By bringing together members from across @UofT and its partner hospitals, #UofTEPIC aims to harness their diverse expertise, enable new collaborations and foster the next generation of researchers to develop innovative responses to infectious threats and combat future pandemics.

@UofTEPIC has launched two funding programs! Ignite Grants provide seed funding for early-stage and pilot-level projects in infectious diseases and/or pandemic preparedness. New Connections Grants foster cross-disciplinary research. To know more:

@UofTEPIC launches the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Rapid Research Response to inform and support influenza pandemic readiness. Learn more:

RT @Varsity_Blues: A true scientist in the lab and on the ice! 🧪 Read all about Juliette Blais-Savoie’s journey in this week’s instalment…

@UofTEPIC is excited to announce the launch of the Career Transitions Awards and Convergence Postdoctoral Awards. These awards are for senior trainees looking to start their independent research or involved in cross-disciplinary research. Know more at:

The @UofTEPIC is excited to announce 2025’s Doctoral awardees!🎉🎖️A core mandate at EPIC is to empower young leaders to tackle the burden associated with infectious diseases. We welcome the new recipients and look forward to seeing them become engaged members of our community!

From all of us at @UofTEPIC, we wish you a healthy, happy and restful holiday season and a Happy New Year! We thank you for your support and engagement with us this year, and we will be back in the new year with an amazing lineup of programs and events.

RT @UofT_Pandemics: Congratulations to the eleven teams awarded Phase 2 Catalyst & Research Development grants! The lead applicants represe…

Hosted by @UofTEPIC TAC, Trainee Pizza Talks is a seminar series for trainees to present their research, practice presentation skills, and mingle with peers in a trainee-only space. This month, Desmond van den Berg (Hatton lab) and James Pollock (Kaul lab) are our presenters!

Two exciting funding opportunities from @UofTEPIC! To learn more about the eligibility for the Researcher Mobility Awards and Future Leaders Prizes and apply please visit our website: #InfectiousDiseases #FundingOpportunities

RT @UofT_Pandemics: 📢Attention @UofT graduate students, want to know how to use social media to promote your research and build your brand…

It's a wrap! The #AMRsymposium2024 ended on a high note featuring the AMR Aware campaign. Learn more at We thank all the presenters for sharing their research and insights and everyone who attended the symposium virtually or in person!

Coming SOON! EPIC faculty member Larissa Matukas, @UofT_LMP will be presenting in the NIMBLE Ways to Steer Antimicrobial Prescribing section of the AMR Symposium! It promises to be an informative and engaging talk. Tune in virtually or join us in person.

Epshita Islam, EPIC member jointly supervised by Scott Gray-Owen, director of EPIC and professor of molecular genetics at @UofT and Trevor Moraes, professor of biochemistry at U of T had an interesting talk on her research developing vaccine therapies for gonococcal infections

We are thrilled to announce that Kirsten Meyer, a postdoctoral fellow in Justin Nodwell's laboratory @UofT is the EPIC AMR poster award winner! 🥇Congratulations, Kirsten! 👏👏

We are on the second day of the 2024 AMR Symposium. We kickoff the day with an exciting panel discussion with @UofTEPIC's Natasha Christie-Holmes, Mary Wiktorowicz (@YorkUniversity ), Herman Barkema (@UCalgary) and Dao Nguyen (@McGillAMRCentre) to introduce the new CAN-AMR-Net

The AI and infectious diseases speaker series is happening now! Keynote speaker, Cesar de la Fuente, panelists Dionne Aleman and Artem Babaian with moderator, Ivan SemenuikIt have an exciting panel discussion on how AI can be leveraged to discover novel therapeutics

The 2024 AMR Symposium is happening today and tomorrow at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto. The two day event features talks, poster and networking sessions and panel discussions on the latest AMR research, policy and advocacy:

@UofTEPIC is excited to partner with @UofT_Pandemics and @UofT_TCAIREM to bring to you the last and final installment of the AI and infectious diseases speaker series on November 19 at 11 AM. For event details and registration, visit-

Professor Milica Radisic earns NSERC’s John C. Polanyi Award We are delighted to share that EPIC faculty member, @milicaruoft is the recepient of this year's John C. Polanyi Award from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

Come join us for the inaugural seminar of the Trainee Pizza Talks, organized by @UofTEPIC Trainee Advisory Committee. @UofT graduate students, Raja Faisal Abbas and Madeline Jarvis-Cross will present their exciting research findings. Join us for the talks and pizza after!