Rebecca Laposa
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- Reviews28
- School: University of Toronto
- Campus: St. George Campus
- Department: Pharmacology
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Location:
Toronto, ON - Dates at University of Toronto: July 2015 - May 2020
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Would take again: No
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Awful
I can't even begin to describe how all over the place Professor Laposa's lectures are. She teaches Science and Science History in the most bizarre way. Her lectures were more of "story time" and reading off of the slides in the 3rd person as opposed to explaining hard to understand topics.
Biography
University of Toronto St. George Campus - Pharmacology
Resume
1989
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Studied molecular aspects of factors that modulate the risk of drug-induced birth defects
with a focus on DNA repair pathways.
Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Toronto
Education
Genetics
Biochemistry
Science
Biotechnology
Cell Culture
Drug Discovery
Pharmacology
Project Management
Life Sciences
Research
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR)
Neuroscience
Medical Education
Molecular Biology
Flow Cytometry
Translational Research
Oncology
Drug Development
Clinical Trials
Laposa
Rebecca
Laposa
University of Toronto
UCSF
•\tTo provide work-integrated learning to graduate students
I spearheaded and nurtured relationships with pharmaceutical industry and hospital partners to create >30 paid graduate student internships in clinical trials and related sectors.\n
University of Toronto
UCSF
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
Postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. James Cleaver
with a focus on neural phenotypes of defective DNA repair
and cellular aspects of translesional DNA polymerases.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Toronto
Ontario
To prepare Ph.D. students for diverse biomedical career pathways
I provide innovative career coaching using design thinking strategies to result in improved career transition satisfaction.
Department Lead
Graduate Professional Development
University of Toronto
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
•\tTo advance early-stage drug discovery in cancer metabolism
I partnered with an in silico drug discovery company to identify novel small-molecule allosteric modulators of a key enzyme involved in leukemia. \n•\tTo progress the target to preclinical proof-of-concept in blood cancers
I lead a cross-functional team including cancer clinicians and bioinformatics colleagues and a biotech partner. \n•\tTo extend the authenticity of academic drug discovery research
I participated in two pharmaceutical industry-mentored projects with go/no-go milestone structures.\n•\tLead a laboratory group of 5 graduate students and technical staff.\n\n\n
Assistant Professor - Research Activities
University of Toronto
Toronto
Canada Area
Teaching and Communication Activities\t\t\t\t\t2008-present\n•\tFaculty of Medicine Undergraduate Teaching Award 2019 for sustained excellence in teaching in life sciences.\n•\tEducation design award (>$100K) recipient to accelerate innovation in education and to develop novel hybrid courses to advance biomedical discoveries.\n•\tScientific officer for national Novel Therapeutics in Cancer grant panel. Recognized for ability to rapidly distill the essence of panel discussions.
Assistant Professor - Teaching Activities
University of Toronto
