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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 AIMMLab Research Talk: The Ontario Twin Birth Cohort — Using twin designs to explore the link between mental illness and substance use disorder.
📅 7 Nov 2025 • 1:45 PM EST
👤 Prof. Jesse Young (Dalla Lana / CAMH)
📍 Online — register for Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 3d

🎬 Spotlight on Prof. Jude Kong, Canada Research Chair & AimmLab director! He pioneers AI & math solutions for global health and drives community-led innovation. Watch his inspiring video youtu.be/9yb-BIy6Tlc?...

Jude Kong | 2025 New RSC College Member | University of Toronto

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 6d

🎙️ Episode 2 is live — Community Health & an Explainable AI Tool for Epidemic Modelling.
Sherif Shuaib and Dr. Yang Xu explain how AI-driven mathematical modelling can make epidemic responses more transparent, collaborative, and actionable.
Listen: youtu.be/rMFjgxJ5JMQ

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 6d

✨ AIMMLab Weekly Lab Updates ✨
Dr. Gelan presented a multimodal AI model for community-based measles outbreak prediction.
We celebrated Dr. Abbas (will join Univ. of Regina as Asst. Prof., Cybersecurity) and crowned Ebenezer Adeniyi our Halloween trivia champ! 🎃
#AIMMLab #DataScience #PublicHealth

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to share our Director Jude Kong was a panelist for SEP Day at CCGH 2025 (Halifax, Oct 24th) 🇨🇦.
Panel focus: "Trends in Global Health"—great engagement with students on Equitable Access & Digital Mental Health. Inspiring work! 💡

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 7d

AIMMLab is honored to host Professor Adesina Sodiya (FUNAAB)!!!
🤝 A true pioneer in Nigerian Information Security, Prof. Sodiya brings 25+ years of expertise in Cyber Security, Authentication, and Privacy Protection.
He is also affiliated with the AI4Mpox & Ai4Pep networks.

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 8d

🎙️ Episode 2 of our Modeling for Public Health podcast drops Friday, Oct 31. Sherif Shuaib (Community Engagement Lead) and Dr. Yang Xu (Postdoctoral Fellow) discuss how AI and explainable epidemic-modelling tools help communities act on outbreaks. #AIMMLab #ExplainableAI #PublicHealth

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 10d

🌍 Day 3 of #CCGH2025 in Halifax!

Our Director, Prof. @dzevela.bsky.social, joined a Fireside Chat on “Innovation for Equity: Whose Solutions, Whose Impact?” — exploring equity, ethics & inclusivity in #GlobalHealth innovation.
Great to connect with our partners!

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 13d

Weekly AIMMLab Meeting Update!!!
Dr. Yang Xu on “XAI-based methane monitoring” using multi-modal fusion + GNNs/PINNs, accurate, explainable insights for climate action. We also hosted Dr. Cyprain Ngolah (Gov’t of Yellowknife).
Podcast Ep1: aimmlab.org/nccd/

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 AIMMLab at the 2025 Canada Gairdner Awards Gala 🎉
Our Director, Prof. Jude Kong, represented AIMMLab at the Royal Ontario Museum to celebrate the 2025 laureates.

Thank you to the Gairdner Foundation and IDRC for the opportunity to participate.
#GairdnerAwards #AIMMLab

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 15d

🎙️ First episode drops!

Our Modeling for Public Health series opens with the AIMMLab director Prof. @dzevela.bsky.social. How we turn community data into policy-ready insight with communities. Listen: aimmlab.org/nccd/
🙏 Thanks to NCCID Canada & Wendy Xie.

mod4PH Webcast Highlights - AIMM Lab

Mod4PH Podcast Highlights The mod4PH podcast showcases new and relevant mathematical modelling concepts and research for public health. This mini-series highlights the groundbreaking work from the Art...

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 16d

🎙️ Launching tomorrow! The mod4PH Research Highlights mini-series produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) spotlights the groundbreaking work of @AIMMLab.

Ep.1 features our director Prof. Jude Kong on the lab’s framework & research pillars.

🎧 Drops Oct 22!

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 18d

👋 Please welcome Dr. Mehmet Nuri Gördük, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Scholar at the AIMMLab - Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modeling Lab.

