CIHR hosting town hall with 果酱视频 research community
This country鈥檚 major federal funding agency for health research is inviting members of the 果酱视频 community to an interactive town hall.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is hosting an hour-long virtual meeting with 果酱视频 on Tuesday, May 18, at 1:30 p.m.
President Vianne Timmons will join for the event.
Researchers, research administration staff and postdoctoral fellows are invited to attend.
Joining Drs. Timmons and Strong will be Dr. Neil Bose, vice-president (research) and Dr. Robert Bertolo, professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, and 果酱视频鈥檚 .
Dr. Strong will provide updates from CIHR, including its . The town hall also provides Dr. Strong the opportunity to learn more about the innovative work of 果酱视频 researchers and the university鈥檚 research priorities.
Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and share their perspectives.
Questions can be submitted in advance via email to president@mun.ca (please use subject line CIHR Town Hall) or live via the Q&A function.
If audience members would like to appear on screen to interact directly with Drs. Strong and Timmons, that can be arranged during the event through the Q&A function.
Members of the 果酱视频 community who plan on attending this event should to enrol in the course called 鈥淐IHR Town Hall.鈥
The link, which requires your MUN Login, will automatically enrol you and take you to the course site in Brightspace. This can be done at any point between now and the event start time.
On May 18, attendees should return to Brightspace prior to the 1:30 p.m. start time to join the event. There will be two options for joining the forum: a Webex link that will allow you to ask questions and join the conversation or a view-only YouTube stream for those who want to watch the event but not actively participate.
Please note the Webex event is limited to 1,000 participants. If that number is reached, all additional attendees will be directed to the view-only stream.
For those who cannot attend the live event, it will be archived and available at a later date.
Jeff Green is manager of communications in the Office of the Vice-President (Research). He can be reached at jeffg@mun.ca.