Dr. Philip Awadalla represents CanPath at #CCRC2023

CanPath Scientific Director, Dr. Philip Awadalla, will represent CanPath at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference. Dr. Awadalla is also the Director of Computational Biology and Senior Investigator at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Professor of Population and Medical Genomics at the University of Toronto, and Executive Director of the Ontario Health Study. His research Read more about Dr. Philip Awadalla represents CanPath at #CCRC2023[…]

Canadian Cancer Research Conference Community Event

CanPath and Atlantic PATH are excited to participate in the upcoming Community Event, “Cancer: Prevention, Treatment & You” at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference. Our team members are looking forward to meeting you!   Megan Fleming, Communications and Knowledge Translation Officer, CanPath  Jason Hicks, Executive Director, Atlantic PATH   Ellen Sweeney, Research Director, Atlantic PATH  This free Read more about Canadian Cancer Research Conference Community Event[…]

CanPath and Regional Cohorts at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference (#CCRC2023)

CanPath and its regional cohorts will be well represented at the upcoming Canadian Cancer Research Conference in Halifax on November 11-14th. This conference is hosted by the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance. It brings together the Canadian cancer research community and spans the research spectrum.   We’re pleased to have attendees from the CanPath National Coordinating Centre and Read more about CanPath and Regional Cohorts at the Canadian Cancer Research Conference (#CCRC2023)[…]

World Mental Health Day

October 10th is World Mental Health Day and Atlantic PATH is pleased to be involved in multiple studies examining mental health and well-being. COVID Global Mental Health Consortium The COVID Global Mental Health Consortium was recently funded and includes 23 global cohorts representing 2.8 million participants. It will produce a global evaluation of pandemic-related mental Read more about World Mental Health Day[…]

Webinar: Using CanPath to Support Innovative Health Research 

Using CanPath to Support Innovative Health Research  Join our colleagues, Dr. Parveen Bhatti (Scientific Director, BC Generations) and Sheraz Cheema (Data Manager, CanPath) on Wednesday, October 11th to learn about CanPath, types of questions the data can be used to address, and how the data can be accessed. Registration: https://t.co/m8PU92M881  

CanPath Newsletter – Fall 2023

CanPath has released its Fall 2023 newsletter! You can see updates from CanPath and its regional cohorts: CanPath News September 2023 – Nouvelles CanPath septembre 2023 (mailchi.mp). Updates from Atlantic PATH include:  Attending and presenting at the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CSEB) Conference held in Halifax in June 2023. CanPath joining the COVID Global Mental Read more about CanPath Newsletter – Fall 2023[…]

CITF COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Databank

CanPath and its regional cohorts, including Atlantic PATH, are proud to be part of the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF) Databank with our COVID-19 serology study that includes participants across the country. The CITF Databank data holdings include data from 21 studies, including six multi-province studies “representing a wide range of population and community data from Read more about CITF COVID-19 Immunity Task Force Databank[…]

Upcoming Webinar: Empowering Breast Health: Personalized Approaches to Canadian Breast Cancer Screening

Join CanPath for an upcoming webinar from CanPath’s incoming Executive Director, Dr. Jennifer Brooks entitled, “Empowering Breast Health: Personalized Approaches to Canadian Breast Cancer Screening” on  Thursday, October 19th from 12-1pmEST/1-2pmAST. Details and registration info: https://canpath.ca/2023/09/webinar-breast-cancer-screening-brooks/

CanPath is Hiring: Research Operations Manager

Join the CanPath team as the new Research Operations Manager at the University of Toronto. Deadline: September 22, 2023. “CanPath is Canada’s largest population health cohort and a national platform for population-level health research. CanPath is studying the biology, behaviours and environments of Canadians to learn more about the causes of chronic disease and cancer Read more about CanPath is Hiring: Research Operations Manager[…]

CanPath Scientific Director presents at AGBT Meeting

Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) is “considered the preeminent genome science and technology conference where top global researchers, leaders and innovators meet to announce new discoveries, cutting edge breakthroughs and to collaborate.” CanPath Scientific Director, Dr. Philip Awadalla attended the AGBT Precision Health meeting in San Diego, California from September 7-9, 2023. Dr. Read more about CanPath Scientific Director presents at AGBT Meeting[…]