Generating Testable Ideas in Artificial Intelligence | Hack & Huddles

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

Director, Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine

Dr. Mamdani is the Director of the Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine.

He founded the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), the Li Ka Shing Centre for Healthcare Analytics Research and Training (LKS-CHART), and the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) at St. Michael’s Hospital.

Dr. Mamdani was previously named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40. He has published approximately 500 research studies in peer-reviewed medical journals which have been cited over 35,000 times. 

Dr. Mamdani holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), a fellowship in pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research at the Detroit Medical Center, a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Wayne State University, and a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University with a concentration in biostatistics and epidemiological principles.

Ateeya Manzoor

Executive Director & Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Ideation Clinic

Ateeya Manzoor began working in the incubator space in 2008, before incubators exist as we know them today. She strongly believes that all ideas have value and has worked throughout her career to champion innovation in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Ms. Manzoor has worked with multi-national financial institutions, healthcare institutions, technology companies, private equity groups and incubators in Toronto, Silicon Valley, London, Honolulu and Nassau, (Bahamas) and San Juan (Costa Rica). During her career tenure, Ms. Manzoor’s portfolio has included 94% of TSX listed income and real estate investment trusts, national banks, listed healthcare and technology companies, global engineering consulting firms, global property developers and more. She has successfully launched over 45 technology and healthcare startups.

In 2008, Ms. Manzoor founded her own health incubator, which exists today as Cognosco Noor Ltd., with offices in London and Toronto. She has shared a stage with Apple’s Co-Founder Steve Wozniak and US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice. In addition, she has been a speaker at Sunnybrook Hospital, the University Health Network, Schulich School of Business, Ted Rogers School of Management, and helped shape curriculum for Ideation, Leadership Studies, DBT-informed mental health courses.

Ms. Manzoor’s commitment to realizing potential extends to her philanthropic work, where she has a particular focus on mental health and neuroscience initiatives, bio-hacking, psychedelic research and the plight of environmental refugees. When not in the boardroom or classroom, Ms. Manzoor can be found with her Cavapoo, Lanikai, in Toronto, London or Tulum.

Ateeya is currently at the Translational Research Program in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.

Dr. Joseph Ferenbok

Director

Translational Research Program, University of Toronto

Dr. Joseph Ferenbok has an eclectic background that includes aspects of entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, design, english literature, philosophy, engineering, computer science, humanities, biology, art history, surgery, and psychiatry.

He is the founding Director of the Translational Research Program (TRP), Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. The TRP is a graduate program focused on training interdisciplinary trainees to systematically apply scientific knowledge to improve medicine, health & care.

Dr. Ferenbok is an unconventional academic who loves to generate ideas to solve complex unwieldy problems. He is a pioneer in the translational community as co-founder and Associate Director of the Health Innovation Hub, the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s venture accelerator on health matters; and the Director of Education for Medical Innovations Toronto, a Eureka Translational Medicine Institute global HUB partner.

Dr. Ferenbok lives in Toronto with his family and dog Max.

This fall, learners will have five unique opportunities to hack healthcare ideas. Work on current needs in health innovation, learn about ideation, make meaningful connections and gain access to colleagues, peers and mentors across disciplines.

Hack & Huddles are experiential learning sessions, designed to spark inspiration, collaboration, and to teach learners how hack ideas.

Hack & Huddles are bi-monthly, experiential learning sessions, designed to spark inspiration, collaboration, and to teach learners how hack ideas in healthcare.

Sessions are structured as follows:

Spark

A talk with a special guest, moderated by Dr. Joseph Ferenbok & Ateeya Manzoor, representing academia and industry, respectively. Each talk is designed to spark creativity and teach learners about one aspect of ideation, using our evidence-based framework, the Ideation Key.

Hear from experienced healthcare professionals, Chief Executive Officers, Directors, Deans, VPs of Innovation, and more as they share their experience as innovators in healthcare. Past speakers have included key opinion leaders and world experts in healthcare, ranging from academia, industry, government, research institutes, patient advocacy groups, a Pulitzer prize nominee and more.

Hack

Learners will be split into facilitated breakout rooms, lead by mentors and Ideation Clinic team members where they can “hack” an idea and work on problem sets inspired by the talk.

Huddle

Learners may share their idea hacks with the special guest, moderators and community for feedback.

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