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A Collaborative Centre at the University Health Network in Toronto designed to augment human intelligence through healthcare innovation.

Learn more about the UHN AI Hub here: https://uhnhub.ai/
Join our next AI Rounds to hear Carole Piovesan, Managing Partner at INQ Law, talk about evolving regulatory frameworks and responsible development practices that are essential to realize the benefits of AI in healthcare.

📅Sept 3🕔5-6PM
🔗Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a01bf2...
July 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Missed our latest AI Rounds?
🎥 Watch the recording of Jun Ma's insightful talk on foundation models for biomedical image analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WH...

Stay tuned for details on our next AI Rounds!
July 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🍁This Canada Day, we celebrate our nation that leads with compassion and innovation. With our first Minister of AI and the Sovereign AI Compute Strategy, Canada is bolstering its AI ecosystem.
July 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We're two weeks out from our AI Rounds exploring how foundation models are transforming biomedical image analysis!

Be sure to register if you haven’t already.
📢 Join in on the AI Hub's upcoming AI Rounds!

🎙️ Jun Ma, ML Lead at the AI Hub, will share insights on how foundation models are transforming biomedical image analysis.

🗓️ Wednesday, July 9th ⏰5pm-6pm
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/df9f8b...
June 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Learn how AI is advancing cardiovascular care with cutting-edge research and real-world applications at a free virtual symposium hosted by @tier-uhn.bsky.social and Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.

🗓️June 24 | 11 AM–3:30 PM EST

⏰Register by June 22 at 11:59 PM: tinyurl.com/responsiblea...
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June 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
📢 Join in on the AI Hub's upcoming AI Rounds!

🎙️ Jun Ma, ML Lead at the AI Hub, will share insights on how foundation models are transforming biomedical image analysis.

🗓️ Wednesday, July 9th ⏰5pm-6pm
🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/df9f8b...
June 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Learn about how multimodal datasets are driving the future of precision oncology in this insightful interview with
@bhaibeka.bsky.social. In particular, AI-enabled virtual biopsies have the potential to transform cancer care.
June 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
June is #StrokeAwarenessMonth. As such, check out this recent publication in ATVB Journal from Dr. Kathryn Howe
and team exploring endothelial cell communication with cells in atherosclerotic plaques (and AI had an adjunctive role in this work!).
👇🧵 www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Multiomic Landscape of Extracellular Vesicles in Human Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Reveals Endothelial Communication Networks | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
BACKGROUND: Carotid atherosclerosis is orchestrated by cell-cell communication that drives progression along a clinical continuum (asymptomatic to symptomatic). Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-d...
www.ahajournals.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Harnessing AI to transform clinical research with precise and efficient patient-trial matching. #ClinicalTrialsWeek
1/3 It's Clinical Trials Week- an ideal moment to spotlight PMATCH: an AI-powered platform that will help automate the matching of eligible patients to the most suitable clinical trials based on their health data 🧬📊

#ClinicalTrials #AIinHealthcare #CareInnovation
May 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A significant achievement!👏👏👏
(1/2) 🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Mamatha Bhat at UHN's Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, who leads a project that received close to $2M from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to improve equity in liver transplants using #AI.

🔗 Read more: webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/...
May 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This #NationalNursingWeek, we’re spotlighting Briana, the Clinical Lead for Research and AI at PMCC AI. From bedside nursing in Acute Medicine to clinical research and a Master’s of Health Science in Health Administration, her path blends clinical care, research, and leadership. #NursesInAI
May 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A thoughtful perspective on the potential consequences of AI disruption in healthcare delivery from a few of our teammates at the AI Hub.

A key takeaway: healthcare providers must help shape the change.

