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February 13th, 2009

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  1. Memo from Dr. Ari Zaretsky, Residency Program Director - Dept. Of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto:
    Mark this Date!
     
  2. Memo from Dr. David McKnight, Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism; Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Toronto:
    Standards of Professional Behaviour for Medical Clinical Faculty
     
  3. Faculty of Medicine, Research Office, University of Toronto:
    What's New in Research Funding! Week of Februay 9, 2009
     
  4. Dept. Of Psychiatry - Univ. of Toronto and CAMH:
    Professorial Lecture Series: "Variations on the theme of psychiatric epigenetics"
    Presented by Dr. Arturas Petronis, Head, the Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory; Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health
    (Date: March 4, 2009)
     

    5. Newest Course and Event Announcements

  5. Hospital for Sick Children:
    Psychiatry Rounds: "Approaching Anxiety in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Learning Disabilities"
    Presented by Suneeta Monga, MD, FRCPC; Staff Psychiatrist, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, SickKids Hospital; Assistant Prof., Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Toronto
    Nicola Keyhan, MD, FRCPC; Staff Psychiatrist, Anxiety Disorders Clinic, SickKids Hospital; Lecturer, Univ. of Toronto
    (Event: February 19, 2009)
     
  6. Centre for Addiction & Mental Health:
    Grand Rounds: "Establishing and Delivering Quality Health Care to the Black Community"
    Presented by Liben Gebremikael, Executive Director, TAIBU Community Health Centre
    (Event: February 20, 2009)
     
  7. UHN - Toronto Western Hospital:
    Grand Rounds: "Talking Back To Psychiatry: The “Consumer/Survivor” Movement And How It Affects Us"
    Presenter: Priya Raju, MD; Discussant: Patricia Capponi
    (Event: February 20, 2009)
     
  8. Narrative Humanities Program, Mount Sinai Hospital:
    Glenn Gould: The Mind of A Canadian Virtuoso Presented by Helen Mesaro, MD (Glenn Gould biographer)
    (Event: February 26, 2009)
     
  9. Culture, Community and Health Studies Program, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Toronto and Mt. Sinai Hospital:
    3rd Annual Cultural Psychiatry Day: Advocating for Culturally Safe Mental Health Care for Aboriginal Peoples Keynote Speaker: Cornelia Wieman, MD, FRCPC; Assistant Professor & Co-Director, Indigenous Health Research Development Program, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
    (Event: March 11, 2009)
     
  10. Friends of the CAMH Archives and the Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Toronto:
    "Celebrating the Life and Work of Dr. L.S. Penrose in Canada 1939-45" Distinguished guest speaker Sir Roger Penrose, FRS
    (Event: March 23, 2009)
     
  11. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy:
    Eight Week Workshop: Preventing Depressive and Anxiety Relapse Facilitators: Patricia Rockman, MD, CCFP, FCFP & Allison McLay, BA, Dip. CS
    (Event: March 31 - May 26, 2009)
     
  12. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy:
    Eight Week Workshop: Group for Teens (16-19 years old) Facilitators: Patricia Rockman, MD, CCFP, FCFP & Allison McLay, BA, Dip. CS
    (Event: March 31 - May 26, 2009)
     
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    Hospital for Sick Children:
    40th Anniversary of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Toronto
    “Preventive Intervention in Children’s Mental Health”
    Address by Prof. Dr. Med. Ulrich Hegerl; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital – Leipzig, Germany
    Featured Presentations by Dr. Susan Bradley, Dr. Joseph H. Beitchman, Drs. Tatyana Barankin & Aliza Israel, and Dr. Katharina Manassis
    (Event: April 16, 2009)
     
  14. 2009 Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference:
    10th Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Conference: Advancing the Vision and Voices of Collaboration
    (Event: May 28-29, 2009)
     
  15. CAMH and Work and Well-being Research and Evaluation Program:
    4th Annual Canadian Congress for Research on Mental Health and Addiction in the Workplace:
    We can do it! Evidence and Interventions for Transforming Mental Health in the Workplace
    (Event: October 28-30, 2009)
     

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    M E M O:

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    All Faculty
     

    From:

    Dr. Ari Zaretsky, Residency Program Director
     

    Cc:

    Dr. Donald Wasylenki
    Dr. Peter Voore
     

    Re:

    Mark this Date!
     

    Dear Colleague,

    The PGY-5 STACER Oral Examination dates have been set for May 26th and 27th, 2009. 

    The centralized examination at CAMH is a critical component in the process leading up to the Royal College certification final examination and it is an important responsibility of our Department to fulfill this obligation to our PGY-4 residents so that they will be permitted to take their final certifying examinations in the spring of 2009.  Please mark these dates in your calendar!!! Note that Monday, May 25th will be orientation for all interviewers with dinner and on each day of the STACER’s you will be required to return back to CAMH at 5:00 pm in order to review your grading of the resident with the other examiners.

    Thank you in advance for your help and cooperation in fulfilling this very important duty for all of our PGY5 residents.

    Sincerely,

    Ari Zaretsky, MD, FRCP(C)
    Director, Postgraduate Medical Education,
    Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
    University of Toronto

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    M E M O:

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    Clincial Chairs
     

    Re:

    Standards of Professional Behaviour for Medical Clinical Faculty
     

     
    Attached is a copy of the current draft version (F1) of a new document, Standards of Professional Behaviour for Medical Clinical Faculty.

    This is a new document meant to set down the standards of professionalism expected of our clinical faculty. Because of its relationships to the Policy for Clinical Faculty, the CMA Code of Ethics, and CPSO documents, the current policy applies only to physicians. It parallels the existing Standards already in force for medical students and residents. In the future, we expect to extend professional standards to all who teach and supervise in our programs.

    The document is being circulated widely for comment. We ask Clinical Chairs to circulate it widely in each department. In particular, I would appreciate comment on the provisions for reporting and management of breaches of the standards and on how dealing with potential problems is shared between the university and the hospitals.

    Comment can be returned to me (d.mcknight@utoronto.ca) with a copy to Joanna Marshall. (joanna.marshall@utoronto.ca). It would be very helpful if comments were received by the end of March.

    David J. McKnight, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
    Associate Dean, Equity & Professionalism
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
    Room 2115B, Medical Sciences Building
    1 King's College Circle
    Toronto ON M5S 1A8
    Tel 416-978-2130

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    Faculty of Medicine - Research Office

    What's New in Research Funding! Week of Februay 9, 2009

    • International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP): Collaborative Research Grants. The purpose of these grants is to encourage and support collaborative research between two or more research groups located in different countries. The grants are intended to foster multidisciplinary and international collaborations. Priority will be given to collaborations between basic science and clinical research groups. Deadline for Applications: March 15, 2009.
    • National Parkinson Foundation: Investigator-Initiated Research Grants Program. High-risk, high-yield projects are encouraged, provided that they are thoughtfully composed and reasonably likely to advance the state of the knowledge about Parkinson's disease. Both basic-research and clinical-research proposals are eligible for support. Preference will be given to scientists who are at an early stage of their professional careers. Deadline for Applications: March 15, 2009.
    • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Organization: Interdisciplinary Research Grants - Young Investigators' Grants and Program Grants. The HFSP supports international, preferably intercontinental, collaborations in basic life science research with emphasis placed on novel, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations. Applications are invited for grants to support new approaches to understanding complex mechanisms of living organisms. Preliminary results are not required. Deadline for compulsary pre-registration: March 20, 2009. LOI deadline: March 31, 2009
    • Canadian Liver Foundation: Special Project. The CLF will be able to fund a research project in the area of Acute Fatty Liver Disease of Pregnancy and HELLP Syndrome. Deadline for Letter of Interest: March 31, 2009. The Canadian Liver Foundation regrets to announce that it is cancelling its major 2009 research grant competition.
    • Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada: Pilot Grant Program. The mandate of the Foundation is to support new research initiatives into the causes, cure, and prevention of prostate cancer, which have scientific merit. The Foundation is particularly supportive of innovative ideas and young investigators. Interdisciplinary collaboration is encouraged. Categories of research that will be considered include basic, clinical and translational research. Grants will be awarded to Canadian-based research at a maximum value of $60,000 per year. Grant applications will be available online on their website www.prostatecancer.ca from February 17, 2009. Grant submissions must be received no later than 31 March 2009.
    • Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine: Research and Development Projects in Acute Medicine. The foundation will consider applications for support for projects related to acute medicine. Suitable projects should comprise one or several of such elements as experimental or clinical research, diagnosis, treatment, and transport of patients with acutely life-threatening disease or trauma, and development or accomplishment of teaching. Deadline for applications: April 1, 2009.
    • Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation (ROTRF): Clinical Research Grants. The ROTRF offers grants for clinical research projects (e.g., projects proposing work with human clinical material, organ transplant patients, human organ preservation, human transplant pathology, and other human transplant problems) with a realistic potential for near-term clinical application. Deadline for submissions: April 1, 2009. The ROTRF has been informed by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF) that the JDRF will no longer be participating in the ROTRF/JDRF Initiative.
    • Association for International Cancer Research (AICR): Research Grants. AICR policy is to support research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. AICR does not give any particular area of research greater priority, but awards its funds on the basis of the scientific quality of the applications received. All other factors being equal, preference is shown towards applications from younger researchers who are establishing themselves as principle investigators; and innovative research. Deadline for applications: April 24, 2009.
    • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP). Funds are available to support research that furthers knowledge in the area of neonatal resuscitation. These funds may be used to generate pilot data to allow the investigator to develop the basis for an application for independent research support through conventional granting mechanisms. There are two types of grant awards available: a Young Investigator Award and an NRP Research Grant. Submitted studies may be basic, clinical, educational or epidemiological research pertaining to the broad area of neonatal resuscitation. Deadline for Submissions: May 1, 2009.
    • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP): Eli Lilly Pilot Research Award for Junior Faculty and Child Psychiatry Fellows. The awards support pilot research by junior faculty and child psychiatry fellows and offer support for the recipients to make a poster presentation on their research at the AACAP's 57th Annual Meeting. Research may be preclinical, epidemiological, or clinical. Award recipients are encouraged to work with a child and adolescent psychiatric investigator with expertise in their particular area of interest. Deadline for applications: May 1, 2009.
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH): For support with NIH proposals, consult our ‘How to Apply for NIH’ page.
    • Requests for Applications and Program Announcements:

