About
Interactive sessions where we guide students through the reality of research and graduate school, give tips on how to get involved in research as an undergraduate student and how to get admitted in graduate school. The Melville mentorship sessions are designed to make informal knowledge about research and graduate school more explicit.
Melville Mentorship Session #1: Research & Graduate School (what? why? how?)
Thursday Sep. 28, 2023 at 7-8PM (on Zoom).
Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdOyorz4oH9z4XBLth-6rhIlZLFCssQHD
It will be an interactive session where we guide students through the reality of graduate school in the biomedical sciences and give tips on how to get admitted in graduate school. This session is open to everyone but especially tailored to undergraduate students in the Biomedical Sciences.
Melville Mentorship Session #2: How to get involved in Research as an Undergraduate?
Thursday Oct. 26, 2023 at 7-8PM (on Zoom).
Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-mtpzksGdSdz4MlijIRQgQWeTezZlZ5
It will be an interactive session where we guide students on how to get involved in research during their Undergraduate studies.
This session is open to everyone but especially tailored to undergraduate students in the Biomedical Sciences.
Melville Mentorship Session #3: Meet researchers and learn about their career paths.
Thursday Nov. 23, 2023 at 7-8PM (on Zoom). CANCELLED
It will be an interactive session where students get to meet researchers, ask questions and learn about their career paths.
This session is open to everyone but especially tailored to undergraduate students in the Biomedical Sciences.
Melville Mentorship Session #4: Melville Undergraduate Research Bursary info session.
Thursday Dec. 7, 2023 at 7-8PM (on Zoom).
Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tdOuqrz8jGtddIUXcPuDpxlyRV_1-wFs9
Alternate date: Monday Dec. 11, 2023 at 7-8PM (on Zoom).
Registration: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElc-6hrTsjHNfIGCLJfi45udYfj75oA4Am
It will be an interactive session where we discuss the Melville Undergraduate Research Bursary and how to apply. The objective of the Bursary is to increase diversity in the pharmacology graduate program by offering funding for a summer research experience (in the Dept. of Pharmacology & Therapeutics) and mentorship to an undergraduate student from an underrepresented equity group, in general, and Black and Indigenous student in particular.
Melville Initiative Committee
- Professor Bastien Castagner (Associate Professor)
- Professor Koren Mann (Chair, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics)
- Chantal Grignon (Undergraduate Student Affairs Officer)
- Cathy Shang Kuan (Research Administrator)
- Hanan Mohammad (Graduate Student Representative)
- Gravit Bhatt (Graduate Student Representative)
- Professor Christopher Wright (Grandson of Dr. Melville, physician, and pharmaceutical executive).