Secure Your Spot

Join us for an interactive webinar that shares tips from IARS insiders on how to write a successful grant application.  You’ll hear from the current IARS Mentored Research Award Study Section Chair and past recipients who will share the personal stories of their journey from the application process through to the career changing impact of their award-winning research. The session will offer insightful content and plenty of time to address your pressing questions.

	Moderator
	Julie Freed, MD, PhD Executive Vice Chair, Director of Clinical Research & Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin Chair, IARS Mentored Research Award Study Section Dr. Julie Freed is Executive Vice Chair, Director of Clinical Research, and Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  As a cardiac anesthesiologist Dr. Freed cares for patients suffering from the end-stages of cardiovascular disease. As a physician scientist, she focuses on understanding the origins of cardiovascular disease, specifically within the human microcirculation.  She has received funding from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, the National Institutes of Health (NHLBI, NIA, NIGMS), serves as a standing member of the Therapeutic Development and Preclinical Studies advisory panel at the NIH, and is the current Chair of the IARS External Advisory board.
	Speakers
	Jessica Spence, MD, PhD, FRCPC 2021 IARS Mentored Research Awardee; Assistant Professor, Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences; Associate Member, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMasters University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Dr. Jessica Spence is a cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care physician at Hamilton Health Sciences, an Associate Professor at McMaster University, and an Investigator at the Population Health Research Institute. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, and a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology, all at McMaster University. She also completed a fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia at the University of Toronto. Her research relates to the impact of intraoperative non-surgical interventions on the perioperative outcomes of cardiac surgery.
	John Whittle, MBBS, MD(Res), FRCA, FFICM Associate Professor of Perioperative Medicine, UCL Centre for Perioperative Medicine Dr. John Whittle is an Associate Professor of Perioperative Medicine in the Centre for Perioperative Medicine at University College London in the UK. He works clinically at University College London Hospital in perioperative critical care and anaesthesia. Dr. Whittle is clinical lead for Perioperative Medicine and clinical lead for prehabilitation and medical preoptimisation. He completed his medical degree at King’s College London and embarked on postgraduate training in anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care medicine across London. He completed his doctoral training at UCL, focused on autonomic dysfunction as a mechanism for the development of perioperative complications. Dr. Whittle worked as an Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center, before returning to the UK to take up his current position. His research focuses on fundamental mechanisms that underlie the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and the development of perioperative complications.
	Benjamin Steinberg, MD, PhD, FRCPC Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto; Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dr. Benjamin Steinberg is a pediatric anesthesiologist and scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children and assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology and clinical fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Toronto. Following a PhD in cell biology of the innate immune system also at the University of Toronto, Dr. Steinberg conducted post-doctoral research in neuroimmunology at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health. His current research program focuses on the role of pro-inflammatory cell death pathways in health and disease.

Secure Your Spot

Join us for an interactive webinar that shares tips from IARS insiders on how to write a successful grant application.  You’ll hear from the current IARS Mentored Research Award Study Section Chair and past recipients who will share the personal stories of their journey from the application process through to the career changing impact of their award-winning research. The session will offer insightful content and plenty of time to address your pressing questions.

Moderator
Julie Freed, MD, PhD

Executive Vice Chair, Director of Clinical Research & Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Chair, IARS Mentored Research Award Study Section

Dr. Julie Freed is Executive Vice Chair, Director of Clinical Research, and Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin.  As a cardiac anesthesiologist Dr. Freed cares for patients suffering from the end-stages of cardiovascular disease. As a physician scientist, she focuses on understanding the origins of cardiovascular disease, specifically within the human microcirculation.  She has received funding from the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, the National Institutes of Health (NHLBI, NIA, NIGMS), serves as a standing member of the Therapeutic Development and Preclinical Studies advisory panel at the NIH, and is the current Chair of the IARS External Advisory board. 

Speakers
Jessica Spence, MD, PhD, FRCPC

2021 IARS Mentored Research Awardee; Assistant Professor, Anesthesia, Faculty of Health Sciences; Associate Member, Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMasters University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Jessica Spence is a cardiac anesthesiologist and critical care physician at Hamilton Health Sciences, an Associate Professor at McMaster University, and an Investigator at the Population Health Research Institute. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology, followed by a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, and a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology, all at McMaster University. She also completed a fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia at the University of Toronto. Her research relates to the impact of intraoperative non-surgical interventions on the perioperative outcomes of cardiac surgery.

John Whittle, MBBS, MD(Res), FRCA, FFICM

Associate Professor of Perioperative Medicine, UCL Centre for Perioperative Medicine

Dr. John Whittle is an Associate Professor of Perioperative Medicine in the Centre for Perioperative Medicine at University College London in the UK. He works clinically at University College London Hospital in perioperative critical care and anaesthesia. Dr. Whittle is clinical lead for Perioperative Medicine and clinical lead for prehabilitation and medical preoptimisation. He completed his medical degree at King’s College London and embarked on postgraduate training in anaesthesia, perioperative and critical care medicine across London. He completed his doctoral training at UCL, focused on autonomic dysfunction as a mechanism for the development of perioperative complications. Dr. Whittle worked as an Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center, before returning to the UK to take up his current position. His research focuses on fundamental mechanisms that underlie the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and the development of perioperative complications.

Benjamin Steinberg, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto; Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Benjamin Steinberg is a pediatric anesthesiologist and scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children and assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University of Toronto. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology and clinical fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at the University of Toronto. Following a PhD in cell biology of the innate immune system also at the University of Toronto, Dr. Steinberg conducted post-doctoral research in neuroimmunology at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health. His current research program focuses on the role of pro-inflammatory cell death pathways in health and disease.