Dr. Emma Bell, a postdoctoral research fellow at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, is a biostatistician in a team that combines biology, statistics, and information engineering to ask biologically and clinically meaningful questions of genomics data. They aim to improve gynaecological
International Day of Women and Girls in Science | 2021
On December 22, 2015, the United Nations General Assembly established February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science “to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology”. With this post we want to recognize and profile women in statistical
CANSSI Ontario STAGE Accepting Applications: Spring 2021 Cohort
CANSSI Ontario STAGE (STAGE) is currently accepting applications from prospective trainees. STAGE offers training and career development opportunities designed to cross-train individuals at the interface of genetics and population health sciences in genetic epidemiology and statistical
Dr. Sina Mehdizadeh awarded a CANSSI Ontario Top-up Award for Postdoctoral Fellows in Data Science
His project “Deep learning to predict optimality of future foot placements in walking of older adults” is under the supervision of Drs. Babak Taati and Andrea Iaboni at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute of the University Health Network in Toronto. Between 20% and 30% of seniors fall
U of T Faculty of Arts & Science Professors featured in Documentary on Artificial Intelligence and Election Polling
Faculty of Arts & Science Professors Gillian Hadfield and Jeffrey Rosenthal featured in TVO documentary Margin of Error. The film explores a new artificial intelligence method that is shaking up the landscape of traditional election polling, with the 2019 Canadian federal election as its
2020 Banting–CANSSI Ontario Discovery Award in Data Science: Dylan Kobsar
The Banting Research Foundation and CANSSI Ontario are pleased to announce the first Discovery Award in Data Science Scholar: Dylan Kobsar, who is Assistant Professor of Neuromechanics in the Department of Kinesiology at McMaster University. Dr. Dylan Kobsar received this year’s award
Thank you for your applications
We received a great volume of applications for the May 2020 competition intake for the CANSSI Ontario STAGE Program (STAGE). We thank all our applicants for your interest in STAGE. Thank you also to our mentors being so helpful in guiding the candidates and for your letters of
CANSSI Ontario Research Day: Removing Barriers to Data Access
The CANSSI Ontario Research day occurred on March 5, 2020 at the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning in Toronto. Professors Radu Craiu and France