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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab
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Home to CRC in Community-Oriented Disease Modeling, AI4PEP and ACADIC | Expert in AI, Data Analytics & Mathematical Modelling| Design & Deploy AI and Mathematical solutions for decision-makers in various sectors.
ASTMH 2025 is underway in Toronto! 🌍

At the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) conference, we’re thrilled that Chaitali Sinha (she/her) took time from her busy schedule to visit AIMMLab, where she met Dr. Gelan Zewdie and our Director, Prof. Jude Kong.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Mod4PH Research Highlights: Human behaviour and novel applications of AI in modelling by Dr. Han and Dr. Yazdinejad.

Human behaviour drives how diseases spread and understanding it can make epidemic models far more accurate.
Episode 3: youtu.be/sf9SnNE4qBg?...
Episode 3: Human behaviour and novel applications of AI in modelling
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November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This week AIMMLab Weekly Lab Meeting combined rigorous science, engaging discussion & community fun. Thanks to Prof. Jesse Young for his talk on the Ontario Twin Birth Cohort — twin designs help separate familial vs individual influences. Congrats to Ebenezer Adeniyi, trivia champ! #AIMMLab #UofT
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🚨 AIMMLab Research Talk: The Ontario Twin Birth Cohort — Using twin designs to explore the link between mental illness and substance use disorder.
📅 7 Nov 2025 • 1:45 PM EST
👤 Prof. Jesse Young (Dalla Lana / CAMH)
📍 Online — register for Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🎬 Spotlight on Prof. Jude Kong, Canada Research Chair & AimmLab director! He pioneers AI & math solutions for global health and drives community-led innovation. Watch his inspiring video youtu.be/9yb-BIy6Tlc?...
Jude Kong | 2025 New RSC College Member | University of Toronto
YouTube video by The Royal Society of Canada
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November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🎙️ Episode 2 is live — Community Health & an Explainable AI Tool for Epidemic Modelling.
Sherif Shuaib and Dr. Yang Xu explain how AI-driven mathematical modelling can make epidemic responses more transparent, collaborative, and actionable.
Listen: youtu.be/rMFjgxJ5JMQ
Episode2 mod4ph Sherif Yang 1
YouTube video by AIMMLab
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November 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
✨ AIMMLab Weekly Lab Updates ✨
Dr. Gelan presented a multimodal AI model for community-based measles outbreak prediction.
We celebrated Dr. Abbas (will join Univ. of Regina as Asst. Prof., Cybersecurity) and crowned Ebenezer Adeniyi our Halloween trivia champ! 🎃
#AIMMLab #DataScience #PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Thrilled to share our Director Jude Kong was a panelist for SEP Day at CCGH 2025 (Halifax, Oct 24th) 🇨🇦.
Panel focus: "Trends in Global Health"—great engagement with students on Equitable Access & Digital Mental Health. Inspiring work! 💡
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
AIMMLab is honored to host Professor Adesina Sodiya (FUNAAB)!!!
🤝 A true pioneer in Nigerian Information Security, Prof. Sodiya brings 25+ years of expertise in Cyber Security, Authentication, and Privacy Protection.
He is also affiliated with the AI4Mpox & Ai4Pep networks.
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🎙️ Episode 2 of our Modeling for Public Health podcast drops Friday, Oct 31. Sherif Shuaib (Community Engagement Lead) and Dr. Yang Xu (Postdoctoral Fellow) discuss how AI and explainable epidemic-modelling tools help communities act on outbreaks. #AIMMLab #ExplainableAI #PublicHealth
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🌍 Day 3 of #CCGH2025 in Halifax!

Our Director, Prof. @dzevela.bsky.social, joined a Fireside Chat on “Innovation for Equity: Whose Solutions, Whose Impact?” — exploring equity, ethics & inclusivity in #GlobalHealth innovation.
Great to connect with our partners!
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Weekly AIMMLab Meeting Update!!!
Dr. Yang Xu on “XAI-based methane monitoring” using multi-modal fusion + GNNs/PINNs, accurate, explainable insights for climate action. We also hosted Dr. Cyprain Ngolah (Gov’t of Yellowknife).
Podcast Ep1: aimmlab.org/nccd/
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎉 AIMMLab at the 2025 Canada Gairdner Awards Gala 🎉
Our Director, Prof. Jude Kong, represented AIMMLab at the Royal Ontario Museum to celebrate the 2025 laureates.

Thank you to the Gairdner Foundation and IDRC for the opportunity to participate.
#GairdnerAwards #AIMMLab
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🎙️ First episode drops!

Our Modeling for Public Health series opens with the AIMMLab director Prof. @dzevela.bsky.social. How we turn community data into policy-ready insight with communities. Listen: aimmlab.org/nccd/
🙏 Thanks to NCCID Canada & Wendy Xie.
mod4PH Webcast Highlights - AIMM Lab
Mod4PH Podcast Highlights The mod4PH podcast showcases new and relevant mathematical modelling concepts and research for public health. This mini-series highlights the groundbreaking work from the Art...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🎙️ Launching tomorrow! The mod4PH Research Highlights mini-series produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) spotlights the groundbreaking work of @AIMMLab.

Ep.1 features our director Prof. Jude Kong on the lab’s framework & research pillars.

🎧 Drops Oct 22!
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
👋 Please welcome Dr. Mehmet Nuri Gördük, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Scholar at the AIMMLab - Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modeling Lab.

We’re thrilled to collaborate! To join AIMMLab as a visiting scholar, please contact us at aimmlab.dlsph@utoronto.ca
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Update from Kigali (Oct 16–17): AimmLab at the DLSPH–Mastercard Foundation African Health Collaborative. Day 1: programs & partners, implementation “recipes,” MELA, resourcing ideas. Our Director Prof. Jude Kong shared applied-AI & partnership insights. #AIMMLab
October 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Day 2 at #AHTS25: leaders push “Connected Care.” Our director Prof. Jude Kong engages partners with an applied-AI lens on interoperability, data governance & equity. Highlights: startup→scale, AI for PHC, supply-chain resilience, investor roundtable, vaccine innovation.
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🌍 AHTS25 Day 1: Our Director Jude Kong is on site for AIMMLab. We joined sessions on immunization in the digital age, smart health (Rwanda NHIC), UHC ecosystems, data governance, responsible digital payments, assistive tech, DPI, NCDs, diagnostics, skills & collab. #DigitalHealth
October 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📢 New Publication Alert!
Please find below our latest publication:

📝 Title: Understanding cholera dynamics in African countries with persistent outbreaks: a mathematical modeling approach

Link: tinyurl.com/dcfc46e6
Thanks to NSERC_CRSNG for supporting this work!
October 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🌍 Proud to highlight Zahra Movahedi Nia’s presentation through our AIMMLab x City of Toronto!

Her research uses AI & environmental modelling to find bird migration “hot & cold spots” where HPAI could spill into poultry & wildlife.

Huge thanks to Prof. Effie Gournis & Sylvia Ota for organizing.
October 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🔬✨ Exciting News from AIMMLab! ✨🔬

Our Director, Prof. Jude Kong, has been selected as a delegate for the 2025 Science Meets Parliament program 🎉.

🙏 Special thanks to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for the nomination.

Learn more 👉 lnkd.in/gTaDdRMD
October 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
AIMMLab and partners are heading to Kigali! 🇷🇼

We’re excited to share that AIMMLab and our partners will be at the Africa HealthTech Summit 2025, happening October 13–15 in Kigali, Rwanda.

We look forward to engaging with leaders, innovators, and changemakers.

See you in Kigali!
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🌟Big week at AimmLab!
We hosted Dr. Vivian Nfor & our Nobellum partners, inspiring conversations on cross-border collaborations and community-driven innovation.

🎤 Research highlights:
Weiran Wang – malaria control in Cameroon
Cynthia Luo – mpox outbreak prediction
Trivia by Sherif Shuaib
September 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@aimmlab.bsky.social × City of Toronto | Climate-Health 🏙️🌡️🤖
Honoured to be hosted by the City of Toronto. Our team shared how AI + modelling turns climate evidence into action.
Grateful to Prof. Effie Gournis and keen to turn today’s dialogue into pilot collabs.
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM