SRM 3335H Master’s Seminar Series and SRD 4445H Doctoral Seminar Series

For students enrolled in the Collaborative Specialization in Musculoskeletal Sciences (CSMS).

A credit/non-credit (CR/NCR) course required for students enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Sciences.

Format

  • 1 hour seminars either by faculty experts or students in the program presenting their research
  • Master's students must attend a minimum of 12 sessions, presenting at one, to complete the program.
  • PhD candidates must attend a minimum of 18 sessions, presenting at one, to complete the program.

Winter schedule for SRM 3335H Master’s Seminar Series and SRD 4445H Doctoral Seminar Series

Date and time Speaker and topic Format / location

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

8 - 9 am

James Chang, MD

Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University

Talk Title: Update on Hand Surgery for System Sclerosis

Virtual faculty seminar.

Via Zoom

CSMS in Collaboration the Schroeder Arthritis Institute Web Seminar Series

Wednesday
January 24, 2024

4 - 5 pm

Saina Alabadi

  • Phd Candidate supervised by Cathy Craven
  • Talk Title: A Retrospective Cohort Study to Determine the Effectiveness of
    Denosumab for Treatment of low bone mass and High Fracture Risk among
    Adults with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.

Tayler Declan Ross

  • MSc Candidate supervised by Cari Whyne
  • Talk Title: Assessing and Understanding the temporal progression of
    Osteosarcopenia in metastatic Prostate Cancer using Imaging Based
    Biomarkers.

Virtual student seminar.

Location: via zoom

Tuesday
February 13, 2024

8 - 9 am

Chunyi Wen PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Talk Title: Senescence and Joint Destruction

Virtual faculty seminar.

Location: via Zoom

CSMS in Collaboration the Schroeder Arthritis Institute Web Seminar Series.

Friday
February 16, 2024

1 - 2 pm

Tara Haas PhD

Professor, Faculty of Health, York University

Talk Title: Capillary remodeling in adipose tissue: Roles of Forkhead Box 01

In person faculty seminar.

Location: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Auditorium
209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B
1T8

CSMS in Collaboration with Keenan Research Seminar Series

Wednesday,
February 21, 2024

4 - 5 pm

Hayley Peters

  • MSc Candidate supervised by Mohit Kapoor
  • Talk Title: Cell and Transcriptomic Atlas of the Infrapatellar Fat Pad from
    Patients with Knee OA

Matthew Raleigh

  • MSc Candidate supervised by Aaron Nauth
  • Talk Title: Developing a Small Animal Bone Defect Model for the Evaluation
    of Xenogeneic Endothelial Progenitor Cell Therapy

Virtual student seminar.

Location: via zoom

Friday,
March 8, 2024

1 - 2 pm

Marc Jeschke MD PhD

Vice President Research, Hamilton Health Sciences

Talk Title: Impacting outcomes of severely injured patients by translational research and innovation

In person faculty seminar.

Location: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Auditorium
209 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B
1T8

CSMS in Collaboration with Keenan Research Seminar Series

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

4 - 5 pm 

Sarah Aloi

  • MSc Candidate supervised by Adele Changoor
  • Talk Title: Evaluating the Effects of a Novel Storage Protocol for Long-Term
    Preservation of Fresh Osteochondral Allografts.

Kabriya Thavratnam

  • Phd Candidate supervised by Mohit Kapoor
  • Talk Title: Transcriptomic profiling of the Synovium- Early and Late stage
    Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis.

Virtual student seminar.

Location: via Zoom

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

4 - 5 pm

Rahul Gawri, PhD

Assistant Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, McGill University

Talk Title: Repurposing Innate Bioactive Compounds for Musculoskeletal Tissue
Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications

Virtual faculty seminar.

Location: via Zoom

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

4 - 5 pm

Matthew Buechler, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto

Talk Title: Cross-tissue (re)organization of the fibroblast lineage

Virtual faculty seminar.

Location: via Zoom

Wednesday,
April 10, 2024

4 - 5 pm

Peter Suderman

  • PhD Candidate supervised by Adele Changoor
  • Talk Title: Electroarthrography: A Non-Invasive Method to Detect Early
    Osteoarthritis.

Virtual student seminar.

Location: via Zoom