IMS Welcomes Pamela Plant as Director of Graduate Professional Development

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Pamela Plant has joined IMS as our new Director of Graduate Professional Development. In this role she will be overseeing IMS' graduate professional development teaching portfolio and curriculum development to support students in succeeding during graduate school and launching into their careers post-graduation. She also aims to develop a skills-based program for careers in the public and private sector to help graduate students leverage their biomedical degrees into meaningful vocations.

Pamela spent over ten years  as an Adjunct Scientist and Genomics Specialist at the Keenan Research Center for Biomedical Science at Unity Health Toronto (SMH). She obtained her PhD at the University of Toronto's Department of Biochemistry followed by fellowships at the CHUV, University of Lausanne and the Lunenfeld Institute at Mt Sinai Hospital. As an application scientist in the area of molecular biology and biochemistry she provided support to the research community with experimental design, data acquisition, analysis and representation. Pamela is passionate about trainee education and has been dedicated to promoting scientific literacy in the community through involvement in scientific outreach programs for high school students, in Pathways to Education and Women in STEM programs through the public library system.

Please join us in welcoming Pamela to the team. Students and faculty supervisors are welcome to connect with her for questions related to graduate professional development and career planning.