Subscribe to your own electronic subscription of E-Alert on CIHR’s web site.
    Click here for instructions:  http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/26626.html

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    Faculty of Medicine Research Office
    University of Toronto

    What's New in Research Funding! Week of August 10, 2009

    There are several recently received updates, from the following sources.  Please go to Faculty of Medicine Research and International Relations website for details:  http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/fmro_whats_new.html

    1.     CIHR: Funding News
    2.     Canadian Cancer Society: Interventions to Prevent Cancer Grant
    3.     United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation: Research Grants
    4.     Canadian National Institute for the Blind:  E. (Ben) and Mary Hochhausen Access Technology Research Award
    5.     Jerome Lejeune Foundation - Fondation Jerome Lejeune
    6.     Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Clinical Fellowships
    7.     National Tourette Syndrome Association: Research Grants
    8.     World Cancer Research Fund: International Research Grants
    9.     International Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Foundation: Research Grants
    10.   National Institutes of Health (NIH):  Requests for Applications and Program Announcements

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    CIHR University of Toronto University Delegate

    Update to the CIHR University Delegate Webpage
    Conference Call August/09

    The following update to the CIHR Delegates webpage has been posted on the Faculty of Medicine Research Office web site at http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/chir.html

    • University Delegates Conference Call:     August, 2009

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    *** PLEASE SAVE THE DATE! ***

    You are cordially invited to the
    Paul Garfinkel Lecture:

    Topic: Leadership

    Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University
    September 16th, 2009, (am)

    *** MARK YOUR CALENDARS ***


     

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    Department of Psychiatry,
    Humber River Regional Hospital

    Annual Clinical Day:
    “Stigma of Mental Illness – Combating the Enemy Among Us”

    October 2, 2009 - Old Mill Inn, Toronto

    For more information, please contact:
    Mary Pistilli, (416) 658-2067 or mpistilli@hrrh.on.ca


     
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    UPCOMING SSHRC COMPETITIONS

    Application forms and updated program descriptions for the following SSHRC competitions are now available on the SSHRC website.
    For these programs, the applicant will submit to SSHRC the original hard copy of the proposal which must bear all necessary signatures, including the institutional signature. To request institutional approval, please submit your full original proposal (with attachments and CVs) to UTRS by the internal deadline; submitted proposals must already have been signed by the applicant and by the appropriate divisional authorities, and must be accompanied by a completed, signed RIS Application Attachment (form available at http://www.research.utoronto.ca/funding/pdf/ris_blue.pdf).

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    Image, Text, Sound and Technology Program
    The ITST program assists researchers to integrate digital media technologies into humanities and social sciences research, to bring together experts from different disciplines to advance research in this area, and to facilitate the development of national and international partnerships. The program is broadly applicable to many areas of research in connection with the application of new digital technologies.

    ITST Research Grants
    http://www.sshrc.ca/site/apply-demande/program_descriptions-descriptions_de_ programmes/itst/research_grants-subventions_recherche-eng.aspx

    Value: Up to $50,000 over two years.

    ITST Summer Institutes, Workshop and Conference Grants http://www.sshrc.ca/site/apply-demande/program_descriptions-descriptions_de_programmes/itst/workshops-ateliers-eng.aspx

    Value: Up to $50,000 over one year.

    UTRS deadline: September 10, 2009     SSHRC postmark deadline: September 15,
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    Aboriginal Research Pilot Program
    http://www.sshrc.ca/site/apply-demande/program_descriptions-descriptions_de_programmes/aboriginal-autochtone-eng.aspx

    SSHRC has announced a new competition in its Aboriginal Research Pilot Program. This is the first funding offered under this program since 2007 and revisions to the program description reflect the evaluation conducted by SSHRC in 2008.

    The program objectives are:
    a) to facilitate research by and with Aboriginal scholars and communities on issues relevant to Canada's Aboriginal peoples; and
    b) to build the capacity of the humanities and social sciences community to operate within and benefit from traditional Aboriginal and other knowledge approaches to these issues.

    Two types of grant are available:

    Development Grants:
    Up to $25,000 over up to two years.

    Research Grants
    Up to $250,000 over up to three years (annual maximum $100,000).

    UTRS deadline:  September 24, 2009   SSHRC postmark deadline:  September 30,
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    Metropolis Project
    http://www.sshrc.ca/site/apply-demande/program_descriptions-descriptions_de_programmes/metropolis-eng.aspx

    This program will fund a major national-level policy research project in the field of immigration and diversity. For this year’s competition, the policy research question to be investigated is:  From the point of view of governments and of newcomers and minorities, are government-NGO partnerships the most effective model for delivering services for integration and inclusion in Canada?
     Up to $125,000 is available over a period of 12-18 months.
    UTRS deadline: September 24, 2009     SSHRC postmark deadline: September 30,
    2009 

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    Research Development Initiatives
    http://www.sshrc.ca/site/apply-demande/program_descriptions-descriptions_de_programmes/rdi-idr-eng.aspx

    This program supports the development and analysis of new directions in research in their early stages. Grants are for up to $40,000 over two years.

