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Opportunity for Master’s Candidates

We are looking for 1-2 Master’s candidates to work on medical imaging and health data analysis related problems. The details of this position can be found by clicking on the link provided above.

Opportunity for a Postdoctoral Fellow

We are looking for 1 Postdoctoral Fellow to work on medical imaging related problems. The details of this position can be found by clicking on link provided above.

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Awards and Honors

Senior Member, IEEE, since 2023
Article image featured in the cover page of Medical Physics, 2018
University of Windsor International Graduate (Doctoral) Excellence Scholarship, 2011 - 2014
University of Windsor International Graduate (Doctoral) Student Scholarship, 2011 - 2014
University of Windsor International Graduate (Master’s) Excellence Scholarship, 2008 - 2010
University of Windsor International Graduate (Master’s) Student Scholarship, 2008 - 2010
Merit Scholarship, Bachelor of Engineering, IIEST, Shibpore, 2005 - 2006

In the news

Featured as one of the recipients of the New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration Competition, 2023 at McMaster
Featured in research stories at Hamilton Health Sciences
Featured as the inaugural BRIGHT RUN Breast Cancer Learning Health System Chair in the news by McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, and Hamilton Spectator
Our research that resulted in the release of a large digital breast tomosynthesis dataset featured in Auntminnie

publications

Paper Title Number 1

Published in Journal 1, 2009

This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2009). "Paper Title Number 1." Journal 1. 1(1).
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Paper Title Number 2

Published in Journal 1, 2010

This paper is about the number 2. The number 3 is left for future work.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2010). "Paper Title Number 2." Journal 1. 1(2).
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Paper Title Number 3

Published in Journal 1, 2015

This paper is about the number 3. The number 4 is left for future work.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2015). "Paper Title Number 3." Journal 1. 1(3).
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Paper Title Number 4

Published in GitHub Journal of Bugs, 2024

This paper is about fixing template issue #693.

Recommended citation: Your Name, You. (2024). "Paper Title Number 3." GitHub Journal of Bugs. 1(3).
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research

I am interested in problems jointly related to healthcare and artificial intelligence applications. Primarily, my research is heavily focused on breast cancer and imaging. Currently, my research interest can be summarized into three themes:

Development of innovative approaches with datasets involving breast cancer: Examples of this work include my recent work on cosmesis measurement for breast cancer patients having breast conserving surgery and radiation therapy using deep learning and prior work on predicting future occurrence of breast cancer in high-risk patients.
Application and evaluation of recent deep learning-based methods in medical imaging, in close consultations with clinicians: Examples of this work include my recent work on evaluating SAM and MedSAM for segmenting liver observations in MRI.
Reviewing the literature at the intersection of healthcare and AI in selected domains: Examples of this work reviewing natural language processing for breast cancer radiology reports, reviewing machine learning for imaging in pituitary tumor patients, and reviewing deep learning with focus on MRI.
Bridging with clinicians, health research methodologists, and healthcare researchers who are interested in working with AI, through sharing and expanding my analytical expertise.

Endowed Chair Support

My position as the inaugural Chairholder for the BRIGHT Run Breast Cancer Learning Health System is jointly funded by BRIGHT Run and McMaster University.

Research Funding Support (as PI)

Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Grant, 2024 - 2026
NSERC Discovery Grant, 2024 - 2029
New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration Competition, Canada, 2024 – 2026
Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Start-up Funds, 2021 - 2025

studentsras

Current Team Members (Name, role in my team, affiliation; my role)

Mahan Pouromidi, Student, MASc Candidate in the School of Biomedical Eng., McMaster University; Thesis supervisor (Just Defended!)
Nanziba Tasneem, Student, MSc Candidate in MSc in eHealth, McMaster University; Thesis supervisor
Anna Hwang, Research Volunteer, PGY1 in Diagnostic Radiology, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Namya Mehan, Research Volunteer, Recent B. Eng Graduate from Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Teshan Dias Desinghe, Research Volunteer, MSc Candidate in Global Health, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Om Patel, Research Volunteer, BHSc Candidate in Bachelor of Health Sciences (H) Program, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Kevin Zhang, Research Volunteer and Course Student, B.Eng. Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Qichen (Martin) Nie, Undergraduate Thesis Candidate, B.Eng. Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Wangdong Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Electrical and Computer Eng., Western University; Project co-supervisor (Primary supervisor, Dr. Y. Yang, Western University)
Zhichen Yan, MASc. Student, Electrical and Computer Eng., Western University; Project co-supervisor (Primary supervisor, Dr. Y. Yang, Western University)

Past Team Members (Name, role in my team, affiliation; my role)

Muhammed Haseeb Aslam, Research Volunteer, B. Eng. Candidate, McMaster University; Project supervisor
Yousam Asham, Capstone Project Student, BHSc Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Capstone Project Stakeholder
Daniele Di Cesare, Capstone Project Student, BHSc Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Capstone Project Stakeholder
Noel Zacharia, Capstone Project Student, BHSc Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Capstone Project Stakeholder
Luka Micretic, Capstone Project Student, BHSc Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Capstone Project Stakeholder
Warisha Rahman, Research Assistant, BHSc Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Undergraduate Thesis supervisor
Binara Sirisena, Research Assistant, BHSc Candidate in Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Heath Sciences Program, McMaster University; Undergraduate Thesis supervisor
Liam Dingle, Student, MSc in Computer Science, Lakehead University; Thesis Co-supervisor (Primar Supervisor: Dr. Yimin Yang, Lakehead University)
Ricardo Gonzalez, Student, MSc Candidate, in MSc in eHealth, McMaster University; Thesis Committee Member (Primary Supervisor: Dr. Cynthia Lokker, McMaster University)
Issac Kong, Research Volunteer, PG-Y1 in Radiation Oncology, McMaster University; Project Supervisor
Levi Burns, Research Volunteer, 2nd year Medical student, McMaster University; Project Supervisor

teaching

Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

This is a description of a teaching experience. You can use markdown like any other post.

Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015