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.

Fall 2023 schedule for SRM 3335H Master’s Seminar Series and SRD 4445H Doctoral Seminar Series

Date and time Speaker and topic Format / location

Friday, 
September 22, 2023

1 - 2 pm

Dr. Wilder Scott

Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Talk Title: Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Critical orchestrators of
musculoskeletal tissue regeneration

In person faculty seminar.

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

CSMS in Collaboration with the Keenan Research Seminar
Series

Tuesday, 
October 10, 2023

8 - 9 am

Dr. Cristina Ruiz-Romero

Academic Researcher, Coruña University

Talk Title: Emerging biomarkers to improve diagnosis, prognosis and
treatment of joint diseases

Virtual faculty seminar.

Location: via zoom

CSMS in Collaboration the Schroeder Arthritis Institute Web Seminar Series.

Wednesday, 
October 11, 2023

4 - 5 pm

Lindsie Blencowe

PhD Candidate supervised by Angela Cheung

Talk Title: Serum Pentosidine as a Biomarker of Osteoporosis and
Fracture – Insights from Women in the Canadian Multicentre
Osteoporosis Study

Kimberley Seaman

MaSc Candidate supervised by Lidan You

Talk Title: The role of fluid flow on osteocytes in the regulation of
prostate cancer cell metastatic potential

Virtual student seminar

Location: via Zoom

Wednesday,
November 15, 2023

4 - 5 pm

Leanna Abraham

PhD Candidate supervised by Margarete Akens

Talk Title: Investigating Changes in Bone and Muscle Biomarkers in
Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Amel Sassi

MaSc Candidate supervised by Lidan You

Talk Title: Effects of Mechanical Vibration on Prostate Cancer Bone
Metastasis

Virtual student seminar

Location: via Zoom

Wednesday,
November 22, 2023

4 - 5 pm

Dr. Shirine Usmani

Clinical Associate - University Health Network

Talk Title: The role of Bcl6 in skeletal muscle

Virtual faculty seminar.

Location: via zoom

Tuesday,
November 28, 2023

8 - 9 am

Dr. Cornelia Weyand

Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Talk Title: Large Vessel Vasculitis – A Disease of Lost Inhibition

Virtual faculty seminar.

Location: via zoom

CSMS in Collaboration the
Schroeder Arthritis Institute Web Seminar Series

Wednesday,
November 29, 2023

4 - 5 pm 

Caroline Cristifaro

MSc Candidate supervised by Mike Zywiel

Talk Title: Can a preoperative diagnosis of neuropathic pain in primary
total knee arthroplasty patients using the PainDETECT questionnaire be
used as a prognostic indicator for outcomes postoperatively?

Christina Doherty

PhD Candidate supervised by Jane Batt

Talk Title: The Impact of Sensory Protection and Glial Derived
Neurotrophic Factor on Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors

Virtual student seminar

Location: via Zoom

Wednesday,
December 13, 2023
 

4 - 5 pm

Anca Maglaviceanu

PhD Candidate supervised by Mohit Kapoor

Talk Title: Elucidating the effects and mechanisms of action of delta-9-
tetrahydrocannabinol on knee osteoarthritis.

Nadeen Meshry

PhD Candidate supervised by Karina Carneiro

Talk Title: Enhancing Bone Regeneration with DNA Hydrogels

Virtual student seminar

Location: via Zoom