Read it here👉 www.springermedicine.com/artificial-i...
The Economic, Political, and Societal Consequences of Disrupting Health Care Delivery with Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to become a significant disruptive force in healthcare delivery, setting new standards by automating routine tasks and introducing AI-informed care models that could redefine the roles of physicians. However …
www.springermedicine.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
👋Meet Alif Munim, ML Specialist at the AI Hub!
Starting as a volunteer researcher at UHN, Alif now develops AI models that power healthcare innovation across a variety of applications, including cardiology, clinical trials, and real-time medical note generation.
May 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This #NationalPhysiciansDay, we celebrate the brilliant minds at @uhntoronto.bsky.social — not just as care providers, but as innovators. By integrating AI and advancing research for system-wide evolution, our physicians are redefining what’s possible in health care.🧠💡 #AIinMedicine
May 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by UHN AI Hub
Can an #AI chatbot improve care for people living with metastatic #BreastCancer? 🧠💬

Research at @tier-uhn.bsky.social tested a new AI tool offering on-demand support and tailored resources for patients navigating complex #cancer care decisions.

🔗 Read more: www.uhnresearch.ca/news/ai-chat...
April 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Join our team at the UHN AI Hub! We're seeking a Data Science Specialist to help transform healthcare with AI-driven innovative solutions.

Apply now and be part of our dynamic team. 🌟
🔗 jobs.smartrecruiters.com/UniversityHe...

#DataScience #AI #HealthcareInnovation
Data Science Specialist
Company Description: UHN is Canada’s #1 hospital and the world’s #1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 44,000 TeamUHN members, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto West...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Meet Senthujan! As Manager of the AI team, he leads initiatives exploring AI-enabled high-value care delivery. He is a PhD candidate specializing in High-Value Health Systems. His work involves implementing and evaluating AI innovations to enhance clinical decision-making. 🌟
April 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Neat work from the @pmcdi.bsky.social team! 👏
🎉Huge congrats to our CDI team on launching jarvAIs-an open-source Python package to standardize ML workflows

jarvAIs Includes:
🧠 Analyzer – Data insights
📈 Trainer – Model training
🔍 Explainer – Prediction interpretability

🔗https://github.com/pmcdi/jarvais

#AI #MachineLearning #Reproducibility
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This #NOTDAW, learn about AI tools developed by Dr. Mamatha Bhat and her team to predict long-term outcomes in liver transplant patients — now being deployed in clinics to help patients make the most of their second chance at life. Links in thread🧵👇

#TransplantAI @transplant-uhn.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Check out the latest issue of @nature.com to read about how #AI is transforming #Biotech - featuring new work from @bowang87.bsky.social 🎉🧬💡
In the third paper, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute's @bowang87.bsky.social & team unveil a powerful #AI model that learns from layers of biological data to decode how life works—poised to revolutionize #biotech. Stay tuned for a feature story…

➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... (4/4)
Towards multimodal foundation models in molecular cell biology - Nature
The development of multimodal foundation models, pretrained on diverse omics datasets, to unravel the intricate complexities of molecular cell biology is envisioned.
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
👀 Check out this presentation by Drs. Shaf Keshavjee and Andrew Sage on using #ML and #AI to assess organ injury and predict outcomes in lung transplantation.
A meaningful topic for #BeADonor month.
Thank you @uoft-tcairem.bsky.social for hosting.
🎥 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlaZ...
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee & Dr. Andrew Sage (2 April 2025)
YouTube video by T-CAIREM
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April 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
👋Meet Jun, our Machine Learning Lead! Jun brings a wealth of experience from his postdoctoral work. His research in medical vision & machine learning is published in top journals. His work has over 10,000 citations and his GitHub projects have earned 10,000+ stars! 🌟 #AI #Research
April 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by UHN AI Hub
Today UHN launches the Canada Leads 100 Challenge! 🇨🇦💯

We’re making an ambitious investment to recruit 100 world-leading scientists. Together, we'll drive the future of health research and position Canada as a leader in global innovation!

Learn more:
www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Looking forward to today's big announcement! 👀✨
We’re unveiling a bold new initiative at UHN🍁💯

Join us for a livestream tomorrow, April 7, 2025 @ 11:45AM EST to learn more!

www.uhn.ca/corporate/Ab...
April 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM