TRP Service Club

Joseph Ferenbok

May 3, 2022

In the Translational Research program, we students dedicate our time to finding ways to improve health with the goal of providing care to those in need. Thus, the TRP Service Club intends on dedicating our time and effort toward providing selfless community service initiatives to support and care for those in need. The club aims to be inclusive of individuals trying to contribute and seeks to offer virtual and in-person opportunities to make a positive impact in our local community.  

Joseph Ferenbok

Dr. Ferenbok is an Associate Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Director and founder of the Translational Research Program (TRP). The TRP is a master’s program training students to use creative problem-solving to translate research towards innovation in health sciences. He is Course Director for Projects in Translational Research and for Methods in Practices and Contexts, and Instructor for the Translational Thinking module. He is also an Associate Director of the Health Innovation Hub, a Temerty Faculty of Medicine initiative intended to connect, align, serve, and facilitate the translation, innovation, and commercialization of ‘Health Matters’; and the Founder and Chief Ideator at the Ideation Clinic - a new initiative intended to help people from all disciplines and backgrounds generate, develop and improve the quality and potential efficacy of their innovative ideas. His passion is bringing people together through collaborative problem-solving to understand and develop systematic approaches for mobilizing knowledge. Dr. Ferenbok aims to aid in developing more efficient and effective design of person-centric interventions (from diagnostics and therapeutics to medical procedures and behavioural change) that improve the health of individuals and the public. He is fascinated by trying to see from different perspectives and approach problems from unconventional ways.