Outcomes

Innovation With Impact

Identify problems in medical informatics with high potential for impact and utility

Problem Solving Skills

Formulate problems, critically evaluate them and research & build methods to solve them

Knowledge-based Scholarship

Comprehend, recall and apply concepts in computing, health, mathematics and medical informatics

Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Experiential Learning

Participate in teams with other professionals developing and adapting computer science solutions to health problems

Professional and Leadership Skills

Develop skills in ethics, communications, presentation, publishing, media, networking, leadership and team management

EDI Awareness and Promotion

Train with experts in race and informatics, inclusive workplaces, anti-racism, mental health, gender diversity, unconscious bias and intercultural awareness

News

Med-i CREATE Students Present Research to Visiting Scholar

Med-i CREATE Students Present Research to Visiting Scholar

Med-i CREATE students had the opportunity to present their research work to Dr. Molly Shoichet, Annual Dr. Andrew and Margaret Bruce Visiting Scholar. Dr. Shoichet is currently a University Professor and Michael E. Charles Chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto, where her research is focused on drug and cell delivery strategies in the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, retina) and...
Med-i CREATE Students Led a Thought-Provoking Debate at ImNo Symposium

Med-i CREATE Students Led a Thought-Provoking Debate at ImNo Symposium

The 22nd ImNo Symposium took place in Mississauga from March 19-20, 2024. At the heart of the symposium was a dynamic debate led by students from the Med-i CREATE program, in collaboration with the students from CREATE program in Responsible AI at Toronto Metropolitan University. The debate tackled the theme, "Recent developments in AI present exciting opportunities for improving the...

Rohan Khan Talks about Algorithmic Bias and Fairness

In a recent seminar organized by the Queen's School of Computing as part of The Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues in Computing Lecture Series, Rohan Khan, a Med-i CREATE doctoral student, talked about the intricate realm of algorithmic bias and fairness. Her presentation, titled "Algorithmic Bias and Fairness: Exploring Historical Context, Methodological Shortcomings, and Future Challenges," looked closely at important...
Zhendong Sha Successful Ph.D. Defense

Zhendong Sha Successful Ph.D. Defense

Zhendong Sha, a Med-i CREATE student completed his Ph.D. defense in December 2023. He was supervised by Dr. Ting Hu. Congratulations Zhendong! Visit MIB@Queen's for information

Director

Parvin Mousavi

Prof. Comp/ECE/Pathology, member of the Royal Soc of Canada, College of New Scholars

As the world’s population grows to 10B by 2050, technology-enabled innovation is the critical to ensuring well-being for all. While AI and informatics show great promise in rapid analysis of next-generation large scale data, future workers will require highly specialized training fit to the unique nature of health data. We aim to solidify Canada’s competitive advantage in the global space through concerted efforts to train computer scientists with specialized multi-disciplinary experience in medical informatics and digital health, and engage diverse groups and lived experiences in our training.

Projects

Integration, federation, and retrieval of large-scale data repositories in Canada

We collaborate with the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) and the Ontario Health Data Platform (OHDP) to tackle novel challenges in data management and devise evaluation frameworks that center on security, performance and fairness.

Next generation of actionable prescriptive analysis using multi-resolution, multi-modality data

We build computation models of disease from multi-omics data using machine learning, deep learning and evolutionary algorithms, focusing on innovations that address the unique nature of health data and the unavailability and vagueness of gold-standard labels (e.g., pathology labels).

Democratization of AI, software and data for healthcare

We're international leaders in developing and disseminating open source software using low-cost point-of-care imaging. Our positive impact on the global computer–assisted medical interventions community has is constantly expanding. We'll meet new challenges for discovery, refinement of methods and innovative AI-powered solutions using large open source data, hence democratizing access to care and positive outcomes of AI.

Featured Students

Laura Connolly
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Queen's University
Previous study: B.A.Sc (Electrical Engineering - Queen's University), Visiting graduate scholar (Johns Hopkins University) Biography: Laura is a Ph.D student working under the supervision of Dr. Parvin Mousavi, Dr. Gabor Fichtinger and Dr. Russell H. Taylor. She has been a…
Joeana Cambranis Romero
School of Biomedical Engineering
Western University
My name is Joeana Cambranis Romero, I'm from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. I finished my bachelor's degree in Biomedical engineering in 2015 at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. I was valedictorian of the class 2011-2015. I worked in a medical simulation center as…
Flora Diep
School of Computing
Queen's University
Flora Diep graduated from Queen's University in the spring of 2023 with a Bachelor of Computing (Honours) in Biomedical Computing. Presently, she is pursuing a Master of Science in Computing with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, under the supervision of…
Kaitlyn Kobayashi
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Science
Queen's University
Kaitlyn Kobayashi received her B.A.Sc in Mathematics and Engineering from Queen's University in 2021, specializing in Systems and Robotics. She then spent a year in Iqaluit doing logistics and data analysis for the Government of Nunavut's Department of Health. Kaitlyn…

University Partners

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