Scientific Overview on CSCI-CITAC Annual General Meeting and 2016 Young Investigators' Forum.

Scientific Overview on CSCI-CITAC Annual General Meeting and 2016 Young Investigators' Forum. Clin Invest Med. 2017 Oct 19;40(5):E211-E217 Authors: Zhou TE, Barton KI, Cook E, Benesch MGK, Jette N, Moderie C, Ondrusova K, Lees C, Steadman PE, Marvasti TB, Mirali S, Liu PJ, Babadagli EM, Abraham KJ, Zaslavsky KJ Abstract The 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Society of Clinician Investigators (CSCI) and Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada/Association des Cliniciens-Chercheurs en Formation du Canada (CITAC/ACCFC) was a national conference held in Toronto November 21-23, 2016, in conjunction with The University of Toronto Clinician Investigator Program Research Day. The theme for this year's meeting was "Mapping Your Career as a Clinician-Scientist"; emphasizing essential skills for developing a fruitful career as clinician-scientist. The meeting featured an opening presentation by Dr. Alan Underhill, Dr. Nicola Jones and Alexandra Kuzyk. The keynote speakers were Dr. Nada Jabado (McGill University), who discussed the association between cancer and histones, Dr. Norman Rosenblum (University of Toronto), who addressed the career path and the "calling" of the Clinician Scientist, Dr. Martin Schmeing (McGill University), who was the 2016 Joe Doupe Award recipient, and Dr. Linda Rabeneck (Cancer Care Ontario and University of Toronto), who received the Friends of CIHR lectureship. The workshops, focusing on career...
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