Jasty Singh
Jasty Singh
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
Department of Immunology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Professor Jasty Singh joined the Department of Immunology in 2019 as an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream. She is currently the Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies in Immunology, and the Director of the Immunology program at Trinity College. Professor Singh teaches courses aimed at improving data and statistical literacy for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as introductory immunology courses. Professor Singh prides herself on creating a supportive learning community in her courses and getting students excited to learn. She actively seeks feedback and fosters a sense of community and collaboration among both her students and her colleagues. Professor Singh’s pedagogical research interests primarily focus on building cross-disciplinary collaborations for preparing undergraduate life sciences researchers to engage with statistics in research. To this end, Professor Singh has collaborated with developmental biologists, statisticians, and bioengineers, and she has designed and delivered three new undergraduate courses and one graduate course at the University of Toronto. She incorporates several pedagogical approaches into her teaching including active learning techniques, case studies and reflective exercises to foster learning. Professor Singh actively shares her collaborative experiences and the impact they have on student learning through international conferences and publications in the fields of Immunology, Statistics and Engineering. She is also the recipient of the Excellence in Graduate Teaching in Immunology Award (2022), the Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Life Sciences Award, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (2023), and the Early Career Excellence in Teaching and Mentorship Award, Temerty Faculty of Medicine (2024).