In the Media
T-CAIREM's Theme Leads and members are frequently sought for their AI in medicine expertise by the media. Here are some of the outlets that have featured our experts and their work.
2025
Jan. 28, 2025: "Tackling Liver Transplant Inequalities: Expanding a Data Sciences Institute Project Nationally" • Mamatha Bhat and Rahul G. Krishnan discuss their research. (Data Sciences Institute)
Jan. 15, 2025: "Harnessing AI for health" • April Khademi is featured in this magazine article. (Toronto Met University Magazine)
Jan. 10, 2025: "A Virtual Cell Is a ‘Holy Grail’ of Science. It’s Getting Closer." • Bo Wang's research about his scGPT research is featured. (The Atlantic)
Jan. 6, 2025: "Building robot brains How one KITE scientist is changing the way robots think. Literally." • Research by Brokoslaw Laschowski is featured. (Hospital News)
2024
Dec. 17, 2024: "Could AI provide a prescription to treat an overtaxed health-care system?" • Frank Rudzicz explains how AI can improve Canada's healthcare system. (CTV News)
Dec. 7, 2024: "He diagnosed his rare disease using Google. Now he hopes AI can do the same for others" • Ian Stedman explains how he became an advocate for AI in medicine. (CBC News)
Nov. 26, 2024: "New Canada Research Chair Using AI to Improve Quality of Life in Older Populations" • Mina Nouredanesh, assistant professor of community health sciences at the University of Manitoba's Max Rady College of Medicine in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, is featured for her research in artificial intelligence (AI) for complex health data. (Newswise)
Nov. 18, 2024: "Dr. Andrea Tricco named Executive Director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute" • Andrea Tricco is featured. (Unity Health)
Nov. 15, 2024: "New funding furthers AI-driven public health projects in the Global South" • Jude Kong discusses the $2.15 million awarded to him for a major research project he's leading. (Dalla Lana School of Public Health)
Oct. 21, 2024: "Building Robot Brains" • Brokoslaw Laschowski is featured in this article. (KITE UHN)
Oct. 11, 2024: "What patients should know about doctor visit summaries by AI" • Muhammad Mamdani explains the benefits of doctors using AI scribes. (CBC)
Oct. 11, 2024: "AI is here to stay — including in health care. Here's what to ask your doctor" • Muhammad Mamdani, T-CAIREM director, provides advice to patients who may have doctors using AI. (Canadian Press)
Oct. 9, 2024: "How AI will affect health care and patients in Canadian hospitals, according to a scientist leading the charge" • Bo Wang discussed how AI will affect health care and patients in Canadian hospitals. (Globe and Mail)
Sep. 23, 2024: "AI tool reduces risk of unexpected hospital deaths by 26 per cent: Study" • Amol Verma and Muhammad Mamdani, T-CAIREM director, explains ChartWATCH, an AI tool that has reduced the risk of unexpected hospital deaths by 26 per cent. (UofT News)
Aug. 16, 2024: "Mindful movement: New mobility tech target the brain — not our limbs" • Brokoslaw Laschowski is featured in this article. (Toronto Star)
Apr. 25, 2024: "Healing Power: Why AI could be good news for both patients and our health-care system" • Muhammad Mamdani discusses ChartWATCH and other ways AI is improving medical care. (UofT Magazine)
March 24, 2024: "Meet Phedias Diamandis @PMResearch" • Phedias Diamandis is featured. (UHN Research)
March 11, 2024: "Article in ‘Nature’ journal on International Women’s Day highlights value of ‘value of empowering women in STEM’" • Farhan Asrar focuses on the achievements of women in two thriving STEM sectors, the space and nuclear sector. (Mississauga News)
Jan. 24, 2024: "How AI will – and won’t – change health care in 2024" • Muhammad Mamdani predicts how AI in medicine may be used in the coming year. (UofT News)
Jan. 1, 2024: "Canadian health care workers turn to AI for help amid a staffing crisis" • Amol Verma discusses ChartWatch and Bo Wang explains the significance of using AI to improve hospital operations. (Globe and Mail)
2023
December 12, 2023: "How AI in health care helped create new curriculum" •
Azadeh Kushki explains how she's used the T-CAIREM Health Data Nexus as a teaching tool in graduate-level courses. (CTV News)
October 2, 2023: • Muhammad Mamdani gives his perspective on AI healthcare in this New Zealand-based podcast. (The MaML Podcast - Medicine & Machine Learning)
Aug 8, 2023: "Collaboration aims to boost cancer research and develop innovation economy in Ontario" • Muhammad Mamdani discusses a joint collaboration between T-CAIREM and commercialization venture firm FACIT to bring AI-powered cancer research to the forefront while promoting economic development in Ontario. (Financial Post)
July 13, 2023: "Hero AI Seeks To Transform Mindsets In The Lagging Healthcare Sector" • Devin Singh's start-up Hero AI is featured. (Forbes)
May 11, 2023: Technion and the University of Toronto initiate AI solutions in the field of medicine • T-CAIREM's workshop in Israel garners media coverage. (Jerusalem Post)
May 2, 2023: “I can see a world where we end up with robot doctors”: Meet the researcher investigating the future of AI in medicine • Rahul Krishnan discusses his research. (Toronto Life)
April 13, 2023: "Is AI Ushering in a New Era of Science?" • Laura Rosella discusses the immense promise of AI in advancing science and medicine (TVO The Agenda)
2022
September 26, 2022: "How artificial intelligence is helping Toronto hospitals predict patient outcomes and save lives" • Muhammad Mamdani weighs in on AI's potential to improve healthcare. (Toronto Star)
March 15, 2022: "How can hospitals learn to live with COVID-19?" • Muhammad Mamdani explains how St. Michael's Hospital used an algorithm to monitor patients’ health data. (Toronto Star)
2021
June 22, 2021: "AI tool ‘fundamentally changes the game’ for ICU care" • Muhammad Mamdani discusses the benefits of ChartWATCH. (Healthy Debate)
June 22, 2021: "Artificial intelligence is changing how we diagnose disease, triage cases in the ER, even help prep doctors" (Toronto Star)
June 10, 2021: "Breaking down barriers: Learning health system connects researchers, health professionals and communities" • (Healthy Debate)
June 8, 2021: "Could AI make health care more human?" • Muhammad Mamdani, one of the scientists behind CHARTwatch and vice president of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto, discusses ChartWATCH. (Healthy Debate)
June 2021: "Don't Stop Relievin'" • Muhammad Mamdani weighs in on how COVID-19 helped streamline the using AI in medicine. (UofTMed magazine)
May 2021: "What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?" • Sean Hill explains his research into using brain data to build computerized models that, over time could aid researchers in understanding real brains. (The Walrus)
February 5, 2021: "How can we keep algorithmic racism out of Canadian health care’s AI toolkit?" • Anna Goldenberg discusses precautions researchers and hospitals are taking to reduce bias out of AI in medicine."(Globe and Mail)