Past Temerty Centre Speaker Series Seminars
2021 seminars
• Dr. Eric Topol (Scripps Research Translational Institute, USA) The AI Path to Deeper and More Accurate Medicine
• Dr. Leo Celi (MIT, USA) Ensuring machine learning for healthcare works for all
• Dr. Jenna Weins (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA) From Diagnosis to Treatment - Augmenting Clinical Decision Making with Artificial Intelligence
• Dr. Rahul Krishnan (University of Toronto, Canada) Machine learning for precision oncology
• Dr. Finale Doshi-Velez (Harvard University, USA) Reinforcement Learning in Healthcare: Applications and Validation
2022 seminars
• Dr. Vincent Liu (Kaiser Permanente Northern California, USA), Dr. Alejandro Berlin (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada), Dr. Adedinsewo Demilade (Mayo Clinic, USA) AI Deployment in Medicine
Dr. Stephen Friend (University of Oxford, UK) How digital devices might allow us to follow symptom transitions and the effects of the fabric of life on chronic conditions
• Dr. Bo Wang (University of Toronto, Canada) Opportunities and challenges of artificial intelligence for organ transplantation
• Dr. Devin Singh (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada) Clinical Automation in Emergency Medicine with Machine Learning Medical Directives
• Dr. Mojgan Hodaie (University of Toronto, Canada) Understanding pain using artificial intelligence
• Dr. Igor Jurisica (Krembil Research Institute, Canada), Dr. Matthew Platt (University of Toronto, Canada) & Dr. Mara Lederman (Signal 1 AI Inc., Canada) Commercializing AI Solutions
• Dr. Jean-Philippe Vert (Owkin, USA) & Dr. Bo Wang (University of Toronto, Canada) Deep learning and biological sequences
2023 seminars
• Dr. Bo Wang (University of Toronto, Canada) AI and healthcare
• Dr. Sara Zohar (INRIA, France) & Dr. Melissa McCradden (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada) Methodological challenges for clinical evaluation of digital medical devices based on AI algorithms
• Dr. Melissa McCradden: What makes ‘Ethical AI’, anyway? - Exploring good evidence and clinical practice for data-driven paediatric care
• Dr. Peter Lee (Microsoft, USA) The Emergence of General AI for Medicine
• Mr. Andre Picard (The Globe and Mail, Canada) The past, present and (AI?) future of medicare in Canada
• Dr. Moti Freiman (Technion, Israel) & Dr. Mary-Louise Greer (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada) AI-assisted MRI fusion models for characterization of inflammation
• Dr. Sabine Österle (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland) Swiss Personalized Health Network – A national, graph-based framework for the semantic representation of FAIR health data
• Dr. Alex John London (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Ethics, Uncertainty, & Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
• Dr. Stephanie Garies (University of Calgary, Canada) Artificial intelligence in primary care: opportunities & real-world examples
2024 seminars
• Dr. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs (Robotics Institute - University of Toronto, Canada) Continuum Robots for Medical Applications
• Dr. Karandeep Singh (University of California - San Diego, USA) Why Health AI Implementations Fail
• Dr. Barbara Prainsack (University of Vienna, Austria) Governing AI: What is data solidarity, and why do we need it?
• Dr. Jessilyn Dunn (Duke University, USA) The Digital Physiome: Wearables for Disease Detection and Monitoring
• Dr. Daniel Hashimoto (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Practice
• Dr. Kamran Khan (Unity Health Toronto, Canada), Dr. Michelle Murti (Ontario Ministry of Health, Canada), Dr. Fahad Razak (Unity Health Toronto, Canada) & Mr. Ivan Semeniuk (Moderator; The Globe & Mail, Canada) AI and infectious diseases speaker series, session 1: Strengthening Readiness & Resilience in an Era of Global Epidemics
• Dr. Zahra Shakeri (University of Toronto, Canada), Dr. Robert Greer (The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada), Dr. Elham Dolatabadi (York University, Canada) & Mr. Ivan Semeniuk (Moderator; The Globe & Mail, Canada) AI and infectious diseases speaker series, session 2: AI and Crowdsourcing for Resilient Hospitals and Enhanced Patient Care
• Dr. Cesar de la Fuente (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Dr. Artem Babaian (University of Toronto, Canada), Dr. Dionne Aleman (University of Toronto, Canada) & Mr. Ivan Semeniuk (Moderator; The Globe & Mail, Canada) AI and infectious diseases speaker series, session 3: Accelerating Discoveries in Biology and Medicine using AI
• Dr. Tavpritesh Sethi (Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), India) Building AI-driven Health Systems Preparedness for Clinical and Public Health
2025 seminars
• Dr. Derek Beaton (Unity Health Toronto) Building and rebuilding environments for applied Al in healthcare at Unity Health Toronto