Doctoral Seminar Series in Epidemiology

Student presentations and critiques: Student presentation sessions are structured similar to presentations at a research conference. All faculty and students who attend provide a brief written critique of each presentation, which are passed on to the presenters.
Substantive presentations by faculty members: In these sessions faculty members and others describe current research, identify methodological challenges involved in their work, and highlight important new methods or data analytic approaches.
Professional development: Professional development sessions are focused on professional experience or skills that are typically not provided in coursework, such as teaching skill development and knowledge translation.
The class will meet every two weeks, for one hour, in seminar format.
Students are enrolled in this course during their first two years of study in the PhD program and are expected to attend (minimum 80% attendance is required) and be active participants. Each student will present work in progress once or twice a year.
Credit/No Credit course (0.5 FCE)
The seminar schedule is available here.

The goals of the course are:

To develop specific skills needed in scientific careers, including presenting and commenting on research;
To provide students with exposure to faculty and other researchers addressing a wide range of epidemiological questions;
To provide students with professional development.