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TRANSDISCIPLINARY TRAINING IN BIOLOGY, PHYSICS, AND ENGINEERING:
Towards an Understanding and Prevention of Vascular Disease

Welcome to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategic Training Program in Vascular Research in Ontario, Canada. This program is partnered by Robarts Research Institute, Western University, and the University of Waterloo.
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New Computed Tomography (CT) Workshop 
Tuesday, November 27th 2012; 3:00-5:00pm
Fisher Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Robarts

This workshop will use DeskCAT, a state-of-the-art optical CT Scanner that has been specially designed for educational purposes by scientists at Western. The scanner sits on a desktop and makes it easy for students to learn about CT imaging and image reconstruction without the use of potentially harmful X-rays. More details to follow.

New Biostatistics Workshop - December 2011

A series of 4 biostatistics workshops have been organized for students in the Training Program. The workshops are being taught by Dr. Yves Bureau, a statistician. As well as instruction, the workshops are designed to give students some hands on experience analyzing data sets and are located in one of the computer rooms at Western.

The details of the times and location are:
Duration: 3 hours per session (12 hours in total)
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: SSC 1032 (Social Science Centre Computer Lab)
Dates: Dec. 1st, Dec. 2nd, Dec. 8th, and Dec. 9th

Registration is at:
http://www.imaging.robarts.ca/content/statistics-workshop-registration

New Research Ethics Workshop December 2011
Western Research Ethics Board

An interactive session that will highlight key legislative requirements and how Western's Health Sciences REB can help ease you through the submission and approval process more efficiently and quickly - which will help you get your research on the road faster.

Date: Dec 1, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:00
Location: Health Sciences Addition H101
or
Date: Dec 2, 2011
Time: 1:30 - 2:30
Location: Health Sciences Addition H101


Congratulations to Dr. Manav Vyas, a Master's student in the Training Program, who won the first place poster award in the Health Outcomes & Population Studies section at the London Health Research Day 2012. Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Hackam.

Welcome to the Click new students entering the program September 2012.

Click here for the list of all our students and their projects.
Click here for the publication list of our students past and present.


The CIHR Strategic Training Program in Vascular Research offers a dynamic, transdisciplinary training environment for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows in vascular research. The aim of our program is to develop research scientists with the expertise necessary to build future transdisciplinary teams focused on the understanding, treatment and prevention of vascular disease.


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