CIHR STAGE International Speaker
Seminar Series
July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019 • Fields Institute
Organizers: Shelley Bull and Jennifer Brooks (University of Toronto)
The CIHR STAGE International
Speaker Seminar Series (ISSS)
comprises eight international
seminars and group discussions
annually. These one-hour long
seminars are lead by some of
the world’s most distinguished
researchers in the fields of
statistical genetics and genetic
epidemiology. Each seminar
attracts, on average, 60-70
people from the Toronto area,
and an additional 15-20 remote
participants. The seminars
are two hours in length, open
to all, and they aim to
• expose trainees to high-calibre
international research,
• further interdisciplinary
research innovation, discovery,
and learning,
• foster a cohesive research
community of genetic
epidemiologists and statistical
geneticists in Canada, and
• enable new networks of
collaborative research.
The ISSS was created
when Toronto-based
researchers capitalized on
a high concentration of
statistical geneticists, genetic
epidemiologists, and biomedical
researchers at the University of
Toronto and nearby institutions
to pioneer a cross‑disciplinary,
multi-activity training program
at the Dalla Lana School of
Public Health. The training
program, best known as CIHR
STAGE, launched in 2010 and
is excited to host its ISSS
at the Fields Institute.
Great turnout at the International Speaker Seminar Series
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