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Dr. Bowdish’s “The Perils of Being Born in the Fall” is playing at the Toronto Fringe Festival, July 2-12th
Born in September? This professor has got bad news for you. Spend an hour of edu-tainment touring through the wackiness of early 19th century psychiatry, stealth mid-century reproductive rights activism, the climate/pregnancy connection, and learn why cold & flu season has an outsize impact on mental health. Didn’t think science could be funny? Come check out the only show in this year’s Fringe put on by a PhD scientist – you might laugh, but you’ll definitely learn. Tickets are “Pay What You Can” and available for as little as $4! Suitable for ages 13+ (PG). Content warning: brief mention of suicidality, mentions of mental health, abortion and reproductive sex.
Show times are:
2nd July 5:00pm
4th July 8:15pm
5th July 1:00pm
7th July 4:45pm
8th July 2:30pm
10th July 4:15pm
12th July 10:15pm
Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse
79 St George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3L8
For details and tickets: https://fringetoronto.com/fringe/show/perils-being-born-fall
“The Perils of Being Born in the Fall” will be at the Zoetic Theatre November, 12, 2024
Missed the first run of ‘The Perils of Being Born in the Fall’ at the 2024 Hamilton Fringe Festival? Fear not, there is a repeat performance as part of the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging’s “Sage Conversations” series (and there’s free popcorn, drinks & parking – what’s not to love!)
What’s the show about? Well if you are born in September, Dr. Dawn Bowdish has got bad news for you.
Tour through the wackiness of early 19th century psychiatry, stealth mid-century reproductive rights activism and the climate/pregnancy connection; in the end you’ll learn why cold & flu season has an outsize impact on mental health.
You might laugh, but you’ll definitely learn.
Reserve a spot by clicking here
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sage-conversations-see-a-one-woman-show-featuring-dawn-bowdish-tickets-1016877456847
Also see other events in this series….
Dr. Bowdish will be performing at the 2024 Hamilton Fringe Festival
Born in September? Then you’re going to want to see Dr. Dawn Bowdish, scientist, and professor of medicine at McMaster University perform “The Perils of Being Born in the Fall” at this year’s Hamilton Fringe Festival (July 17-28th).
Dr. Bowdish is an award-winning scientist and first-time performer in the Hamilton Fringe Festival. Her solo show “The Perils of Being Born in the Fall” tours through the wackiness of early 19th century psychiatry, stealth mid-century reproductive rights activism, how the climate was once thought to affect your sex life, and why cold & flu season has an outsize impact on mental health.
“I’m excited to bring my love for science and science communication to a new audience. In my professional life, I need to provide facts and information in an objective and dispassionate way, but this show provides me an opportunity for me to share my passion, wonder, and amazement at the scientific process while introducing audiences to some quirky and important scientists they almost certainly wouldn’t have heard of before,” Bowdish said.
This show is a fun mix of education and entertainment, and you are guaranteed to leave with fun facts to share with your family and friends.
“The Perils of Being Born in the Fall” will be performed at as part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival at the Hamilton Theatre Inc, 140 M MacNab St N, Hamilton, ON L8R 2M3 at 7 p.m. on July 18,19,20, 25, 26, and 1.pm on July 27,and 28th.
Buy tickets here (or at the venue): https://hftco.ca/events/?mc_cid=eda1dd0bcd&mc_eid=2146b47461
For more information,follow Dr. Bowdish on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/msmacrophage.bsky.social) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/msmacrophage/).
Dr. Bowdish speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations to the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance
On November 4, 2023, the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance hosted an educational webinar and panel discussion about COVID-19 vaccines moderated by Dr. Dawn Richards, Vice-President with CAPA. The panel included: – Nadine Lalonde, who lives with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and is – involved as an active patient partner on various research projects and a member of the Arthritis Patient Advisory Board with Arthritis Research Canada – Inés Colmegna is a rheumatologist, researcher and Associate Professor of Medicine at McGill University – Dawn Bowdish is a Canada Research Chair in Aging and Immunity, and Professor, McMaster University #CAPA #CanadianArthritisPatientAlliance #arthritis #rheumatoidarthritis #arthritisawareness #livingwitharthritis #ra #ramedications #managingra #earlystagesofarthritis #arthritisadvocate #arthritispatient #arthritistreatment #rheumatoid #arthritisresource #didyouknow #flares #managingflares #flaring #vaccines #covid19 #RAvaccines
SARS-CoV-2 and back to school- 2021
How does the delta variant change our back-to-school considerations? In this video, Dr Bowdish discusses the latest science around the delta variant and what we need to do to keep schools safe. Powerpoint slides available here. For other formats, contact Dr. Bowdish.
Mactalks: Outbreaks, vaccines & immunity: Inside long-term care with Andre Picard & Andrew Costa
Join Globe and Mail health columnist André Picard in conversation with McMaster University researchers Dawn Bowdish and Andrew Costa about the impact of COVID-19 and its implications for older Canadians.
Congrats to high school student Anika Gupta as she heads off to the international science fair!
The Bowdish lab was very proud to host Anika Gupta, a high school student, for her Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF) project.
Her project was entitled “Quantifying Lung Macrophages to Understand Increased Susceptibility to Bacterial Pneumonia with Age.”
Anita won the Dr. Doyle Biology Award for the best Biology project, a Gold merit award as well as the Pinnacle Award for the Third Best in Fair and a sponsored Trip Award to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in May!
Way to go Anika!
Anika Gupta receiving the third place “ArcelorMittal Dofasco Pinnacle Best-in-Fair” award.
See her featured in the Hamilton news here.…
Dr. Bowdish gives a lecture for kids “Who’s got more cooties – boys or girls?”
Dr. Bowdish explains what cooties are, how the microbes that live on and in us can be friends and foes and describes how differences in infections and health between boys and girls, men and women are sometimes due to biology and sometimes due to behaviour.
Read the article summarizing the event here.
To see Dr. Bowdish put on a macrophage cape and teach the school kids the difference between a commensal, a pathobiont and a pathogen by dressing up their teachers, watch here…..
Children wrote down questions they had during the lecture and got answers back to them the next day. Had to break out the dictionary to find the etiology of the word “cooties”.
Dawn participates in the Steeltown Stairclimb to raise money for the Ontario Lung Association
On February 3rd 2018, Dawn will be doing the Steeltown Stairclimb to raise money for the Lung Association.
To donate, see her page
http://support.on.lung.ca/site/TR/StepUpampBreathe/StepUpClimbEvent?px=2041173&pg=personal&fr_id=1160
Not only does the Lung Association support research into lung infections and lung health but it advocates for the 1 in 5 Ontarians living with lung disease. One of our major successes this year was passing Bill 71 in provincial parliament which means we now have a Lung Advisory board consisting of patients, caregivers, clinicians and importantly, researchers, to create a Lung Health Action plan and tangible goals to improve lung health in our province. Please consider a donation!
Here’s the CHCH news clip on the event: