o Designing and delivering weekly hybrid classes and laboratory practicums.o Designed assessments that emphasize feedback-based learning including scaffolded assignments (e.g., lab reports) with the opportunity to submit a draft and receive thorough feedback in advance of the final submission. o Analyzing weekly post-class survey data to inform iterative course design.o Onboarding and supervising Teaching Assistant for the course.

o Designed and delivered content exploring the various domains of cognition impacting performance, the manipulations they respond to, the neural circuits that underlie them, and the biopsychosocial factors that can influence those circuits and behaviours.o Designed and delivered weekly hybrid classes, simultaneously delivered in-person and over Zoom, while leveraging UofT’s Canvas-based LMS, Quercus, to facilitate flipped classroom sessions.o Designed assignments, rubrics as per program- and course-level learning outcomes, and student needs assessments.o Analyzed weekly post-class survey data to inform design of future learning activities and instructional approaches.o Compiled marks, in consultation with the Director and co-teacher before release to students to meet appropriate deadlines and procedures.o Provided office hours and electronic communication (email, Blackboard course web site etc.) for course counselling and dissemination of course material.o Supervised Teaching Assistant.

o Co-founded Toronto’s only science communication event aimed at the LGBTQIA+ community and delivered by LGBTQIA+ scientists (undergraduate and graduate students) – a not-for-profit outreach initiative that promotes creative and inclusive science communication and community engagement.o Sold out (150 tickets) within 24 hours of ticket release for both iterations of the event in 2019 and early 2020. Hosting venue, The Gladstone Hotel, reported a four-year record high revenue from our 2019 event.o Event analytics revealed that 100% of attendees would attend our future events, 100% would pay $10 or more, 56% would not have attended were it not for the drag element of the presentations, and 50% had never been to a science communication event prior to ours.o Collaborated closely with our sponsor, The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIS), on event planning, budgeting for performer subsidies, and post-event analyticso Invited by RCIS, IdeaMosaic and SciCommTO to present at the science communication event, Spark After Dark. Received wide acclaim from event organizers.o Designed and facilitated workshops on science storytelling, slide design, public speaking for our performers, as well as dry-run sessions wherein performers are provided ample feedback on their science communication.o Performed at the first event in which I discussed the role of gap junctions in drug dependence through the artform of drag.

o Supervising instructional designers, providing technical leadership, guidance and direct input on all materials developed.o Supervising all internal and external trainers, ensuring adherence to Egale’s training program and delivery standards.o Supervising Learning Coordinator, working closely together to ensure the timely scheduling and delivery of all mandates.o Providing performance-related feedback and coaching for designers and trainers to produce and deliver quality content.o Functioning as a subject matter expert and ensuring that effective test plans are implemented to ensure that projects meet intended training needs.o Overseeing virtual classroom moderation standards and team of moderators.o Facilitating workshops and webinars.o Collaborating directly with Project Management Team to develop project plans and ensure that resources are made available to complete mandates on time.o Identifying root causes of project issues and recommending effective solutions.o Supporting the Director of Learning in various functions such as client meetings, proposal writing and implementation/operation of Egale’s Virtual Academy (EVA) digital platform.o Supporting the Business Development Team in identifying potential funding sources and grant applications.

o Leading implementation of Egale's new and improved Flagship Program.o Planning, organizing, developing, and evaluating Learning Team programs.o Organizing, supervising, and scheduling staff to ensure timely completion of assigned duties.o Onboarding, training, and supervising Egale's roster of Trainers and Facilitators.o Delivering live webinars and workshops as part of Egale's roster of Trainers.o Designing and developing engaging and scalable online learning solutions that incorporate e-learning, mobile learning, self-paced, instructor-led webinars, job aids, etc.o Creating and implementing Egale's instructional design standards.o Evaluating the impact and effectiveness of learning solutions.o Making recommendations to improve systems or processes to create efficiency and effectiveness.o Analyzing data, reporting statistics, and writing narratives and other admin documentation for funding and organizational reports.o Sourcing relevant learning content from SMEs and other appropriate sources.

o Designed, coordinated, and delivered pedagogical programming and professional development training for ~4500 TAs and CIs across the three UofT campuses through the facilitation of 60 webinars between April and September 2020.o Identified and built relationships with KOLs; used insights to create learning and development plans for 19 depts.o Created and delivered UofT’s first-ever workshop on Undergraduate Training and Mentorship in the Research Lab. Warm reception led to an invitation from CTSI Leadership to expand project to include teaching resources in a new tab on the TATP website. Invited by Molecular Genetics Graduate Student Association to conduct training in their department.o Designed, coordinated, and delivered in-person and online departmental training for TAs in a variety of disciplines in the sciences and engineering, social sciences, and humanities on institutional teaching policies, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), effective grading and feedback, facilitation of labs, discussion-based tutorials and exam review sessions, and communication strategies.o Performed over 100 hours of pedagogical research (i.e., SoTL) and curricular development in the areas of teaching strategies and reflective practice, mentorship, educational technologies, and EDI.o Adapted over 10 hours of programming for online delivery via Blackboard Collaborate, including tens of active learning exercises.o Conducted over 60 hours of peer-to-peer mentorship, consultations, in-class observations, teaching dossier appraisals, and microteaching workshops for undergraduate and graduate TAs as well as CIs in a variety of disciplines.o Organized and developed program offering on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL).o Developing e-learning modules on Technical Training and Onboarding in Research Labs using e-the authoring software, Articulate Storyline.

