Excited to give the keynote “Charting the Path from Modelling to Precision” at #CRINA2025 in Edmonton 🇨🇦! Let’s talk about transparent, reproducible & frugal #AI for cancer research, the hallmarks of predictive oncology, and what’s next with agentic AI systems. 🔗 sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...

Our goal is clear: build an AI-enabled institution where health care practitioners, researchers, administrators, and patients are supported by trustworthy AI ecosystems that truly improve outcomes. Excited to work with exceptional colleagues across UHN to make this vision real!

Congratulations Ben on this well deserved appointment and confidence in your deep commitment to ethical use of AI. Proud to be a colleague.

I am honoured to step into the role of @uhn.ca Executive AI Scientific Director and Co-Director of the @uhnaihub.bsky.social This is a major opportunity to accelerate how we bring responsible, transparent and effective AI into patient care, research, education and operations across UHN.

I am honoured to step into the role of @uhn.ca Executive AI Scientific Director and Co-Director of the @uhnaihub.bsky.social This is a major opportunity to accelerate how we bring responsible, transparent and effective AI into patient care, research, education and operations across UHN.

Introducing Cancer Trials Canada - a new website to make it easier than ever to find cancer clinical trials happening across Canada. Clinical trials test new ways to prevent, detect and treat cancer. They help advance research that can lead to better care and save lives.

Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe! We are uniting two research powerhouses. For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more. Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.

UHN’s Princess Margaret Cancer Centre partners with Helix to test 100K patients for hereditary risk of cancer and high cholesterol. Results from the study will allow participants and care teams to make more proactive decisions about their health. Learn more: https://t.co/GW69e5zLau

Excited to join the Challenge Me debate on Nov 6! Motion: Method developers should be required to publish all limitations & failures. I’ll argue against mandatory transparency, not because I oppose open science, but to stress-test the idea and push our thinking. 🗓️ Nov 6, 11am EDT 🔗 rb.gy/p71tnv

Excited to join the Challenge Me debate on Nov 6! Motion: Method developers should be required to publish all limitations & failures. I’ll argue against mandatory transparency, not because I oppose open science, but to stress-test the idea and push our thinking. 🗓️ Nov 6, 11am EDT 🔗 rb.gy/p71tnv

With the Federal Budget announcement, MOHCCN moves closer to helping make precision cancer care accessible across Canada. As a scientist, physician, and cancer patient, Dr. Catalina López-Correa knows both the challenges and the opportunities ahead. Learn more: tinyurl.com/22pt6794

Thrilled to attend the Break Through Cancer Summit at Johns Hopkins as a SAB member. The Data Science TeamLab is where AI and data science meet translational oncology, the sessions on (agentic) AI will chart new frontiers in how we cure cancer. 🚀 @break-cancer.bsky.social

Thrilled to attend the Break Through Cancer Summit at Johns Hopkins as a SAB member. The Data Science TeamLab is where AI and data science meet translational oncology, the sessions on (agentic) AI will chart new frontiers in how we cure cancer. 🚀 @break-cancer.bsky.social

Great discussions today at the CIHR-ICR Early Career Researcher Workshop on best practices for AI in research 🙌 Honoured to chair an outstanding panel with Randy Baldwin, Paula Kirton, and Aline Talhouk. Fantastic questions from the audience. The future of Canadian science is bright 🇨🇦

Great discussions today at the CIHR-ICR Early Career Researcher Workshop on best practices for AI in research 🙌 Honoured to chair an outstanding panel with Randy Baldwin, Paula Kirton, and Aline Talhouk. Fantastic questions from the audience. The future of Canadian science is bright 🇨🇦

Proud to share our latest work accelerating AI-driven precision oncology for rare T-cell leukemias & lymphomas. We built TCL-38, the most comprehensive multi-omics + drug response atlas for TCL to predict selective drug sensitivities & combinations --> new therapeutic vulnerabilities & biomarkers.

Proud to share our latest work accelerating AI-driven precision oncology for rare T-cell leukemias & lymphomas. We built TCL-38, the most comprehensive multi-omics + drug response atlas for TCL to predict selective drug sensitivities & combinations --> new therapeutic vulnerabilities & biomarkers.

📆 DEADLINE: Nov. 17, 2025 📣 Call: Faculty Supervisors for T-CAIREM’s 2026 Summer Research Program! 👨🏼‍🏫Faculty & researchers at any partner #university, #hospital, or institution 💰 T-CAIREM will provide half the funding for the student stipend 🔗 https://ow.ly/nYbG50Xko9w

📣 Registration is OPEN for T-CAIREM’s 2025 Conference! 🗓️ Nov 14 2025 in Toronto! 🎤 The Evolution of #GenerativeAI 💡 Panels, debates & talks with leading #AI & #medicine experts 🔗 https://ow.ly/p6UP50XiB2v#GenerativeAI#AI#medicine#AIinMedicine #AI #HealthAI #MedTech #AIinHealthcare

🚨 Excited to chair the AI Applications in Human Health session at the MAQC 8th Annual Conference to make AI clinically relevant and reproducible. Transparency, reproducibility & reusability aren’t optional—they’re the foundation for trustworthy AI in healthcare. Join us: themaqc.org #AI #MAQC25

🚨 Excited to chair the AI Applications in Human Health session at the MAQC 8th Annual Conference to make AI clinically relevant and reproducible. Transparency, reproducibility & reusability aren’t optional—they’re the foundation for trustworthy AI in healthcare. Join us: themaqc.org #AI #MAQC25

Discover is here — our annual progress magazine showcasing a year of extraordinary scientific breakthroughs from across the #CancerGrandChallenges community. 👉 Read the full magazine here: www.cancergrandchallenges.org/discover-a-y...

