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 Trainees Receive Grants to Hire Summer Research Students

Med-i CREATE Trainees Receive Grants to Hire Summer Research Students

Mohammad Farahmand, Marcus Milantoni and Robert Policelli are the successful recipients of grants awarded to hire summer research students. Through the Med-i CREATE program, trainees have the opportunity to submit proposals to secure funding for summer student positions. This initiative allows trainees to learn about the grant submission and review process.
Med-i CREATE Program Hosts Annual Retreat with Special Guest Dr. Alison Noble

Med-i CREATE Program Hosts Annual Retreat with Special Guest Dr. Alison Noble

Dr. Alison Noble (second from left) watching a student presentation
BMIF Excellence Award 2026 Presented to Three Med-i CREATE Master’s Students

BMIF Excellence Award 2026 Presented to Three Med-i CREATE Master’s Students

Congratulations to three Med-i CREATE students from the Master’s of Biomedical Informatics Program who have been awarded the BMIF Excellence Award 2026. This award recognizes their outstanding contributions to research projects and academic excellence within the Biomedical Informatics program. More information on this award can be found on the School of Computing website.
Zhuoxin Guo Wins Best Paper Award at SPIE

Zhuoxin Guo Wins Best Paper Award at SPIE

Congratulations to Med-i CREATE trainee Zhouxin Guo (standing on the right in the photo) for winning the Image Guided Procedures and Robotic Interventions Student Paper Award at SPIE Medical Imaging, held in Vancouver from February 15 to 19.

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

Katherine Williams
School of Computing
Queen's University
Katherine is currently a PhD student with the Queen’s School of Computing under the supervision of Dr. Randy Ells. She completed her undergraduate degree in Computer Science with a focus in Data Analytics and a Master’s degree in artificial intelligence…
Jack Peterson
School of Computing
Queen's University
Jack is a master's student in the Queen's School of Computing under the supervision of Randy Ellis. He holds a Bachelor of Computing Honours with a specialization in fundamental computation degree from Queen's University. Jack is currently researching dimensionality reduction…
Colton Barr
School of Computing
Queen's University
Colton is a first-year MD / Ph.D. student studying Computer Science at the Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery at Queen’s University. His research investigates the applications of ultrasound within neurosurgery, with a particular focus on using artificial intelligence and computer vision.…
Maryam Ghaferi
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Queen's University
Maryam Ghaferi is a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Queen’s University under the supervision of Professor Heidi Ploeg. She holds an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing) from Nooshirvani University of Technology, Iran, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from…

University Partners

Western University