o Extensive experience in behavioural, pharmacological and molecular techniques (e.g., rat and mouse behavioural assays, stereotaxic surgeries such as cannulations and viral delivery, optogenetics, transcardial perfusions, PCR, qPCR, confocal microscopy, statistical analyses etc.)o Responsible for all onboarding, training, and research project management on Motivation Team for 7 years, amounting to almost 20 undergraduate and graduate mentees and 5-8 simultaneous projects on any given year.o Increased average undergraduate lab tenure from 1 to 2.5 years and undergraduate retention rates by a factor of 2 (all but one hired as techs or retained as graduate students).o Designed the team's first-ever curriculum and evaluation framework to support onboarding and supervision of incoming trainees and iterative curriculum mapping on a year-to-year basis.o Liaised with internal and external stakeholders and oversaw all REB and Health Canada drug exemption applications, resulting in approval of novel neurological manipulations and expansion of controlled drug inventory for the first UofT study on the psychedelics, DMT and 4-AcO-DMT.o Identified, initiated, and maintained partnerships with regional and global KOLs at SickKids, Universities of Manitoba and Bonn, and NeuroTek Inc. leading to interdisciplinary collaborations and a total of 8 co-authorships in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals (e.g., in Nature Neuroscience and PNAS).o Co-directed research, procurement, and Laser Safety Permit attainment with lab technician to institute optogenetics research wing, expand our technical capacity, and minimize outsourcing.o Presented at international conferences such as the Society for Neuroscience meeting (2 invited symposia, 4 posters). o Successfully penned federal and provincial funding applications – received the maximum amount of federal, tri-agency funding via NSERC (CGS-M and CGS-D over 4 yrs).

o Acted on behalf of the Office of the Faculty Registrar in administering Faculty final examinations in strict accordance with Faculty procedures and regulations.o Carried out directives as per the procedures and regulations governing Faculty final examinations.o Responsible for picking up exam materials, opening and organizing exam rooms, making announcements, distributing exam books and question papers, collecting student signatures, dealing with emergencies (e.g., student illness, fire alarms), returning materials to the Office of the Faculty Registrar.o Attended meetings and tribunals at the Faculty.o Completed Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) online training.

o Awarded departmental Teaching Excellence Award in May 2017 after receiving largest number of student nominations across the department.o Received the highest rating (“Exemplary”) on clarity, pace, enthusiasm, and approachability from over 90% of my most recent cohort of HMB200 students.o Administered over 100 in-person and online tutorials through Blackboard Collaborate for HMB200, amounting to 100+ hrs of introductory neuroscience teaching (~60 students/year).o Developed curriculum for neurophysiology and behavioural neurosciences tutorial units amounting to roughly 4 hours of instructional material.o Adapted teaching materials for online delivery via Blackboard Collaborate in 2015 in collaboration with Dr. Franco Taverna, making HMB200 one of the department’s first forays into online teaching.o Co-designed a scaffolded debate assignment that constitutes 20% of the final grade with course instructor and TAs.

o Conducted external research, KOL mappings, and developed relationships with local HCPs to arrange student capstone placements and projects at partnering healthcare organizations (e.g., Baycrest, Holland-Bloorview).o Designed and facilitated weekly workshops on professional development and soft skills (e.g., negotiation, brainstorming, conflict resolution, team building etc.)o Organized KOL advisory board with whom I collaborated on the evaluation of students’ clinical capstones.o Gathered insights from organizational liaisons for progress evaluations and capstone performance reviews.o Conducted curriculum assessments, delivered recommendations informed by student and HCP interview data.o Guided and evaluated translational medicine MSc. students in their use of Design Thinking to solve nascent problems encountered by their partnering healthcare organizations.o Attended monthly departmental teaching development and appraisal meetings along with faculty and staff of the Translational Research Program (TRP), at which SWOT analyses of the program were conducted along with the formulation and discussion of Individual and Teaching Team Development Plans.o Incorporated improv comedy activities and reflective exercises to build rapport among the cohort of MSc. students.

o Reviewed hundreds of animal use protocols (AUPs) submitted by laboratories, ensuring compliance with Ontario’s Animals for Research Act and the federal Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) guidelineso Developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) in collaboration with Committee Chair, Director and Associate Director of Division of Comparative Medicine, Research Compliance Officer, and Community Reps.o Tasked by Director of Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) to develop and deliver specialized stereotaxic training for two Faculty of Medicine labs.o Invited by committee Chair and DCM Director to attend the CCAC National Workshop 2016, at which I participated in seminars and roundtables on policy development and regulatory compliance.o Performed on-site compliance reviews and service quality assurance inspections across the Division of Comparative Medicine.

o Delivered lab lecturettes and facilitated practicals for international students enrolled at the International Foundation Program at New College.o Responsible for curriculum development of lecturettes and language immersion during practicals.o Maintained a glossary of scientific nomenclature and pertinent vocabulary to help students develop their academic English.o Frequently shared resources and on-campus opportunities for engagement and support (e.g., Centre for International Experience).

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