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

Paul Wilson Wins PhD Research Achievement Award

Paul Wilson Wins PhD Research Achievement Award

Paul Wilson, a Med-i CREATE trainee, has been selected as the recipient of the PhD Research Achievement Award at the Queen's School of Computing Annual Awards in recognition of his outstanding research accomplishments and contributions to the field. The award recognizes a PhD student who has achieved significant research success, as demonstrated by the quality and quantity of scholarly publications,...
Med-i CREATE Challenge Empowers Students to Solve Real-World Problems

Med-i CREATE Challenge Empowers Students to Solve Real-World Problems

Med-i CREATE trainees from Queen’s University and Western University participated in this year’s annual table-top challenge, a rigorous three-week event focused on applying practical skills and solving problems in medical informatics. Organized into five groups, they collaborated to develop automated methods for accurately segmenting liver tumors on CT images and reliably predicting tumor types. This hands-on experience allowed them to...
Matthew Pirie Wins Best Pitch Award at ImNO 2026

Matthew Pirie Wins Best Pitch Award at ImNO 2026

Med-i CREATE trainees Matthew Pirie, Elbert Chao, and Robert Policelli presented their research at The Imaging Network Ontario (ImNO) 2026 symposium held in Mississauga, Ontario, on April 29–30. Matthew Pirie was honored with the Best Pitch Award for his outstanding presentation.
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.

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

Elbert Chao
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Western University
Elbert is a Master of Engineering Science (MESc) student at Western University, where he also completed a Bachelor of Engineering Science in Software Engineering in Spring 2025. He is conducting his research across the Robarts Research Institute and the Amit…
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.…
Matthew Pirie
School of Computing
Queen's University
Matthew is currently completing his Master’s in Biomedical Informatics at Queen’s University under the supervision of Dr. Parvin Mousavi in the Medical Informatics Laboratory. He earned his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Life Sciences with Distinction from Queen’s University in…
Dilakshan Srikanthan
Department of Medicine
Queen's University
Dilakshan Srikanthan is a 2nd year MD/PhD student in the Translational Medicine Graduate Program. Previously he has completed his Masters and Bachelors of Science at the University of Toronto. Dilakshan completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto Scarborough…

University Partners

Western University