We’re thrilled to collaborate! To join AIMMLab as a visiting scholar, please contact us at [email protected]

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 21d

Update from Kigali (Oct 16–17): AimmLab at the DLSPH–Mastercard Foundation African Health Collaborative. Day 1: programs & partners, implementation “recipes,” MELA, resourcing ideas. Our Director Prof. Jude Kong shared applied-AI & partnership insights. #AIMMLab

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 22d

Day 2 at #AHTS25: leaders push “Connected Care.” Our director Prof. Jude Kong engages partners with an applied-AI lens on interoperability, data governance & equity. Highlights: startup→scale, AI for PHC, supply-chain resilience, investor roundtable, vaccine innovation.

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · 24d

🌍 AHTS25 Day 1: Our Director Jude Kong is on site for AIMMLab. We joined sessions on immunization in the digital age, smart health (Rwanda NHIC), UHC ecosystems, data governance, responsible digital payments, assistive tech, DPI, NCDs, diagnostics, skills & collab. #DigitalHealth

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Oct 8

📢 New Publication Alert!
Please find below our latest publication:

📝 Title: Understanding cholera dynamics in African countries with persistent outbreaks: a mathematical modeling approach

Link: tinyurl.com/dcfc46e6
Thanks to NSERC_CRSNG for supporting this work!

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Oct 7

🌍 Proud to highlight Zahra Movahedi Nia’s presentation through our AIMMLab x City of Toronto!

Her research uses AI & environmental modelling to find bird migration “hot & cold spots” where HPAI could spill into poultry & wildlife.

Huge thanks to Prof. Effie Gournis & Sylvia Ota for organizing.

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Oct 1

🔬✨ Exciting News from AIMMLab! ✨🔬

Our Director, Prof. Jude Kong, has been selected as a delegate for the 2025 Science Meets Parliament program 🎉.

🙏 Special thanks to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for the nomination.

Learn more 👉 lnkd.in/gTaDdRMD

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Sep 29

AIMMLab and partners are heading to Kigali! 🇷🇼

We’re excited to share that AIMMLab and our partners will be at the Africa HealthTech Summit 2025, happening October 13–15 in Kigali, Rwanda.

We look forward to engaging with leaders, innovators, and changemakers.

See you in Kigali!

AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Sep 27

🌟Big week at AimmLab!
We hosted Dr. Vivian Nfor & our Nobellum partners, inspiring conversations on cross-border collaborations and community-driven innovation.

🎤 Research highlights:
Weiran Wang – malaria control in Cameroon
Cynthia Luo – mpox outbreak prediction
Trivia by Sherif Shuaib

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Sep 22

@aimmlab.bsky.social × City of Toronto | Climate-Health 🏙️🌡️🤖
Honoured to be hosted by the City of Toronto. Our team shared how AI + modelling turns climate evidence into action.
Grateful to Prof. Effie Gournis and keen to turn today’s dialogue into pilot collabs.

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Sep 22

AimmLab × City of toronto: Climate & Health Briefing 🏙️🌡️🩺
Looking ahead to today’s session, hosting Prof. Jude Kong and the AIMMLab team to share our climate–health work.

Big thanks to the City & Sylvia Ota—excited for the discussion and future collaboration.

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Sep 21

@aimmlab.bsky.social weekly Lab Meeting (Sept 19): 🎤 Nhat Chau—2nd-yr UofT DLSPH Epi & AIMMLab volunteer—shared “Environmental & Health Metrics for Toronto,” integrating env+health data to track climate impacts. 🧠 Trivia by Ebenezer Adeniyi; winner: Lavneet Sidhu. Next: City of Toronto, Mon Sept 22.

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AIMMLab—Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling Lab @aimmlab.bsky.social · Sep 16

🚨 Publication Alert! 🚨
Proud of our undergrad Oscar Pang’s work analyzing Reddit sentiment & topics on #H5N1 in the US (2022-24). Thanks to NSERC, UofT Work Study for support!
Read more 👉 www.jmir.org/2025/1/e70746

Analyzing Reddit Social Media Content in the United States Related to H5N1: Sentiment and Topic Modeling Study

Background: The H5N1 avian influenza A virus represents a serious threat to both animal and human health, with the potential to escalate into a global pandemic. Effective monitoring of social media du...

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