Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminars - Student Requirements | Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

The Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers exciting seminars featuring scientists from across Canada and around the world, with occasional seminars by our own faculty and members of other departments at U of T and surrounding hospitals/institutes. These seminars provide an opportunity for all to meet outstanding, world-renowned scientists. Seminar speakers also schedule additional time for informal discussions with faculty and students. Regular attendance at seminars is required of all graduate students.

Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Series Requirement

All graduate students are required to attend the departmental seminars each year:

Full-time students: a minimum of eight (8) departmental seminars per academic year
Part-time/Flex-time students: a minimum of four (4) departmental seminars per academic year.

Students may fulfill up to 50% of their annual quota at sanctioned external seminars.

2025-2026 Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar Schedule

Seminar Type	Date & Time	Speaker	Host	Title	LOCATION
PhD Exit Seminar	Monday, April 6, 2026 2:00pm	Chris Rodgers	Dr. Jeff Henderson	Regulation of a Novel Form of Cooperative Programmed Cell Death Signalling in Stem Cells	PB - 1210
Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	Friday, April 10, 2026, 10:00 AM	Professor Emeritus David Hampson	Dr. Lakshmi Kotra	Research Paths Pursued and Key Career Decisions Made	PB-850
Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	Friday, April 24, 2026 10:00 am	Professor Emeritus Peter Wells	Dr. Lakshmi Kotra	Oxidative stress in disease and drug toxicity	virtually via Zoom
Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	WEDNESDAY, April 29. 2026 2:00 PM	Professor Jun Wan, Indiana University	Dr. Tim Corson	DiCE: A Network Perturbation Framework for Prioritizing Regulatory Genes from Transcriptomic Data	PB-255 (large pod)