Training Committees
The Training and Education Committee
The Training and Education Committee (TEC) consists of a minimum of four SCN Principal Investigators and three SCN trainees, and the Chair of the Network’s Trainee Communications Committee.
The mandate of the TEC is to develop and implement a training strategy and program that will:
- Recruit and train highly qualified personnel (HQP) in stem cell research
- Promote the multidisciplinary training of HQP, including a grounding in the ethical, legal and economic implications of stem cell research
- Retain HQP within Canada’s stem cell research community
- Provide an enriched training environment to help trainees increase their value to prospective employers and their profile for funding agencies
- Help trainees become active in the Network
- Identify, review and monitor the training activities of the Training Communication Committee, Awards Committee, Internship Program and Ad Hoc working groups
- Develop and implement a strategy to evaluate the SCN Training Program.
Training and Education Committee members:
- Harry Atkins (Ottawa Health Research Institute)
- Tania Bubela (University of Alberta)
- Natalie Farra (James Ellis lab, Hospital for Sick Children)
- Salima Janmohamed (Norman Iscove lab, University Health Network)
- Eric Jervis (University of Waterloo)
- Kelly McClellan (Bartha Knoppers group, McGill University)
- Derrick Rancourt, Chair (University of Calgary)
- Michael Ratcliffe (University of Toronto)
- Leslie So (Fabio Rossi lab, University of British Columbia)
- Sophie Chargé (SCN staff)
Contact Sophie Chargé at scharge@stemcellnetwork.ca.
The Trainee Communications Committee (TCC)
The Trainee Communications Committee (TCC) comprises SCN trainees, the Chair from the Training and Education Committee, the SCN Director of Research and Training Programs, and the SCN Director of Communications.
The mandate of the TCC is to develop and implement a communications strategy that informs trainees about Network activities and that solicits input from trainees to guide new initiatives.
Trainee Communications Committee members:
- Natalie Farra (James Ellis lab, Hospital for Sick Children)
- Andrew Giacomelli (John Hassell lab, McMaster University)
- Salima Janmohamed (Norman Iscove lab, University Health Network)
- Holly Longstaff (Michael McDonald group, University of British Columbia)
- Kelly McClellan (Bartha Knoppers group, McGill University)
- Erika Murray (Eric Jervis lab, University of Waterloo)
- Krishna Panchalingam (Leo Behie lab, University of Calgary)
- Alessandra Pasut (Michael Rudnicki lab, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute)
- Leslie So, Chair (Fabio Rossi lab, University of British Columbia)
- Derrick Rancourt (University of Calgary)
- Sophie Chargé (SCN staff)
- Lisa Willemse (SCN staff)
Find out about training initiatives and TCC announcements by becoming a fan of the SCN Facebook page. Want to get involved in SCN’s training program? Contact scntcc@gmail.com to find out how.