McMaster Alumni | Appetizers for the Mind with the McCall McBain Postdoctoral Fellows @McMasterUTV | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 1 hour ago
The McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program, in partnership with McMaster Alumni Association, invites the McMaster community to join this webinar to learn about the fascinating research of five scholars from the Program.
Each speaker will share an overview of their research in a short 10 minute talk. You'll also learn a little bit about them and how they hope their research will impact our world.
This talk will be moderated by Dr. Joe Kim, Program Faculty Advisor, and Katie George, Program Manager and Research Coordinator, The McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program. A live Q&A will occur after the presentations.
Here are the speakers and topics in order of appearance:
The Environmental Cost of Pursuing Happiness: Antidepressant Use and the Environmental Impact
with Dr. Andrew William Thompson from the Department of Biology
The Impact of Climate Change on Insect Defoliation
with Dr. Jose Bermudez from the School of Earth, Environment & Society
Chemicals in Everyday Use: How to be Informed Consumers
with Dr. Harmanpreet Sidhu from the School of Earth, Environment & Society
Broken, Bendy, Invisible Bodies: Disability, Lifelong learning, and Capitalism
with Dr. Emily Scherzinger from the Faculty of Health Science
Are There Better Treatments for Cancer than Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy?
with Dr. Afshin Abrishamkar from the Department of Chemical Engineering
The McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program, in partnership with McMaster Alumni Association, invites the McMaster community to join this webinar to learn about the fascinating research of five scholars from the Program.
Each speaker will share an overview of their research in a short 10 minute talk. You'll also learn a little bit about them and how they hope their research will impact our world.
This talk will be moderated by Dr. Joe Kim, Program Faculty Advisor, and Katie George, Program Manager and Research Coordinator, The McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows Teaching and Leadership Program. A live Q&A will occur after the presentations.
Here are the speakers and topics in order of appearance:
The Environmental Cost of Pursuing Happiness: Antidepressant Use and the Environmental Impact
with Dr. Andrew William Thompson from the Department of Biology
The Impact of Climate Change on Insect Defoliation
with Dr. Jose Bermudez from the School of Earth, Environment & Society
Chemicals in Everyday Use: How to be Informed Consumers
with Dr. Harmanpreet Sidhu from the School of Earth, Environment & Society
Broken, Bendy, Invisible Bodies: Disability, Lifelong learning, and Capitalism
with Dr. Emily Scherzinger from the Faculty of Health Science
Are There Better Treatments for Cancer than Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy?
with Dr. Afshin Abrishamkar from the Department of Chemical Engineering
![[Health & Wellness] Promoting Brain Health: Discover how to reduce your risk of dementia](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cdNcYyOOcuo/hqdefault.jpg "[Health & Wellness] Promoting Brain Health: Discover how to reduce your risk of dementia
It’s never too early or too late to reduce your risk of dementia. Did you know that up to 40% of dementias could be prevented or delayed by modifying your lifestyle?
Tune in to this webinar to learn what the latest research says about the actions you can take to promote brain health and delay or prevent cognitive impairment. Discover how physical activity, weight management, hearing loss, blood vessel health, social and cognitive activity, smoking and alcohol consumption, and other conditions, such as traumatic brain injury and medication side effects, can affect cognition.
Host Dr. Anthony Levinson, Professor at McMaster University and a physician who works in the area of consultation-liaison psychiatry in Hamilton, Ontario will be joined by Dr. Richard Sztramko, a geriatrician and internist at Vancouver Coastal Health in British Columbia for this discussion on dementia.")
![[@HomewithMac] - The Power of Mindful Learning in a Busy World with Shrey Vazir](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ek3_OqJzfdY/hqdefault.jpg "[@HomewithMac] - The Power of Mindful Learning in a Busy World with Shrey Vazir
In a world filled with thousands distractions, it has become more and more difficult to sustain our attention and focus. This talk explores the neuroscience of mindfulness, focusing specifically on how mindfulness can help to reduce mind-wandering, and improve a person’s attention and focus.
During this talk, participants will learn evidence-based techniques for mindful learning in a busy digital world. It is relevant for students, alumni and lifelong learners who want to improve their focus and ability to learn and retain new information. This talk aims to help learners apply mindfulness to improve focus, stop mind-wandering, and enhance learning and while also learning about the concepts of mindfulness and mindlessness, the two brain networks responsible for attention and focus, and understanding the autopilot mode of living vs the mindful mode of living.
Join Shrey Vazir as he shares 5 different ways that you can improve your focus, memory, and attention, 7 steps to practice meditation and 5 mini mindfulness exercises to stop the wandering mind.
About our speaker:
Shrey Vazir 15 is a Registered Physiotherapist, Mindfulness Meditation Facilitator, and educator specializing in chronic pain, stress management, and employee well-being. With his advanced training in the Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM™) program and a Certificate in Mind Body Medicine from Harvard Medical School, Shrey has integrated the principles of mindfulness meditation to teach patients and professionals on how they can better cope with chronic pain, stress, and burnout.
This @HomewithMac series is being generously sponsored by our affinity partner, TD Insurance.")
