TRN225Y1: The Art of Health Discovery
Students will be guided through the various stages of the scientific discovery process. This includes, the development of an initial idea, approaches to making a thorough literature review of the selected topic, funding (developing a written grant proposal and seeing how such proposals are assessed), experimental design and critical analysis of data, through to the public dissemination of results by publication, seminar presentation and the translation of new discoveries into the clinical arena through the patent process and development of intellectual property. TRN125 provides 0.5 FCE towards breadth requirement 3 (Society and Its Institutions) and 0.5 FCE towards breadth requirement 4 (Living Things and Their Environment)
Breadth Requirement: 3) Society and Its Institutions + 4) Living Things and Their Environment
HOW WILL I BE EVALUATED?
At the start of the year students will decide a topic they want to investigate and TRN225 will take students through the process of a research idea to publication of results simulating each step in the research process. All coursework is related to the students idea and as the year goes on they will work on assignments that relate to a different aspect of the research process incorporating their research idea. These assignments can include but are not limited to:
- Project proposals
- Generating a scientific manuscript
- Seminar presentations
Note: Assignments can vary from year to year
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TRN225 COURSE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Salma Sheikh-Mohamed, PhD
Assistant Professor, UofT Department of Immunology
Sessional Instructor, Trinity College
Email: salma.sheikh.mohamed@mail.utoronto.ca
Research Interests: Mucosal immune responses to vaccination and infection, specifically pertaining to SARS-CoV-2 and mRNA vaccines.
Interesting fact: Outside of the university, I co-run a non-profit organization called Say Somaali. I also enjoy film, traveling, reading and building Legos.
