Dr Bowdish’s solo storytelling/scicom presentation recives a 5N review from Next Magazine! Read the full review here: https://nextmag.ca/fringe-review-the-perils-of-being-born-in-the-fall-provides-laughter-tears-and-scientific-history/

Dr Bowdish’s solo storytelling/scicom presentation recives a 5N review from Next Magazine! Read the full review here: https://nextmag.ca/fringe-review-the-perils-of-being-born-in-the-fall-provides-laughter-tears-and-scientific-history/
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
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 presented “Ageism, infections & vaccinations: Lessons learned from the pandemic” at the 2024 Innovation Nation Conference & Student Innovation Showcase.
To download the slides from the talk, click here http://www.bowdish.ca/lab/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/2024-10-27-Ageism-infections-vaccinations-Lessons-learned-from-the-pandemic.pptx
Congratulations to Keith Lee for winning the IIDR Award of Excellence for best undergraduate poster and Julie Kaiser for winning the best graduate poster. Alicja Puchta gave an excellent talk and Mike Dorrington, Preethi Jayanth, Kyle Novakowski, Charles Yin, and the BASEF/IIDR summer internship award winner, Jason Fan all presented excellent posters. Way to go team!
Keith Lee, a 4th year BHSc student, wins the IIDR Award for Excellence for "Best Undergraduate Poster".
A blurry Julie Kaiser, presents her work on elucidating host-pathogen interactions of the SMG family.
Jason Fan, a grade 11/12 high school student, and BASEF/IIDR summer internship winner presents an excellent poster on isolating pneumococcal cell wall components.
Alicja Puchta makes Dr. Brian Coombes repeat the question after her (very professional, very well received) talk.
Dr. Preethi Jayanth presents her work on understanding why the elderly are susceptible to post-influenza pneumonia.
Photo credits to Chantall VanRaay.
Come see Alicja Puchta (PhD candidate) and Fiona Whelan (PhD candidate) present their work at the Medical Science Research day poster presentations. March 7, 2012 1:30-3:30 pm, CIBC hall, MUSC.