{"id":21973,"date":"2023-02-20T13:58:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=21973"},"modified":"2023-02-20T13:58:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:58:17","slug":"virtual-workshops-regen-medecine-acb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/virtual-workshops-regen-medecine-acb\/","title":{"rendered":"Register for virtual workshops exploring barriers and opportunities for regenerative medicine in ACB communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 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style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-dropshadow imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);box-shadow: 3px 3px 7px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/regenerative-medicine-and-african-caribbean-black-acb-communities-tickets-548057774557\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Virtual Workshops ACB Comminity\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity-1024x513.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-21975\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272408%27%20height%3D%271206%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202408%201206%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272408%27%20height%3D%271206%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity-200x100.png 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity-400x200.png 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity-600x300.png 600w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity-800x401.png 800w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Virtual-Workshops-ACB-Comminity-1200x601.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4 class=\"vc_custom_heading\"><strong>Register for virtual workshops exploring barriers and opportunities for regenerative medicine in ACB communities<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 3 &#091;&#093;\">The African Caribbean Black Regenerative Medicine Project invites <strong>researchers<\/strong>, <strong>clinicians<\/strong> and <strong>students<\/strong> to participate in a series of virtual workshops on February 27, February 28 and March 2, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will discuss issues pertinent to Regenerative Medicine and the African Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities.<\/p>\n<p>Please <strong>select a date and join<\/strong> them as they engage in topics that:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-list\">\n<li class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-listItem\" data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">define state of the art of regenerative medicine approaches;<\/li>\n<li class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-listItem\" data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">discuss equity concerns in the field of regenerative medicine;<\/li>\n<li class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-listItem\" data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">outline key messages from regenerative medicine community to ACB community;<\/li>\n<li class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-listItem\" data-list-indent=\"1\" data-list-type=\"bulleted\">unpack concepts of racialization\/racism and related education pertinent to the regenerative medicine community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 &#091;&#093;\">For more information, contact Jacqui Getfield, PhD at <a class=\"ProsemirrorEditor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jacqueline.getfield@uhn.ca\/\">jacqueline.getfield@uhn.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Deadline to register: February 26, 2023<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-custom fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_accent_color:#ffffff;--button_border_color:#ffffff;--button_accent_hover_color:#edf2f7;--button_border_hover_color:#ffffff;--button_gradient_top_color:#aa0e13;--button_gradient_bottom_color:#aa0e13;--button_gradient_top_color_hover:#aa0e13;--button_gradient_bottom_color_hover:#aa0e13;--button_text_transform:uppercase;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/regenerative-medicine-and-african-caribbean-black-acb-communities-tickets-548057774557\"><i class=\"fa-pen-square fas button-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Register here<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h5><strong>Regenerative Medicine and African, Caribbean &amp; Black (ACB) Communities<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The adoption of regenerative medicine \u2014 which harnesses the body\u2019s ability to regenerate and repair using living therapies such as those made from stem cells \u2014 into widespread clinical use is immensely promising.<\/p>\n<p>And for researchers\u00a0<strong>Istvan Mucsi<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Carl E. James<\/strong>, that promise can only be realized if regenerative medicine therapies are equally available to all populations.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on the African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities, Mucsi and James lead a Convergent Working Group that seeks to understand and overcome the potential barriers to the adoption of regenerative medicine in those communities. The first step is bringing a group of experts and community members together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this collaboration, we focus building trusting relationships, mutual understanding and efficient communication between ACB communities and professionals in the field of regenerative medicine,\u201d says James, a professor in the Faculty of Education at York University. He brings his expertise in equity and social justice to this partnership with Mucsi, a clinician investigator and transplant nephrologist at the Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network (UHN), who has focused on reducing psychosocial and ethnocultural barriers to transplantation in his research.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mbd.utoronto.ca\/news\/convergent-working-groups-funded\/\">Learn more here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-center\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"1024\" title=\"James-Mucsi\" src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi-992x1024.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-21979\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271164%27%20height%3D%271202%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201164%201202%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271164%27%20height%3D%271202%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi-200x207.png 200w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi-400x413.png 400w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi-600x620.png 600w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi-800x826.png 800w, https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/James-Mucsi.png 1164w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21973"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22042,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21973\/revisions\/22042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}