Other teaching activities

Undergraduate medical education seminar

  • Drawing (on) life experience. A five-week elective humanities seminar offered to undergraduate medical students. Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2012-2014.

Guest lectures

  • The visual art of biomedicine. PCL102H1S – The Art of Drug Discovery, Pharmacology and Toxicology program, University of Toronto. Winter term, 2013.
  • Illustration as a means to observe, reflect on, and communicate about illness and caregiving. “Lunch and learn” series, The Program in Narrative and Healthcare Humanities, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON. October 25, 2012.
  • Biomedical representations of sex and gender. HMB404H1S – Biomedical Visualization 2, Human Biology program, University of Toronto. Winter term, 2010 and 2011.
  • Biomedical visualization in obstetrics and gynaecology. MSC2005H – The Evolution of Medical Illustration, Biomedical Communications program, University of Toronto. Winter term, 2009-2012.
  • Surgical illustration for patient education. MSC2001Y – Visual Representation of Medical Knowledge, Biomedical Communications program, University of Toronto. Winter term, 2009-2011.
  • What is biomedical communications research? Biomedical Communications program lecture series. November 28, 2008.

Scientific illustration workshop

  • Scientific illustration: A painless introduction to observational laboratory drawing. Co-developed with Dave Mazierski. 30th Annual Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), University of Toronto Mississauga. June 6, 2008.