CIP Trainees
The Clinician Investigator Program provides an exciting opportunity for residents to pursue graduate or postdoctoral level training within a RCPSC accredited program. The program provides an innovative curriculum, mentorship and the opportunity to pursue a diverse array of cutting-edge research. The CIP aims to provide you with the skills needed to develop a successful career as a physician scientist/investigator.
Current CIP Trainees
Connor Brenna
Connor Brenna completed a bachelor’s degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Saskatchewan (2017), followed by a medical degree at the University of Toronto (2021).
His past research has included pursuits in philosophy, psychiatry, and neurosurgery. Now, as a doctoral student in the Department of Physiology (supervised by Dr. Beverley Orser) as well as a research fellow in Sunnybrook’s Perioperative Brain Health Centre, his primary focus is on understanding the mechanisms through which anesthetic drugs affect mood and cognition. This work has been generously supported by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, the Canadian Anesthesia Research Foundation, and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Through this work, Connor hopes to leverage the unique tools of clinical anesthesia to inform fundamental questions about the nature of mood, cognition, and conscious experience.