Extracurricular activities
You will have a poster presented at an international medical conference, participate in countless global and local biomedical projects, brand your activities around a diseases of interest, be eligible for an award of excellence, network with your peers, get excellent letters of reference, become a member in a professional organization, and so much more.
Research opportunities
Drs. Silverman are committed to support research activities of our students and our faculty engages in research projects at the forefront of biomedical research through national and international collaborations. Participation in research offers our students a competitive edge and enhances our student academic experience. We help you exponentially increase your professional profile while contributing to advancing biomedical research.
Undergraduate students who take BIOB98 or BIOD98 Supervised Research Project courses at UTSC campus can do their research project under the supervision of Drs. Silverman. Areas of research include identification and validation of biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer as well as mechanisms of learning and memory.
Bioinformatics research projects are also available and students are involved in literature research projects on various diseases. Students prepare poster and oral presentations, as well as awareness brochures. Most recently our students created the poster "150 years of contribution of Canadian doctors to medicine" presented at
Science Rendezvous Fair at U of Toronto.
Teaching opportunities
Many postdoctoral fellows, residents, graduate, and undergraduate students, students who take the
Service learning and outreach course at University of Toronto Scarborough under the supervision of Drs. Silverman, as well as selected college students are involved in teaching and research activities.
Many IMGs are involved in teaching advanced USMLE courses that are part of our program.
Teaching assistant positions are offered for every course and are very competitive. Previous teaching or tutoring experience as well as previous background in the field are required.
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Flowers for Cures health awareness and education project
The Flowers for Cures campaign initiated by Drs. Lorelei and Rosalind Silverman at the University of Toronto is an awareness project in which every month pre-medical students and IMGs create a brochure about a disease with a flower as a symbol for the hope to cure that disease. We increase awareness in social media, distribute brochures and seeds in the community, organize information sessions about these diseases and their prevention, and state of research, and help NGOs fundraise for research in support of finding a cure for that disease.
We plant flowers that we have celebrated for the past year. Pre-medical students from the GTA, high school students, Service Learning and Outreach U of T Scarborough students, and IMGs are joined by members of the Toronto community in planting flowers and educating the public about various diseases.
Check our blog for details about our Flowers for Cures campaign http://modelsofdiseases.wordpress.com