Events
The CRCHUM’s Scientific Days
The 2023 event will be particularly significant, as our research community celebrates 10 years of bringing together its expertise in basic, clinical and population health research under one roof.
This year's event will feature a number of high-profile scientific speakers.
Featured this year:
Daniel J. Drucker, MD. FRCPC
Senior investigator
Toronto University, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Treatments for diabetes, obesity, and intestinal disorders
The evolving landscape of GLP-1-based therapies for metabolic disorders
Margareth McCarthy, PhD
Chair of the Department of Pharmacology
University of Maryland
Gender differences and the brain
Sex Differences in the Brain: Intersection of the endocrine, immune and nervous system
François Bénard, MD
Head of Nuclear Medicine and professor
Department of Radiology
University of British Columbia
Scientific Director of the Centre of Excellence
Bristish Columbia Cancer Agency
Functional Cancer Imaging
Stéphanie Lheureux, MD, PhD
Clinician Investigator,
Toronto University, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Early-stage cancer clinical trials
Viviana Simon, MD, PhD
Professor, Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Professor, Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, NY
Virus-host interactions, retroviral restriction factors, COVID-19 translational model
SARS-CoV-2 in the City
Frederick Lewis Altice, MD, MA
Yale School of Public Health
Real-World Implementation of HIV Prevention During Disruptions: Lessons from COVID-19 and War
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A flagship science outreach event of the organization since 2010, the CRCHUM’s Scientific Day is built around lectures given by researchers of exceptional renown.
Depending on the subject, a symposium is organized with oral presentations by researchers from the CRCHUM and other research centres.
Every year, more than 350 people attend the event.
Attending the CRCHUM’s Scientific Day provides an opportunity to meet inspiring figures in the field of health research.
- Over the years, the Research Centre has had the pleasure to welcome: several Nobel laureates: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Andrew Z. Fire, Lee Hartwell, Jules Hoffmann, Dr. Robert Lefkowitz, Dr. Ferid Murad and Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe;
- renowned scientists: Dr. Dan H. Barouch, Dr. Pierre Corvol, Fabiola Gianotti, Dr. Axel Kahn and Mona Nemer.