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    Celebrating the Life and Work
    of Dr. L.S. Penrose in Canada 1939-45

    Distinguished guest speaker Sir Roger Penrose, FRS

    Dinner: Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto
    Date: Monday, March 23rd, 2009, 5.30 pm - 9.30 pm

    The Friends of the CAMH Archives, in collaboration with the University of Toronto - Department of Psychiatry, is pleased to announce that, to celebrate the life and work of Dr. L.S. Penrose, a fund-raising dinner will held on Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Sir Roger Penrose, eminent mathematician and cosmologist, has generously agreed to talk about his father Lionel Penrose, psychiatrist, research scientist and pioneer geneticist. 

    Tickets are $200.00 per person, and are available from Friends of the Archives, Room 1020, Administration Building, CAMH, 1001 Queen Street West, Toronto, M6J 1H4. Charitable tax receipts for $100.00 will be provided. Proceeds from this event will added to the Dr. J.D.M. Griffin bursary fund for students undertaking archival research in the fields of psychiatry, mental health services and the addictions.

    For additional information, contact:
    greenland@rogers.com or call 416-925-6166

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    TAPSCOTT CHAIR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA STUDIES
    AND HEAD, SCHIZOPHRENIA PROGRAM

    The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto is conducting a search for the joint position of Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia Studies and Head of the Schizophrenia Program. The position is situated at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

    The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto has one of the largest concentrations of faculty and students in the mental health field in the world. Academic activities are organized into 14 priority programs including schizophrenia (http://www.utpsychiatry.ca). The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is Canada's leading addictions and mental health facility, fully affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and designated as a centre of excellence by the World Health Organization (http://www.camh.net). It enjoys a high profile international reputation and plays a key role in influencing health policy at all levels of government.

    The successful candidate will be a productive clinician-scientist. He/she will be responsible for developing a strong interdisciplinary university program in schizophrenia research (basic, clinical and population) and education with a centre of excellence at CAMH. Overall success will be measured by the evolution of a stimulating academic program, characterized by recruitment and retention of productive faculty members, external funding and peer-reviewed publications and the active participation of students and fellows. The successful candidate will be a senior clinician-scientist with a strong record of independent scholarship in the schizophrenia field and with evidence of success in providing leadership and educating and mentoring students and junior faculty members. He/she will be eligible for an academic appointment at the Professor or Associate Professor level.