Episode 17 - perhaps my favorite yet. How do you write a forum.image.sc post that will get you the answers you need without revealing information you don't want to tell? @erinweisbart.bsky.social and I go through what the experts need to know to help you. Post your sci q's today on forum.image.sc !

AACR Project GENIE is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Look back at the history, growth, and impact of this publicly accessible cancer registry that is continuing to support clinical decision-making and advance precision medicine: buff.ly/XC6FCZv #AACRGENIE #AACRStories

Flu season is in full swing! From now until October 31, TeamUHN members can help keep patients, colleagues, and themselves protected during respiratory virus season by getting their vaccination at any of the vaccine booths across UHN!

Our new method GraphComm uses graph neural networks to decode cell–cell communication from single-cell RNA-seq @uhnresearch.ca‬ 🔍 Predicts novel ligand–receptor interactions 🧠 Handles spatial data & drug perturbations 🌐 Open-source: github.com/bhklab/GraphComm Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Our new method GraphComm uses graph neural networks to decode cell–cell communication from single-cell RNA-seq @uhnresearch.ca‬ 🔍 Predicts novel ligand–receptor interactions 🧠 Handles spatial data & drug perturbations 🌐 Open-source: github.com/bhklab/GraphComm Full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Congratulations to Drs. Cheryl Arrowsmith and John Dick on receiving the Canadian Cancer Society's Robert L. Noble Prize and Lifetime Contribution Prize, respectively! 🎉 These awards honour outstanding contributions and lasting impact in #CancerResearch.

Thank you to everyone at @pmcdi.bsky.social and across @uhn.ca for bringing compassion, excellence, and heart into everything we do 💙 Together we are advancing discoveries and transforming the future of #CancerCare #TeamUHN #UHNGratitude @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social @uhnresearch.ca

🔬 Can AI predict cancer-related symptoms before they happen? A new study between our team @pmcdi.bsky.social and Dr. Robert Grants team @pmresearch-uhn.bsky.social used ML on routine EHR data to forecast symptom deterioration in aerodigestive cancer patients. 👇 ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

A new @nature.com Reviews Drug Discovery article highlights the first candidate drug to combat #cachexia — a major step toward treating cachexia, a devastating condition affecting many people with cancer. 🔗 Read the full article: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #CancerResearch

My take: Engineering *is* important. Ideas are cheap. Novelty is overrated. "Hyperparameter tuning" is a cynically dismissive term for something that is in fact the real, difficult problem.

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

How AI + open data can accelerate drug discovery? New paper from @thesgc.bsky.social and led by UNC presents the first fully open AI framework for DNA-Encoded Library hit discovery, scanning billions of molecules and confirming novel binders. 👉 Data & models available on AIRCHECK aircheck.ai

Great news for cancer patients. Ministry of Health's announcement to make available new treatments in cancer care earlier will save and extend lives. Patients at UHN's Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and across Ontario now have faster access to breakthrough cancer therapies.

We are very proud to announce the creation of the EU Interdisciplinary Society for AI in Cancer Research (ESAC) - a newly formed scientific society dedicated to advancing the integration of AI in oncology. Read the press release - www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @arselaprelaj.bsky.social

Excited to join the Multi-AI for Omics Working Group of European Interdisciplinary Society for Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research (ESAC) @esac-cancerai.bsky.social ! Today marks our inaugural meeting, bringing together global experts to shape the future of AI-driven cancer research.

Honoured to be featured in Open Access Government! I shared how AI and biomarker discovery are transforming precision oncology, and why rethinking therapy response evaluation is essential to deliver truly personalized cancer care. Read more 👉 edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

Early morning flight to Ottawa on Air Canada. Must be the Raptors plane.

Ah, okay. This was never about traffic congestion: this is all so some Friends of Doug can park on the street just in front of the buildings they own.

At a recent workshop cohosted by the AACR and FDA.gov, cancer researchers discussed metrics that could give early insights into a treatment's efficacy. Learn more on the #AACRBlog: buff.ly/v1tMl2I

A useful analogy. One can say that much of the progress in computer programming is aligned with ever increasing levels abstraction. LLM-based coding tools are "just" a next level. The choice of objective, and the measure of success, still remains something external to the tool.

This comic is becoming increasingly realistic. m.xkcd.com/3056/

In this month's UHN Honour Roll: 🏆 Dr. David Kirsch wins Nobility in Science Award from Sarcoma Foundation of Amereica 🏆 Dr. John Dick named 2025 Clarivate Citation Laureate 🏆 Dr. Milos R. Popovic receives inaugural Dejan Popovic Award Read about this month's awardees: https://bit.ly/3Ik6Mjw

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

Reminder that healthcare is fundamentally incompatible with for-profit motives.

The first full day of the AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities begins soon, featuring sessions on sustaining research advances, obesity and cancer, hematological malignancies, and more. #AACRdisp25

Resurgence of Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening for Mitigating Disparities: #AACRFellows Dr. John M. Carethers of @UCSanDiego delivers the AACR Distinguished Lecture on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities at #AACRdisp25.

Cancer survivor Ysabel Duron, executive director of the Latino Cancer Institute, delivered the Advocate Keynote Address during the opening session of the AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities. #AACRdisp25