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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences |
July 9, 2026 10:30 AM |
Dr. M-J Milloy, PhD Associate professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia and the interim director of research at the BC Centre on Substance Use |
Dr. Tara Gomes | Effective approaches to address unprecedented rates of death arising from the unregulated drug supply: Recent insights from British Columbia, 10 years after the declaration of a public heath emergency | PB - 850 |
| PhD Exit Seminar |
July 10, 2026 11:00 AM |
Ria Garg |
Dr. Tara Gomes | Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Evolving Methadone Prescribing Guidance | PB - 1210 |
| PhD Exit Seminar |
July 23, 2026 10:00 AM |
Yasmin Aboelzahab | Dr. Lisa Dolovich | Pharmacist-Led Virtual Support for Healthcare Navigation Among Newcomer International Students in Canada | PB - 1210 |
| PhD Exit Seminar |
August 7, 2026 12:00 PM |
Yi Yun (Lily) Zhang | Dr. Shana Kelley | Uncovering the Genetic Determinants of Cancer Cell Interactions and Dissemination Through Genome-Scale CRISPR Screens |
Meeting ID: 820 5686 3194 Passcode: 054216 |
| PhD Exit Seminar |
August 12, 2026 1:00 PM |
David Rodriguez | Dr. Robert Bonin | Spinal Cord Plasticity as a Target to Prevent or Reverse the Development of Pathological Pain | PB - 1210 |
| PhD Exit Seminar |
August 17, 2026 1:00 PM |
Sarah Shawky | Dr. Carolyn Cummins | Examination of the Liver X Receptor-Modified Endothelial Progenitor Cell Secretome Identifies Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2 as a New Anti-Atherogenic Protein | PB - 850 |
| PhD Exit Seminar |
August 20, 2026 9:00 AM |
Somin Park | Dr. Ping Lee | Choline Chloride/Carboxylic Acid Deep Eutectic Solvents for Solubility Enhancement of Triazole Antifungals and Potential Application to Transungual Delivery | PB - 850 |
| Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences |
August 20, 2026 2:00 PM |
Dr. Ronald Siegel Professor of Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies, Pharmaceutics University of Minnesota |
Dr. Ping Lee | Progress towards a prodrug/enzyme intranasal delivery system for rapid prevention/reversal of seizure emergency | PB - 850 |
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Email: phm.grad@utoronto.ca
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