Join us, in person, in welcoming Dr. Nikki Woods, PhD, Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair for Research in Health Professions Education at the University Health Network (UHN). She is Director and Senior Scientist at the Institute for Education Research (TIER) at UHN and a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Woods leads an internationally recognized research program that applies principles and methods from cognitive psychology to enhance medical education theory and practice. Her research has important implications for education across the developmental continuum and in various health disciplines. Dr. Woods is a Fellow of the Karolinska Institute Prize for Medical Education Research (2019) and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2024). In 2021, she was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN.