Curriculum Changes • €1M Brain Prize • Helping Syrian Refugees

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MARCH 2016

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NEWS @ MEDICINE

	What’s the New Foundations Curriculum all About? With more focus on independent study and case-based learning in small groups versus traditional lectures, you might think it’s unstructured and a bit aimless. One alumna found the opposite. Read more >


FACULTY IN THE HEADLINES

	Collingridge Wins €1M Brain Prize — the “Nobel of Neuroscience” Professor Graham Collingridge has been awarded the world’s most valuable prize for brain research. Read more >

	Doctors’ Notes: Reducing the Risk of Late-Life Mental Illness With older adults now outnumbering children in Canada, the mental-health needs of aging is a growing concern. While we still have much to learn, there are some things we can do to reduce the risk. Read more >

	U of T Researchers Lead Cancer-Fighting Dream Team When Canada assembles a research “Dream Team” to fight brain cancer, they turn to the leading researchers in the U of T Faculty of Medicine. Read more >


SPOTLIGHT ON ALUMNI

	Peter Singer, MD’84, PGME’87 Peter Singer is well known around the world for his creative solutions to some of the most pressing global health challenges. Read more >


HIGHLIGHTS

	A Glimpse into the Faculty’s Living History Faculty of Medicine: A brief history of curriculum development from 1887 – 1932 Read more >

	A Scholarship to Recognize Humanitarian and Patient-Centred Care When Dr. Samuel Leitenberg, MD’74 passed away, friends and family came together to raise over $70,000 to establish an award that would celebrate his life’s work and unwavering commitment to his patients. Read more >

	Alumna Inducted into the New Toronto Sports Hall of Fame Shelley Gautier, BSc (PT)’95: Female Athlete of the Year with a Disability Read more >

	Daffydil For over 100 years, students at the Faculty of Medicine have been performing in Daffydil, a spectacular theatrical production, to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. Read more >

	Health Arts & Humanities Program The HAH is for clinicians and trainees from all disciplines to facilitate the exchange of ideas, practices and research at the University of Toronto and beyond. Join our robust, inter-professional/multi-disciplinary community. Read more >


CAMPAIGN UPDATE

Campaign to date: *$453,659,698 of $500,000,000 $58,170,319 of our Campaign total has been generously donated by our alumni** *as at March 8, 2016


U OF T MEDICINE MAGAZINE


Everyone’s An Outlier The more we know about nutrition and genetics, the more “outliers’ we find. A glimpse at some of the ways our diet clashes with our DNA. Read more >

FROM OUR COMMUNITY

Delivering Health Care to Syrian Refugees
How University of Toronto doctors and students came together to provide care for Syrian refugees.
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EVENTS

March 14, 2016		Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Community Reception at USCAP, Seattle. Acceptances only at: http://goo.gl/forms/V4pcPds965

February 20, 2016		U of T Alumni & Friends Reception at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education, Montreal Please register on the CCME Event Registration Page

May 11, 2016		Physiology Macallum Lecture & Alumni Reception, Toronto Acceptances only at: http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/2016_macallum_lecture or by phone 416-978-7142

May 12, 2016		Department of Otolaryngology Percy Ireland Dinner Please register at: http://my.alumni.utoronto.ca/PercyIreland2016

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