Queen's University is pleased to invite members of the Royal Legacy Society to attend the third annual Tea Talk to thank you for your commitment to the university.
Please join leading Queen’s researcher, Dr. Amber Simpson, Director, Centre for Health Innovation, and fellow Royal Legacy Society members for tea from 3-4 pm on June 28.
In this virtual event, Dr. Simpson will present "Transforming human health with data" and will explore the groundbreaking power of artificial intelligence and novel computational strategies for interrupting disease and improving our health. Dr. Simpson will also discuss the innovative, world-class biomedical research the Centre for Health Innovation conducts and how that research directly benefits patients.
The Royal Legacy Society Tea Talk will be available on Zoom with optional closed captioning.
Aunt Mary’s Lemon Bread
Complete your afternoon tea experience by trying this recipe from Mary (Richardson) Anglin, Arts’1915, originally submitted to the Alumni Cookbook by Barbara M. Carson, Arts’71.
| Amount | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | Sugar |
| 1 | Juice of lemon |
| 2 tbsp | Butter |
| 2 | eggs |
| 1-½ cups | Sifted flour |
| 2 tsp | Baking powder |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| ½ cup | Milk |
| 1 | Grated rind of lemon |
Instructions
- Combine ¼ cup sugar and juice of lemon; set in a warm place.
- Cream butter and 1 cup sugar; add eggs, one at a time. Beat all. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder together, then add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Stir in lemon rind. Let stand in pan for 20 minutes before baking in 325 degree oven for 1 hour.
- Pour lemon juice mixture slowly over the baked load while still hot. Cool in pan. Wrap in foil and store for a day or two.
Yield: One loaf.
About the speaker
Dr. Amber Simpson is the Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Computing and Informatics and associate professor in the School of Computing (Faculty of Arts and Science) and Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (Faculty of Health Sciences). She specializes in biomedical data science and computer-aided surgery. Her research group is focused on developing novel computational strategies for improving human health. She joined the Queen’s University faculty in 2019, after four years as faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and three years as a Research Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She is an American Association of Cancer Research award winner and the holder of multiple National Institutes of Health grants. She received her PhD in Computer Science from Queen’s University.
The Queen's Royal Legacy Society recognizes those alumni and friends who have thoughtfully remembered the university through a bequest or another future gift commitment.
