AllerGen Webinars – Resources

To maximize the sharing of knowledge, AllerGen is pleased to present, for those webinars it has organized in the past, the following resources: a PDF copy of the presenter’s slides; an archived recording of the full webinar; and a 2-to-3-page “key messages” summary, with hyperlinked index. See the schedule for recent and up-coming webinars.

Resources are available for webinars in the following series:

Webinars for Research Success (2018)

Knowledge Translation for Research Success (2016-17)

Planning for Research Success (2015-16)

Yves A. Lussier, MD, FACMI, delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Bioinformatics for Health Research series on June 11, 2018, offering his insights into the leading research groups, the most important conferences, and the best venues for world-class training in translational bioinformatics, computational biology, and data science impacting precision medicine.

Links to the summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Mark Hamer, MSc., delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Bioinformatics for Health Research series on May 28, 2018, sharing his expertise in the use of mass cytometry (CyTOF) for the “deep profiling” of single cells, and for gaining deeper insight into complex cell populations.

Links to the summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Eric Perakslis, PhD (Datavant) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Bioinformatics for Health Research series on April 9, 2018, describing challenges to realizing the rich promise of collaborative data science, and strategies to overcome them.

Links the summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Yuri Quintana, PhD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Bioinformatics for Health Research series on February 27, 2018, describing different approaches to biomedical informatics and innovations in big-data platforms for biomedical research.

Links to a two-page summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Melanie Barwick (Hospital for Sick Children) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Knowledge Translation for Research Success series on February 14, 2017, describing how knowledge translation (KT) is growing in importance and relevance for health researchers, and identifying some tools with which to integrate KT into a science program.

Links to a two-page summary of her key messages, a PDF of her slide presentation, and a video of her webinar follow.

Colleen McGavin (BC SPOR SUPPORT Unit) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Knowledge Translation for Research Success series on March 8, 2017, discussing what patient engagement is (and isn’t), why it’s important and how BC’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) SUPPORT Unit is working to “get it right.”.

Links to a two-page summary of her key messages, a PDF of her slide presentation, and a video of her webinar follow.

Drs B. Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta (University of British Columbia and University of Calgary) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Knowledge Translation for Research Success series on March 23, 2017, discussing the challenges involved in translating beneficial scientific concepts to the public, drawing upon on their experiences in dealing with the media and publishing a book of popular science (Let Them Eat Dirt).

Links to a two-page summary of their key messages, a PDF of their slide presentation, and a video of their webinar follow.

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Prof. Timothy Caulfield delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Knowledge Translation for Research Success series on April 11, 2017, reviewing the available evidence about the misinformation that regularly circulates in the media and popular culture about how to treat and diagnose allergy and asthma, and sharing insights from his team’s research on the services offered by complementary and alternative practitioners. He also discussed strategies researchers can use to respond to misinformation, taking into consideration relevant laws, policies and science communication strategies.

Links to a two-page summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Dr. Maureen Dobbins delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Knowledge Translation for Research Success series on May 8, 2017, explaining how evidence-informed decision-making can be integrated into organizational structures and processes using examples from one-on-one work with public health departments across Canada over the past two decades.

Links to a two-page summary of her key messages, a PDF of her slide presentation, and a video of her webinar follow.

Jason Ding (TEC Edmonton) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Planning for Research Success series on November 13, 2015, providing an introduction to business planning principles, methods and tools as applied to the commercialization of health science research outputs.

Links to a two-page summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Jonathon Jafari (CDRD) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Planning for Research Success series on December 1, 2015, providing insight into the market assessment methods of the Centre for Drug Research and Development and tips on how to attract industry customers to a product.

Links to a two-page summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.

Brian Underdown (Lumira Capital) delivered a webinar in AllerGen’s Planning for Research Success series on February 4, 2016, exploring how to use a business case to successfully attract investment and/or partners to sustain a research undertaking.

Links to a three-page summary of his key messages, a PDF of his slide presentation, and a video of his webinar follow.