Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Days
The annual U of T Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Days return on May 26 and May 27.
Abstract submissions are now open. Please complete the abstract submission form to submit an abstract.
On day 1 (May 26), we highlight the exciting research done by our trainee community through the featured trainee talks and flash talks. This year's presenters include our 2025 EPIC Future Leaders Prize recipients- Patrick Budylowski, Ashley Campbell and James Zhu. Other trainee talks and poster presentations will be selected by a peer committee from submitted abstracts.
We are excited to announce that Rishi Chanderraj (University of Michigan) will give the keynote lecture this year! On day 2 (May 27), he will speak on his work in treating acute infections, particularly the prescription of broad-acting antibiotics for sepsis and the effect of specific treatment regimens on patient outcomes.
Day 2 also features talks highlighting the research programs of some of the faculty who have joined the EPIC community within the last 5 years. The speakers come from three faculties and four hospital partners, including two newly appointed faculty members to present on topics from engineering and clinical research to public health.
- Aereas Aung (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, U of T)
- Greg German (Unity Health Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, U of T)
- Michelle Science (The Hospital for Sick Children, Temerty Medicine)
- Sharon Sukhdeo (Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute/ Sinai Health, Temerty Medicine)
- Tin Vo (Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, U of T)
We wrap up the event with a poster and networking session.
Please bookmark the event page as we finalize the keynote speaker and other event details.
This event is organized by the Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium in collaboration with the Division of Infectious Diseases at U of T's Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at SickKids, Institute for Pandemics and U of T's postgraduate medical and clinical microbiology programs.
