13th Annual LSCDS Career Day
On behalf of LSCDS, we welcome you to our 13th Annual Career Day. Throughout the last decade, a growing number of graduate students have shifted their career focus beyond academia into industry. To bridge the gap between graduate students and the professional community in Toronto, LSCDS Career Day aims to provide students with the best career exploration experience, unlike any other, by creating an opportunity for young professionals to find their next dream job and realize their potential in career development.
Event Information
Date: Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Time: 12:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: Hart House, U of T Campus (7 Hart House Cir, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3)
Agenda:
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Light refreshments will be provided.
The Career Day 2019 event is free of charge to students and trainees at U of T. Please log in to access free registration.
There is an early bird price of $10 for students not affiliated with U of T or the teaching hospitals. For current U of T trainees, please note that you may be required to verify your current status by logging into the LSCDS website under My Account.
If you are unable to register, a first-come first-serve wait-list will be available at the event in the case that some registered individuals do not attend.
Guest and Company Information
Industry Panel
| Guest | Position | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Panel 1 | ||
| Michelle North | Medical Science Liaison | Novartis |
| Ali Tavallaei | President and Co-Founder | Magallan Biomedical |
| Songyi Xu | Consultant | IQVIA |
| Mizue Naito | Principal Scientist, Microbiology | DoseBiome |
| Panel 2 | ||
| Lexi Kaplin | Co-Founder and CPO | conversationHealth |
| Taban Saifi | Portfolio Medical Information Specialist | Novo Nordisk |
| Manisha Talukdar | Medical Science Liaison | AstraZeneca |
| David Kideckel | Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst | AltaCorp Capital |
| Panel 3 | ||
| Pawel Buczkowicz | COO, VP Scientific and Medical Affairs | Gene42 |
| Julia Biondi | Director HR Business Partnership & Site Head Talent Acquisition | Hoffmann-La Roche Limited |
| Natasha Malik | Consultant | Shift Health |
Company Spotlights
| Company | Guest |
|---|---|
| Deep Genomics | Amit Deshwar |
| Bloom Burton & Co | Evelyn Pau |
| BenchSci | Maurice Shen |
| Klick Health | Rachael Harrison |
| Shift Health | Youssef Hayek |