    UTRS deadline: October 1, 2009     SSHRC postmark deadline: October 7, 2009
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    Thank you, and please let me know if you need further information about any of the above programs,

    Sarah

    Sarah Scott
    Research Funding Officer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Services University of Toronto McMurrich Building, 3rd floor
    12 Queen's Park Crescent West
    Toronto, ON M5S 1S8

    T: 416-978-7324  F: 416-971-2010  E: sja.scott@utoronto.ca www.research.utoronto.ca

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    • CME Courses 2009

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    August 2009

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    Mount Sinai Hospital
    Psychotherapy Institute

     
    COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM OF PSYCHOTHERAPY (CBASP): HOPE FOR CHRONIC DEPRESSION. 

    An interactive workshop using standardized patients; co-taught by Sian Rawkins MD FRCPC and Molyn Leszcz MD FRCPC.
    (June 19 and 20, 2009 & September 11 and 12, 2009)
    Learn to recognize and modify maladaptive interpersonal behaviours of chronically depressed patients with the techniques of CBASP.  For further information and registration details: http://tinyurl.com/ctscwx

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA: AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP USING STANDARDIZED PATIENTS

    Co-taught by Clare Pain MD, Lisa Andermann MD & Ruth Lanius MD, PhD.
    (July 17 and 18, 2009 & September 25 and 26, 2009)
    Learn to manage the clinical challenges of trauma clients, Canadian-born to refugees, and learn about the neuroscience of unresolved trauma and affect dysregulation.  For further information and registration details: http://tinyurl.com/d2vtsa

     

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    Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy:
    Preventing Depressive and Anxiety Relapse
    (8 week Program)

    Mindfulness is a non-judgmental way of paying attention in the present moment. This helps us to relate differently to such conditions as Depression and Anxiety, opening us to possibilities for change. Mindfulness may increase our ability to manage our emotions and to accept that which cannot be changed, reducing our reactivity.

    Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a treatment for Depression and Anxiety that examines the relationship between beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviours. People suffering from Depression and Anxiety often have thoughts related to feelings of hopelessness and/or helplessness. CBT identifies thoughts as thoughts (rather than the facts we believe them to be) and helps challenge them, opening us to more constructive beliefs, often leading to changes in moods and behaviours.

    This experiential, 8 week course works with mindfulness and CBT. Homework consists of approximately one hour per day of meditation and CBT activities, six days per week. All participants must have a Family Physician and a valid OHIP card. Participants must be currently free of substance misuse.

    Fees: $290.00 (includes all materials and non-MD facilitator). Those with extended health coverage may be covered under Psychological services. Registration required by August 18, 2009

    Dates: Required Orientation/Intake: Tuesday August 25, 2009-3:00pm-5:00pm, Please bring your OHIP card. Course: Tuesdays  September 1, 2009 – October 20, 2009 – 3:00pm-5:00pm. 

    Location: 1466 Bathurst Street, #306, Toronto. Please call Jackie to register: 416-536-5555 or email drrockman@o.aibn.com.

    Facilitators: Patricia Rockman, MD, CCFP, FCFP & Allison McLay, BA, Dip. CS

    Patricia Rockman is a Family Physician, Medical Psychotherapist/Educator working in the areas of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness based techniques.

    Allison McLay works in psychological assessment and counselling in the area of Learning Disabilities. She has co-led various MBCT and MBSR programs.
     

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    *** PLEASE SAVE THE DATE! ***

    You are cordially invited to the
    Paul Garfinkel Lecture:

    Topic: Leadership

    Guest Speaker: Professor Ron Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University
    September 16th, 2009, (am)

    *** MARK YOUR CALENDARS ***


     

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    Getting to Uptake: Leveraging Social Innovation for Practice Change

    The symposium will bring new ideas from business and social media enterprise to a gathering of experts from the children’s sectors to explore how social media innovations and new thinking might leverage organizational or practice change in education and mental health.

    The focus will be on (1) the co-development of new strategies for knowledge translation and practice change, and (2) the re-interpretation of existing strategies that have been applied in one sector but have yet to be adapted for application in another. The existing inventory of knowledge translation strategies is limited and their effectiveness variable. The field must continue with further research on their effectiveness, but the pool of strategies also needs to evolve further. The venue will provide a much needed opportunity to look beyond our own disciplines and work environments to that we might learn from what others are doing elsewhere that may have application in mental health and education. Only then will we be able to further our success in bridging knowledge to practice and to improve knowledge exchange and uptake.

