For all events, visit the Department of Pediatrics calendar All events are in MST (Mountain Standard Time), unless otherwise stated
Child Health & Wellness Seminar: "Drugs & Bugs - A Pharmacologist Attempting to Navigate the World of the Gut Microbiota" Monday, October 17, 2022 | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Virtual (via Zoom) This presentation will focus on how changes in the gut microbiota contributes to drug toxicity and influences intestinal first-pass metabolism. → Click here for further details and to register.
2022 Owerko Family Distinguished Lecture: "Somatic Mutation in the Human Brain" Thursday, October 20, 2022 | 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Virtual (via Zoom) This lecture by Dr. Christopher Walsh will explore how “somatic” mutations present in some but not all brain cells play important roles in epilepsy, autism, and in age-related neurodegeneration. → Click here for further details and to register.
Planning Ahead for a Successful Retirement for Academic Staff of the University of Calgary Friday, October 21 & Friday, October 28, 2022 | Virtual (via Zoom) Participants will:
- Learn about retirement income planning tools and retirement processes at the University of Calgary (please note that this portion is relevant to those who are currently participating in the University's Academic Pension Plan and have not commenced their pensions)
- Receive financial planning information and workbook to help make informed financial decisions
- Understand emotional effects of retirement and consider what your ideal retirement looks like
Click here for the workshop agenda and click here for the registration form. If you have any questions, please contact Joyce Forster.
Child Health & Wellness Seminar: "The Complex Immune Dysregulation Program at Alberta Children's Hospital" Monday, October 24, 2022 | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Virtual (via Zoom) Dr. Ashish Marwaha will outline, with individual patient examples, how his interdisciplinary clinical and research program for Complex Immune Dysregulation Disorders is facilitating genetic diagnoses in children, establishing new conditions and enabling targeted therapy. → Click here for further details and to register.
Evidence-based Practice for Improving Quality (EPIQ ) Virtual Workshop Monday, October 31, 2022 | 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM | Virtual (via Zoom) The EPIQ Workshop aims to train physicians and other healthcare providers in quality improvement methods using a hands-on approach that enables teams to implement quality improvement together. Click here for further details and click here to register.
NEW EVENT Child Health & Wellness Seminar: "Neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration go hand in hand: A neural stem cell perspective" Monday, October 31, 2022 | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Virtual (via Zoom) This talk will be dedicated to extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of oligodendrocyte formation from neural stem cells in the context of regeneration as well as mouse models of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. → Click here for further details and to register.
NEW EVENT Owerko Centre Neurodevelopmental Clinical Rounds: "The Limits of Labels: Using Neuroethics to Reimagine Developmental Disorders" Wednesday, November 2, 2022 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Virtual (via Zoom) and In Person, Child Development Centre, Main Floor Boardroom Speaker: Dr. W. Ben Gibbard Objectives:
- Review diagnostic approaches used in developmental disorders
- Explore and discuss assumptions, utility and limitations of these approaches
- Consider how neuroethics might inform clinical service, research and policy for developmental disorders
→ Click here for further details and to register.
KidSIM Presents Dr. Ellen Deutsch Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM | Virtual (via Zoom) and In Person, Conference Rooms 3 & 4, Alberta Children's Hospital Please join us for a day of scholarship and learning as we welcome Dr. Ellen Deutsch, a respected authority in Simulation and Patient Safety, to the Alberta Children's Hospital. This day is aimed at those who have an interest in simulation, patient safety and quality improvement but all are welcome. → Click here for the Save the Date. More details and information on registration coming soon!
NEW EVENT 2022 Child Health and Wellness Research Retreat Thursday, December 15 & Friday, December 16, 2022 | MacEwan Ballroom and Hall, UCalgary ACHRI members, research staff and trainees are invited to share discoveries across Child Health and Wellness programs and Grand Challenge areas. → Click here for further details and to register. |