Feb 4, 2025  |  4:00pm - 6:00pm

Get Talking! Crisis Response: Delivering Global Health in Emergencies

Type
TR Talks (Translational Research)
Tag(s)
Agile education, Alumni, Graduate, Inclusive community, Postgraduate, Undergraduate

From The MHSc in Translational Research Program (TRP) hosted by TRP instructor, Dr. Edyta Marcon.

Get Talking! is an in-person discussion series focused on the most challenging issues facing healthcare today including equitable access to care, legislation, funding, delivery, and innovation. It is intended to showcase multiple perspectives and create a forum for a constructive, respectful discussion. See the TRP website for the full series.

Session three: Crisis Response: Delivering Global Health in Emergencies

Talks and panel will run from 4 - 5:30 pm with 30 minutes afterwards for networking. Audience participation is encouraged.

Coffee and tea will be provided! Space is limited, please register early.

Speaker: Pulkit Aggrwal, Portfolio Manager at Grand Challenges Canada.

Pulkit works as a Portfolio Manager at Grand Challenges Canada, one of Canada’s largest impact investment organizations. As part of this role, he leads investments in digital health innovations and manages a portfolio with an investment volume of >$20M CAD. For over half a decade he has been working in impact investing in health innovations in the global south. Prior to moving to Toronto in 2021, he was working with India Health Fund, a venture philanthropy fund, focusing on innovations in infectious diseases like Tuberculosis and Malaria. He has worked in management consulting at McKinsey & Company and for a larger part of his career he has been involved in the healthcare and social impact sectors. He has a master’s in international law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, in the US, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering.

Speaker: Dr. Fahad Razak, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Fahad Razak is an internist at St Michael’s Hospital (Unity Health Toronto), Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Data-Informed Health Care Improvement at the University of Toronto, Provincial Lead for Quality Improvement in General Medicine at Ontario Health, and Vice President Research at the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine. He co-founded GEMINI, the largest hospital research and quality improvement network in Canada and has received over $80 million in grant funding as Principal Investigator. GEMINI is used by an active community of more than 1000 scientists, health system leaders. Dr. Razak completed a degree in Engineering Science and Medical Doctorate at the University of Toronto, and was the first physician appointed as the David E. Bell Fellow at Harvard University. He is a Senior Fellow at Massey College and on the advisory board of the BMJ. Notable recognitions include the inaugural Canadian Society for Internal Medicine National Award for Mentorship, Dean’s Emerging Leader Award and the President’s Impact Award at the University of Toronto; the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine’s New Investigator Award; and the Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship from the PSI Foundation. Dr. Razak served as Scientific Director for the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and contributed to over 50 science and policy briefs that shaped Ontario’s response to the pandemic. He was a member of the Federal Expert Panel on Science Advisory and Research convened by the Minister of Health, and the on the Transformation Sub-Committee convened by the Board of the Canadian Institute for Health Information to help guide their future directions.

When & where

Tuesday, February 4, 4 - 5:30 pm

This event will be held in person only.

The Translational Research Program, University of Toronto
Auditorium, 263 McCaul Street
Toronto, M5T 1W7

Register for the event

The full series

  • 15 October, 2024: Disrupting healthcare: Entrepreneurial Strategies for Innovation
  • 26 November, 2024: Healing and Justice: Indigenous Perspectives on Healthcare
  • 4 February, 2025: Crisis Response: Delivering Global Health in Emergencies
  • 11 March, 2025: Bureaucracy to Bedside: Streamlining Healthcare for Better Patient Outcomes
  • 8 April, 2025: Post-legalization - The Social and Healthcare Implications of Marijuana Legalization
  • 20 May, 2025: Balancing Autonomy and Ethics in Healthcare