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

Dilakshan Srikanthan receives Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Dilakshan Srikanthan receives Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Dilakshan Srikanthan, a Med-i CREATE student, is one of the five recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships from Queen's University. Click here to read the original award announcement in the Queen’s Gazette.
MASc. defense examination: Kenna Bartlett

MASc. defense examination: Kenna Bartlett

Kenna Bartlett, a Med-i CREATE student, successfully completed MASc defense examination on August 3, 2023. Congratulations Kenna!
Med-i CREATE Event: A Research talk with Dr. Peter Kazanzides

Med-i CREATE Event: A Research talk with Dr. Peter Kazanzides

Last week, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Kingston Section and Ingenuity Labs Research Institute hosted a captivating research talk featuring Dr. Peter Kazanzides, a distinguished expert from Johns Hopkins University. During the event, students had the opportunity to present their research works and gain valuable insights from Dr. Kazanzides' extensive expertise.
MSc. defense examination: Katie Lindale

MSc. defense examination: Katie Lindale

Katie Lindale, a student of the Med-i CREATE program successfully completed MSc defense examination on June 2, 2023. Congratulations Katie! Visit Queen's Health Sciences, Queen's University Department of Medicine for more 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

Mohamed Harmanani
School of Computing
Queen's University
Mohamed is an MSc student in Artificial Intelligence at the School of Computing at Queen's. They are a member of the Medical Informatics laboratory, supervised by Dr. Parvin Mousavi. Earlier this year, Mohamed completed their Honours Bachelor's degree in Computer…
Olivia Qi
Summer Research Student
Western University
My name is Olivia Qi, and I am excited to begin my second-year undergraduate studies in the Medical Sciences Program at Western University this fall. Under the supervision of Dr. Elvis Chen, I am focusing on a fascinating project as…
Emma Zhang
Summer Research Student
Western University
My name is Emma Zhang. I am starting my second-year undergraduate study in the Medical Sciences Program under the Science Department in Western University this fall. I previously studied in China until grade 8. I am currently working on silicone…
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.…

University Partners

Queen's University
Western University