November 21, 2025
IIDR Trainee Day 2025
#IIDR2025
Event details
Join us November 21st, 2025
at CIBC Hall
IIDR Trainee Day, an annual event hosted by the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, has become the ideal forum to recognize and celebrate the innovative work being done by the institute’s students and postdoctoral fellows.
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This event is open to all IIDR faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate & undergraduate students. For further inquiries, please contact our Trainee Day student chairs.
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Use #IIDR2025 to post about our event.
Sponsors
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!
EXTERNAL SPONSORS
INTERNAL SPONSORS
Contact
Dr. Dawit Wolday (Faculty Chair)
Associate Professor at McMaster University
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Email: woldayd@mcmaster.ca
Dr. Amanda Wissler (Faculty co-Chair)
Assistant Professor at McMaster University
Department of Anthropology
Email: wisslera@mcmaster.ca
Autumn Arnold (Trainee co-Chair)
MSc Student - Stokes Lab
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Email: iidrtraineeday@gmail.com
Jake Colautti (Trainee co-Chair)
MD/PhD Candidate - Whitney Lab
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Email: iidrtraineeday@gmail.com
Big thank-you to...
Laurel Person Mecca (IIDR Project Officer)
Institute for Infectious Disease Research (IIDR)
Email: personml@mcmaster.ca
The 2024 IIDR Trainee Day Organizing Committee