Please see below for the following updates:                                               

• Welcome Dr. Ann Young
• Staff Lounge Move
• Data Science Institute University of Toronto - Data Science Certificate Courses Offerings Summer 2023; 10% Discount for Unity Health Employees

The Department of Medicine is delighted to welcome Dr. Ann Young, Nephrology to the active staff!

Dr. Ann Young:  Ann joined the Division of Nephrology as a Clinician Investigator and Assistant Professor as of April 1, 2023.  Ann completed a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University, followed by her MD, Internal Medicine residency and Nephrology fellowship at the University of Toronto.  She has just completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in the Clinician Investigator Program. Many of you may know Ann as she has held a clinical associate-term appointment at St. Michael’s Hospital since 2020.  Ann will be clinically focused on improving health services delivery for patients with chronic kidney disease, building on work she did during her PhD and post-doctoral fellowship.  Ann received CIHR and KRESCENT funding to complete her post-doctoral fellowship in which she developed an approach to use ICES data to find individuals at high risk of kidney failure who have not been seen by a nephrologist, and will contact them to get them connected with care through a new KidneyCare Outreach program. This unique approach will facilitate her future research goals of developing, implementing and evaluating strategies to optimize care for these patients.

Outside of work, Ann keeps busy with her husband, Tak, and two young kids, Theo and Lily.

 Please be advised that the Staff Lounge has moved to 6-004 CCW.  The access to the new staff lounge will still be by the same passcode, 1354.

Please feel free to call Charmaine Retanal 416-864-5628 for any questions.

The Data Sciences Institute (DSI) at the University of Toronto offers the Data Science Certificate to help professionals gain essential job-ready skills to support their success in careers where data science skills are increasingly in demand.    

In this Certificate, learners will build foundational skills in how to extract meaningful insights from data, how to apply the core competencies, master popular data analysis tools and gain hands-on experience through real-world case studies.  The case study component provides learners with important insights into the professional world of data science and analytics. In addition, the Certificate is fully online, offering busy professionals flexibility.  We received a tremendous response to our courses and heard from learners that they found the online synchronous learning, dedicated support, and case studies from industry professionals very helpful for their career paths. Learners have the option to take individual courses to improve their skills in a particular area, or complete 6 out of the 8 courses to earn the Certificate. Read the latest story to hear from our recent Certificate graduates here. 

In response to high demand, we will be offering programming courses this summer in addition to our fall and winter courses:  

• Introduction to Unix Shell, Git, and GitHub (Data Science Foundations): May 6 to May 27 
• Introduction to R: May 29 to June 17 
• Introduction to Python: July 10 to July 29
• You may check the full course schedule here.

University of Toronto alumni, faculty, staff and students, and individuals appointed at DSI external funding partners, receive a 10% discount. You may also be eligible for other financial assistance options such as OSAP Funding for Micro-Credentials.  

Our fall/winter schedule of courses will be posted on our website later this spring.  

To learn more about our courses and to register, visit: https://datasciencecertificate.ca/. Spots are limited. Register today.