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    • October 2009

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    University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety:
    2009-2010 Certificate in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

    Dear Faculty,

    Last year, Drs. Ed Etchells (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), Kaveh Shojania (SHSC), Chaim Bell (St. Michael’s Hospital), Anne Matlow (Sick Kids Hospital), and Chris Hayes (St. Michael’s) ran a Certificate Course through the University of Toronto’s Centre for Faculty Development. This course filled to capacity within two weeks of the announcement. The 39 participants came from the Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Surgery, Family & Community Medicine, and Radiology and represented all of the core University of Toronto teaching hospitals. Their academic ranks included subspecialty residents and fellows (5), Clinical Associates (2), Lecturers (8), Assistant Professors (14), and Full Professors (3), including one Division Head.  These individuals predominantly came from the Faculty of Medicine, but this year’s course has been modified to increase multidisciplinary participation. 

    The course consists of didactic and interactive sessions roughly 2 Friday afternoons per month from October to May. Interested individuals can also use the course as an opportunity to develop projects in patient safety or quality improvement that they plan to implement in their respective institutions.

    Formal and informal feedback from last year’s course has been uniformly positive, so the course is being offered again under the auspices of both the Centre for Faculty Development and the newly created University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety. Guest lectures include prominent local and external researchers and decision makers (e.g., from the Ministry of Health), as well as the course directors. 

    The full course description and link to the registration form can be found at http://www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca/Faculty/patient_safety.htm
      
    Lisa Habib
    Strategic Planning and Implementation Assistant
    Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
    3-805, R. Fraser Elliott Building
    190 Elizabeth St., Toronto, ON M5G 2C4

    p. 416.978.6834
    f. 416.978.7230
    e. lisa.habib@utoronto.ca
    w. www.deptmedicine.utoronto.ca


     
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    Department of Psychiatry,
    Humber River Regional Hospital

    Annual Clinical Day:
    “Stigma of Mental Illness – Combating the Enemy Among Us”

    October 2, 2009 - Old Mill Inn, Toronto

    For more information, please contact:
    Mary Pistilli, (416) 658-2067 or mpistilli@hrrh.on.ca


     
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    "Landmark Lecture"

    Dear Colleagues,

    On behalf of Martin Strauss, Lee Errett, Subodh Verma and the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, I am pleased to invite you to the acclaimed "Landmark Lecture" series. The Landmark Lecture is a unique educational platform introduced by our division over the past four years, and complements our efforts to enhance research, education, clinical care, and inter-specialty collaboration within the Greater Toronto Area. Established in 2006, the Landmark Lecture series featured Dr. Salim Yusuf in its inaugural year, Dr. Eugene Braunwald in 2007, and Dr. Steven Nissen in 2008. Over 300 members of Toronto's cardiovascular community have attended each Landmark Lecture.

    Dr. Louis Ignarro is the Landmark Lecturer for 2009. Dr. Ignarro was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998) for his discovery of the role of Nitric Oxide as a key "signaling" molecule between cells, a discovery that has had tremendous impact in all medical specialties and life sciences. Dr. Ignarro's lecture is entitled "Nitric Oxide as the Molecule of Life".
    Please reserve the evening of Tuesday October 13, 2009 at 6pm to join us at the Hilton Hotel (145 Richmond Street West) for a memorable evening with Dr. Louis Ignarro. A formal invitation can be downloaded at  http://www.medresearch.utoronto.ca/Landmark.pdf lecture Oct. 13, 2009. We encourage you to RSVP quickly, since we expect that this event will be oversubscribed. We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Landmark Lecture.

    All the best.

    Peter Lewis

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    P. N. Lewis, Ph.D.
    Vice Dean, Research and International Relations
    Faculty of Medicine

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    • November 2009

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    The Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment
    (CAN-ADAPTT)

    Dear colleagues,

    We are pleased to announce the date for CAN-ADAPTT’s 2nd Annual Meeting on November 1, 2009 from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. This year our event will be held as a pre-conference workshop at the 6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health 6th (November 1 - 4, 2009) in Montréal, Quebec. Please mark these dates in your calendars. There is no cost for the CAN-ADAPTT workshop, however, space is limited and pre-registration is required.

    Registration for the CAN-ADAPTT workshop and/or the National Conference can be completed online through the NCTH website or you may follow the link I have provided below. If you have any questions regarding our annual meeting please feel free to contact me at stephanie_elliott@camh.net  or 416-535-8501 x 7427. We look forward to seeing you all in Québec!!  

    CAN-ADAPTT and NCTH Registration form

    Stephanie Elliott
    Administrative Secretary
    CAN-ADAPTT & Long-Term Care Projects
    175 College Street, rm 112
    Toronto ON, M5T 1P7
    Tel: (416) 535-8501 x7427
    Fax: (416) 599-8265
    www.CAN-ADAPTT.net
    www.smokefreeltc.ca

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    • December 2009

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    • Events in 2010

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