Overview of the Canadian clinician investigator trainees' research presented at the 2019 CSCI-CITAC joint meeting

Abstract

The 2019 Annual General Meeting and Young Investigators' Forum of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation / Societe Canadienne de Recherche Clinic.:e (CSCI/SCRC) and Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada / Association des Climciens-Chercheurs en Formation du Canada (CITAC/ACCFC) was held in Banff; Alberta on November 8-10th, 2019. The theme was "Positioning Early Career Investigators for Success: Strategy and Resilience". Lectures and workshops provided knowledge and tools to facilitate the attendees' development as clinician investigators. Dr. Jason Berman (President of CSCI/SCRC), Elina Cook (President of CITAC/ACCFC) and Drs. Doreen Rabi and Zelma Kiss (University of Calgary Organizing Co-Chairs) gave opening presentations. The keynote speakers were Dr. William Foulkes (McGill University) (Distinguished Scientist Award winner) and Dr. Andres Finzi (Universite de Montreal) (Joe Doupe Young Investigator Award winner). Dr. Robert Bortolussi (Dalhousie University) received the Distinguished Service Award for Ins work as the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical and Investigative Medicine and for being instrumental in the development of the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. Tins meeting was the first to host a panel discussion with Drs. Stephen Robbins and Marcello Tonelli from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Workshops on communication, career planning and work-life balance were hosted by Andre Picard and Drs. Todd Anderson, Karen Tang, William Ghali, May Lynn Quail, Alicia Polachek and Shannon Ruzycki. The AGM showcased 90 presentations from clinician mvestigator trainees from across Canada. Most of the abstracts are summarized in this review. Eight outstanding abstracts were selected for oral presentation at die President's Forum.