    Please reply with a letter of interest and current curriculum vitae to: Dr. Donald A. Wasylenki, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, CAMH-College Site, 250 College Street, Suite 835, Toronto, ON CANADA M5T 1R8.

    The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2009.

    The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community. The University especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

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    RISE Fellowship Description

    The R.I.S.E Program (Research, Scholarship and Innovation in Education) of the Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce the upcoming competition for the R.I.S.E Education Research Fellowship. This two-year fellowship is offered to individuals who have either completed postgraduate training in psychiatry or a related field or to graduate students who wish to specialize in health professional education. The fellowship aims to provide a solid understanding of major educational issues including curriculum, assessment and evaluation, principals and philosophies of medical education, learning theory, administration, faculty development and other aspects of health professional education. In particular the fellowship will enable the individual to develop a deep knowledge of the application of these areas to health professional education. A major focus of the fellowship is the acquisition of research expertise in health professional education. The majority of the fellow’s time will be devoted to undertaking a formal graduate program or post-doctoral work in health professional education. This will consist of an original research project in collaboration with established educational researchers at the Wilson Centre for Research in Education and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education or the Institute of Medical Sciences or other graduate department of the University of Toronto. The fellowship is supervised by a member of Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry RISE Program and should lead to least one or two publications in a refereed journal as well as one or more presentations at international meetings. In addition to the focus on research, an emphasis is placed on the development of teaching skills and educational innovation through participation in the educational activities of the Department of Psychiatry and in the other health professional faculties at the University of Toronto.

    Fellows must not undertake more than 15 hours/week of clinical or other non-fellowship related work, or more than 4-hours of teaching per week that is not connected to the primary research project. The R.I.S.E fellow will normally be provided with appropriate office space, computer equipment and support at the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at the University Health Network. (A separate application to be a Wilson Centre Fellow is required). The fellowship provides for a total of $35.000 salary support annually for a period of 2-years in addition to support for conference attendance.  

    Application Deadline: March 31st 2009

    Fellowship Contact:

    Dr. Brian Hodges, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
    Program Head, Research Scholarship and Innovation in Education (RISE)
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Toronto
    University Health Network - General Division
    200 Elizabeth Street, 1ES- 565
    Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4
    Tel: (416) 340-3079 Fax (416) 340-3792
    Email: brian.hodges@utoronto.ca

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, February 20, 2009
    Topic: “Sexuality research at WCH”
    Speaker:     Lori Ross, PhD, Co-Academic Leader, Reproductive Life Stages Program and Sexuality Working Group

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Women's College Hospital
    Department of Psychiatry
    Grand Rounds
    Noon to 1 PM
    East Wing, Room E934
     

    Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
    Topic: “Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in Psychiatry”
    Speaker:     Cliff Posel, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T; Head, Division of General Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

     
    This is an accredited group learning activity eligible for RCPSC MOC.

    Pamela Kavanagh
    Manager, Medical Partnership
    Women's Mental Health Program
    Women's College Hospital
    76 Grenville Street, 9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2
    Telephone: 416-323-6400, Ext. 4381
    Fax: 416-323-7718
    pam.kavanagh@wchospital.ca

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    Celebrating the Life and Work
    of Dr. L.S. Penrose in Canada 1939-45

    Distinguished guest speaker Sir Roger Penrose, FRS

    Dinner: Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks Street, Toronto
    Date: Monday, March 23rd, 2009, 5.30 pm - 9.30 pm

    The Friends of the CAMH Archives, in collaboration with the University of Toronto - Department of Psychiatry, is pleased to announce that, to celebrate the life and work of Dr. L.S. Penrose, a fund-raising dinner will held on Monday, March 23rd, 2009. Sir Roger Penrose, eminent mathematician and cosmologist, has generously agreed to talk about his father Lionel Penrose, psychiatrist, research scientist and pioneer geneticist. 

    Tickets are $200.00 per person, and are available from Friends of the Archives, Room 1020, Administration Building, CAMH, 1001 Queen Street West, Toronto, M6J 1H4. Charitable tax receipts for $100.00 will be provided. Proceeds from this event will added to the Dr. J.D.M. Griffin bursary fund for students undertaking archival research in the fields of psychiatry, mental health services and the addictions.

    For additional information, contact:
    greenland@rogers.com or call 416-925-6166

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