This research project aims to improve the care of children with severe mental health or substance use disorders by developing a ML model that can predict which children are most likely to need hospitalization. The project will analyze data from various services, including transitions into the adult mental health/addictions system and examine hospital admission outcomes […]

Research shows that ultra-processed foods (UPF) increase the risk of many diseases, including kidney diseases. However, the effects of whole foods (WF) compared to UPF in a type of kidney disease called polycystic kidney disease (PKD) have not been studied. This is also important for PKD because treatments with plant-based or low-protein diets, since many […]

Teaching medical students and allied healthcare professionals accurate and patient friendly diagnosis of ear, eye and nasal conditions are challenging tasks due to the lack of realistic models and interaction with patients. The OONTTDP is a collaboration between the Hospital for Sick Children and Otosim to improve the teaching results through development of realistic simulators […]

This proposal focuses on enhancing the automation of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) culture by integrating Machine Learning (ML) models which will lead to more consistent and higher quality cultures. Recently, STEMCELL Technologies has introduced an automated system customized to assist scientists at BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute in culturing high-quality iPSCs. The current method […]

While there have been several literature reviews on the performance of digital sepsis prediction technologies and clinical decision-support algorithms for adults, there remains a knowledge gap in examining the development of automated technologies for sepsis prediction in children. Pediatric sepsis is a major cause of mortality of children worldwide. However, there is still a lack […]

This research project aims to create a system that allows users to communicate with a virtual environment using their voice. The system will convert the user’s voice commands into text and use natural language processing techniques to understand the user’s intent. Then, the system will generate 3D content based on the identified intent using AI […]

The essence of the project is to create an adaptive electrically controlled prosthesis for a child’s hand. The prosthesis should be able to be resized for the patient at the stage of computer-aided design. To realize this, it is proposed to create a parametric model of the prosthesis in a CAD system. Also, during the […]

Yeast will be used as a model to investigate inherited mitochondrial diseases in this research project, with a particular emphasis on the functional role of the Pic2 protein. Although initially identified as a mitochondrial phosphate transporter, recent studies have proposed its involvement in copper transport. To gain insight into Pic2 and its function, a combination […]

Most neurotraumas affecting the control of movements are partial, allowing some recovery of movement with time and rehabilitation. Motivation and persistence through this difficult process are crucial in mediating rehabilitation-dependent recovery, but are negatively affected by the physical and psychological challenges that accompany neurotrauma. We know that the reward network of the brain is involved […]

Les jeunes placés en centres de réadaptation ont pour la plupart vécu différentes formes de maltraitance – par exemple la négligence ou l’abus physique – ce qui nécessite un placement hors de leur milieu familial pour quelques mois, voire plusieurs années. Ces expériences traumatiques les placent à risque de développer des problèmes psychologiques, psychiatriques, scolaires, […]

Career Trek is a non-profit organization that seeks to connect kids to opportunities and experiences in a variety of occupations where they can develop life long interests and passions. Through school and post-secondary partnerships Career Trek introduces children in Grades 5-6 to different experiences simulating a variety of possible career paths and opportunities. I will […]

This project will focus on the evolution of data models through the improvement of internal tooling to allow data self-service along with the operationalization of production-grade data pipelines in the field of bioinformatics, due to the immense amount of growth in the volume of data being produced from genome sequencing. With public data repositories that […]