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Two University of Toronto students have teamed-up with UHN’s department of Quality, Safety and Clinical Adoption to create artificial intelligence (AI) models that can improve patient safety and quality of care. The work is part of a collaboration between UHN…

Professor Mark Chignell (MIE, CHE Faculty Affiliate) is launching a new pilot project to promote healthy aging for older adults living independently in the community.     With support from the Connaught Community Partnership Research Program, the new activity spaces for…

Timothy Chan, the University of Toronto’s associate vice-president and vice-provost of strategic initiatives and a CHE Faculty Affiliate, says the university pools funding and academic talent from its various divisions and applies them to interdisciplinary projects. “The goal is not…

The Black Research Network (BRN) is pleased to announce that Enid Montague, an associate professor and CHE Affiliate in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, has been named its new director. Montague, a human factors engineer in the department of…

When Professor Timothy Chan (MIE, CHE Faculty Affiliate) thinks about his impact as an industrial engineering teacher, he is proud of consistently getting his students excited about the material, whether it is optimization, analytics or operations research. Full article at:…

Developing research led by Myrtede Alfred (MIE, CHE Affiliate) offers new insight to address racial and ethnic maternal care disparities in the United States.    Evaluating clinical systems issues using 528 incident reports in 476 deliveries, Alfred found that Non-Hispanic Black (NHB) patients…

“The least sexy applications, things like improving processes, streamlining back office or routine tasks, will probably have a big impact without it being noticed by the average patient,” he told CTVNews.ca over email, adding that AI “will become more and…

Research from Professor Myrtede Alfred, CHE Faculty Affiliate, highlights racial and ethnic disparities in maternal care at U.S. hospitals in a special issue on healthcare equity just published by The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (JQPS). Reviewing…

Throughout his career, Timothy Chan has been using AI to solve health-care problems. The professor at the University of Toronto and CHE Affiliate jumped at the chance to help milk banks using AI. “It’s something close to my heart as…