SUMMER 2011

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6 TRAINEES’ POST

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BEST IN CLASSSunnybrook Research Institute Scholars Recognized With National Award5

‘Remarkable’ Student Flies High

on the court and inside the lab

On April 8, 2011, Melissa Hill

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Melissa Hill, a graduate student in the lab of Dr. Martin Yaffe, received the Dr. Clara Benson Award from the University of Toronto

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News @ SRIOdette Cancer Research Program Welcomes New Director

Dr. Greg Czarnota

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Dr. Greg Czarnota

Breast Cancer Risk, Personalized

Dr. Martin Yaffe

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New and Noteworthy: SRI Magazine 2010

Inventing the Future of Health Care

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News @ SRI

Dr. Jean Gariépy

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Summit Brings Researchers to Sunnybrook

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Funding Agency News: Program Update

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Tool Kit: 7-Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging System

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What inspired you to pursue a career as a scientist?

How did you end up at Sunnybrook Research Institute?

Tell me about your current research.

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How does it feel to be granted a CIHR New Investigator Award?

What do you enjoy doing outside of the lab?

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Dr. Greg Stanisz, Wendy Oakden and Rafal Janik in the 7T MRI facility at SRI

Best in Class: Sunnybrook Research Institute Scholars Recognized With National Award

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Drs. Dan Dumont and Robert Kerbel

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Winners of the CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Scholarship. From left to right: Rafal Janik, Stephanie Chiu, Sean Nestor and Florence Wu

Trainees’ PostFor Students and PostdocsLeaving a lab on good terms: how and why

Will you stay in touch with Dr. Rast?

He would be open to that?

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Catherine Schrankel, Dr. Jonathan Rast and Cynthia Solek in the lab

ApplauseDr. Kristopher DennisCanadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship

Dr. Kristopher Dennis

Dr. Omar FalouCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Omar Falou

Dr. Greg Czarnota

Dr. Chlöe MilsomCanadian Breast Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Chlöe MilsomDr. Robert Kerbel

Dr. Baiju ShahCanadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award

Dr. Baiju Shah

Dr. Martin YaffeThe Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation—Ontario Region’s 2011 Volunteer Awards

Dr. Martin Yaffe

Prestigious Scholarship for PhD Student

Florence Wu

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Drs. Dan Dumont and

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Research Paper Wins Brain Star Award

Joel Ramirez

Dr. Sandra Black

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WHAT’S ON

Editor: Stephanie RobertsContributors: Eleni Kanavas, Jim Old!eld Photography: Doug Nicholson

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Health To Transform Global Health

14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention

6th Annual Cancer Research Day

CIHR Symposium: Novel Cancer Therapies and Innovations in Treatment Monitoring

Pregnancy and Birth: Current Clinical Issues Annual Conference

On June 10, 2011 Sunnybrook Research Institute hosted the fourth annual Canadian CTO (chronic total occlusions) Summit. The event brought together researchers, clinicians and members of industry from around the world for an all-day workshop on chronic total occlusions. From left to right: Dr. Merril Knudtson, University of Calgary; Dr. Graham Wright, director of SRI’s Schulich Heart Research Program; Dr. Gerald Werner, Klinikum Darmstadt, Germany; Dr. Patrick Whitlow, Cleveland Clinic, U.S.; Diane Galbraith, University of Calgary; Dr. Bradley Strauss, chief of the Schulich Heart Program at Sunnybrook.