Co-Lead
Co-Lead
Director, Operations & Strategic Partnerships
Clinical Subject Matter Expert
Research Data Scientist
General Internist
Data Quality Analyst
General Internist
Research Data Scientist
Data Quality Analyst
Senior Scientist
Senior Data Scientist
General Internist
Research Data Scientist
General Internist and Palliative Care Clinician-Scientist
Research Coordinator
General Internist
Co-Lead
Research Coordinator
Scientific Lead
Co-Lead
I am an internal medicine physician and scientist at Unity Health Toronto and the Temerty Professor of AI Research and Education in Medicine at the University of Toronto.
I completed a BSc in Microbiology and Immunology at Dalhousie, medical school and residency at the University of Toronto, a Masters in Economic and Social History at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, a 1-year interdisciplinary fellowship with the Canadian Frailty Network a 2-year research fellowship studying big data and advanced analytics in the Clinician Investigator Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a 1-year fellowship in Artificial Intelligence and Compassion with AMS Healthcare.
I serve as a Provincial Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement in General Internal Medicine with Ontario Health, the Vice-Chair of the Researcher Council of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, and was a member of the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Health Data Sharing. I received the 2023 Canadian Society of Internal Medicine New Investigator Award, the 2022 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Early Career Leadership Award and the 2022 Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s early career Trailblazer Award in Population and Public Health Research.
I am near the ocean.
Co-Lead
I am a hospital-based general internist at St Michaels Hospital and Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. I am co-lead of the GEMINI program. I am also the Provincial Co-Lead, Quality Improvement in General Internal Medicine at Ontario Health, and I find this a great fit for my clinical work and research focus.
At the University of Toronto, I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. I am a member of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table.
My training includes a degree in Engineering Science (Biomedical Engineering), Medical Doctorate, Residency and Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. I was the first physician appointed as a David E. Bell Fellow at Harvard University and my post-doctoral training focused on social determinants of health and population health through use of large datasets.
Notable research recognitions at the University of Toronto include the Dean’s Emerging Leader Award, the President’s Impact Award, and being named a Senior Fellow at Massey College. I received the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine’s New Investigator Award and the Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship from the PSI Foundation. I have received >$65 million in grant funding as Principal Investigator from sources such as CIHR, NSERC, and the Canadian Cancer Society. I have published >100 peer-reviewed publications (h-index 35, >50 as first/senior author), including in high impact journals such as JAMA, the BMJ, PLOS Medicine and PNAS as first/senior author.
I am a Canada Research Chair in Data-Informed Health Care Improvement and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. I serve as a Provincial Clinical Lead for Quality Improvement in General Internal Medicine with Ontario Health, and am Vice-President Research at the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine. I am on the advisory board of the BMJ.
I was the Scientific Director of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and co-authored >50 science and policy briefs that shaped the policy, public health and clinical response to the COVID-19 crisis. I am a member of the Federal Expert Panel on Science Advisory and Research convened by the Minister of Health.
I can see something grow that I have nurtured and cared for. For GEMINI, I feel inspired as I see our team grow stronger and more skilled in striving to achieve the complex and broad goals we have set for ourselves.
Director, Operations & Strategic Partnerships
PhD in Pharmaceutical Science, University of Toronto
MSc in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto
BSc (Hons) in Biology and Psychology, York University
Prior to joining GEMINI, I managed a research program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, aimed at developing and evaluating the effectiveness of brief interventions for addictive disorders and co-morbid mental health issues. In my role, I guided the execution of randomized controlled trials and prospective studies, developed protocols and grants proposals, and managed all data collection and analysis efforts. Some of my key accomplishments include successfully leading a national trial on the real-world effectiveness of nicotine patches which involved over 2,000 participants, acquiring grant funding for problem gambling and tobacco dependence research from national and provincial agencies, and authoring dozens of publications in top-tier scientific journals.
I have the freedom to explore different ideas and make something my own.
Backcountry canoe camping with my friends and kids
Building something with my kids (i.e. mini catapult, fuel-powered rocket, etc.), essentially anything that has the potential to be launched or explode
Backyard BBQ with friends and family on a sunny summer afternoon
Clinical Subject Matter Expert
I graduated from UofT’s Bachelor of Pharmacy program, which was followed by a Pharmacy Residency at SMH. To further broaden my clinical knowledge and skills, I completed a Doctor of Pharmacy degree through the University of Florida.
For more than 15 years, I have held clinical pharmacy positions at St. Michael’s Hospital (SMH), in both the ‘General Internal Medicine’ program and the ‘Infectious Diseases and Positive Care Clinic’. I also developed a pharmacy consultant role at Casey House that provides clinical pharmacy services to complex medical patients living with HIV. Currently, I am a Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner in HIV for the SMH Academic Family Health Teams. I have a life-long commitment to education, and have had the fortunate opportunity to precept numerous pharmacy students and residents, as well as lecture at the University of Toronto (UofT).
Ingenuity in healthcare results in positive change with improved patient outcomes.
Getting outside with my kids
Enjoying a quiet cup of afternoon tea
Research Data Scientist
I received my bachelor of science from the University of Waterloo majoring in biotechnology and economics and my masters of bioinformatics from the University of Guelph.
During my masters, I had the opportunity to do research at a Toronto-based drug discovery company called Cyclica Inc. where I built a pipeline to detect and calculate statistical pathway enrichment based on proteome screening results. Prior to joining GEMINI, I worked at BMO Capital Markets as a technology analyst where I was a lead analyst on several projects like automating reconciliation between trading systems and regulatory reporting.
I get to collaborate with people who are equally passionate about their work!
Shopping at farmer’s markets and used bookstores
Playing board games with friends
Experimenting in the kitchen with a new recipe or trying a new restaurant
General Internist
University Health Network
Lauren Lapointe-Shaw MDCM PhD is an Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Staff General Internal Medicine Physician at the University Health Network .
She was previously awarded a CIHR Fellowship Award and CIHR-IHSPR’s Rising Star Award for her work relating to the transition home from hospital. She has expertise in using health administrative data to answer questions relating to the quality of healthcare and the effects of health policy. Her research centers on the organization of and access to physician services and preventing hospital readmissions.
Research Interests:
Data Quality Analyst
I completed my Bachelor’s of Science at the University of Toronto, majoring in Statistics.
I was a data analyst for a non-for-profit organization, where I prepared data for research and contributed to the publishing of the annual data report.
When my work makes a meaningful and positive impact on the larger community.
My cats, Soju and Sake
Iced coffee
Trying new restaurants around Toronto
General Internist
University Health Network
Dr. Jessica Liu is an Internal Medicine Physician at the University Health Network (UHN) and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, where she is a Clinician Investigator with a focus on healthcare quality improvement and innovation.In addition to her clinical practice, she has completed a research fellowship in quality improvement and patient safety with the Toronto division of the United States Veteran Affairs Quality Scholars Program (VAQS), which began as a joint collaboration between the U.S. Veterans Health Administration and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. As of June 2016, she is also a research fellow with the Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (WHIV).As part of a Mount Sinai Hospital research fellowship in quality and innovation, Dr. Liu has also worked as an Associate in the Healthcare Consulting Practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Toronto, where she applied her medical and clinical experience to clients in the healthcare sector.Dr. Liu’s research focuses on patient safety and quality of care, and optimizing clinical processes and outcomes. Specifically, her recent research and publications have focused on pharmaceutical industry-physician conflicts of interest, online physician ratings and the patient experience; quality of care of hospitalized patients; and rates and characteristics of physician disciplinary action by provincial regulatory colleges.Following her medical education at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Dr. Liu completed her clinical fellowship in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. Prior to this she obtained a research-based Masters of Science (Anatomy and Cell Biology) from UWO and acted as an Oncology Research Associate for Cytochroma Inc. (now OPKO Health), a private sector biotechnology firm.
Research Data Scientist
I completed my 2nd MSc majoring in Biostatistics at the University of Toronto in 2022.
I completed my 1st MSc majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto in 2020.
I completed my HBSc double majoring in Biology and Philosophy at the University of Toronto in 2018.
I have had experience different fields such as philosophy, ecology, statistics, and public health
I feel most inspired when I work with motivated individuals; there are so many things that I can learn from them.
Playing and listening to music
Lifting weights
Cooking and eating food
Data Quality Analyst
I have a Bachelors of Science degree at U of T major in Math and Statistics
Senior Scientist
University Health Network
Dr. Liu graduated sum laude from the University of Toronto medicine program, followed by residencies at the University of Toronto and a fellowship at the Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Center in Boston. He was Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School before returning in 2006 to the Ontario Cancer Institute–Princess Margaret Hospital. Dr. Liu’s major research focus is in molecular prognostic factors and pharmacogenomics of lung and esophageal cancer, with additional interest in head and neck, pancreatic, ovarian and testicular cancers, mesothelioma and thymoma. Trained in clinical and molecular epidemiology, he is the principal investigator of over two dozen completed, ongoing and upcoming cancer pharmacogenomic and molecular epidemiologic analyses of cancer observational studies and clinical trials funded by the National Cancer Institute (US), National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute, the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Ontario Institute of Cancer Research, Cancer Care Ontario, Doris Duke Foundation and the Lung Cancer Foundation of America. He has research interests in epidemiological outcomes database methods, novel analyses of high dimensionality biologically rich data, pharmacogenomic analyses of conventional and molecularly targeted agents using primary human xenograft models, patient-reported outcomes in pharmacogenomics, and knowledge translation of personalized medicine and pharmacogenomic algorithms into clinical practice.
Senior Data Scientist
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (University College London)
MSc in Neuroscience (McGill University)
BSc in Psychology (Humboldt University in Berlin)
Before joining GEMINI, I was a postdoctoral researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience at Columbia University. In my research, I investigated the dynamic brain mechanisms underlying decision-making in healthy and clinical populations, using a wide range of experimental and statistical approaches.
I get to work with a great team of people, and together, try to tackle complex ‘real-world’ problems.
Rock climbing
Camping/hiking
Board games
General Internist
University Health Network
Tom MacMillan is Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Clinician in Quality and Innovation in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Toronto Western Hospital, UHN. He received his MD from Queen’s University and his Internal Medicine residency and General nternal Medicine fellowship training from the University of Toronto. He obtained a Masters of Science in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety from the University of Toronto.
Dr. MacMillan’s academic interests include resource stewardship, deprescribing, and developing new models of GIM ambulatory care. In 2016, Dr. MacMillan lead the implementation of a new program of GIM ambulatory clinics at TWH including a rapid referral clinic to reduce admissions from the emergency department, a post-discharge clinic to prevent readmissions to the GIM wards, and a hypertension clinic. Dr. MacMillan is currently the lead for Quality Improvement and Ambulatory Care at the HoPingKong Centre for Excellence in Education and Practice at TWH.
Research Data Scientist
I have a Bachelors in Physics from Queens University of Charlotte and Masters in Medical Biophysics from the University of Toronto.
My past research focused on applying novel neuroimaging techniques on a range of clinical and research cohorts to better understand cerebrovascular function. Essentially, getting people to breath in CO2 to tell us something about their brain’s “plumbing” system.
I’m volunteering! I love spreading joy by helping others.
Running with the Midnight Runners
Watching dry British comedies
Visiting Costa Rica
General Internist and Palliative Care Clinician-Scientist
Sinai Health
Dr. Kieran Quinn is a General Internist and Palliative Care Clinician-Scientist at Sinai Health at the University of Toronto. He uses advanced analytic methods to improve end-of-life care for people with noncancer illness and the care of people with post COVID-19 condition (long COVID). Dr. Quinn advised the provincial government as a member of the Ontario Palliative Care Network and as Assistant Scientific Director for the Ontario Science Advisory Table. He co-led the establishment of Canada’s national long COVID research network, was an expert member of the National Task Force on post COVID-19 condition and is a co-chair for the development of national clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of long COVID. His early research success includes over 100 publications and more than $29 million dollars in competitive grant funding. He has mentored 14 trainees who have published and won several awards for their work together.
Research Coordinator
I have a BSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Psychology.
Prior to joining the GEMINI in January 2020, I worked as a Research Assistant in the department of Psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for two years, where I managed the day-to-day operations of a mood-tracking application.
General Internist
University Health Network
Dr. Shail Rawal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a General Internist at University Health Network. Her research examines the intersection of health equity and quality improvement.
Her recent work centres on the quality of care received by patients whose primary language is not English and the use of sociodemographic data and patient-reported outcomes to improve care.
Research Interests:
Research Coordinator
I received my Honours Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Health Studies and Equity Studies from the University of Toronto.
Prior to joining GEMINI, I worked to support strategic partnerships and third party researchers at ICES. I also have experience working as a Clinical Research Assistant for a study examining the impact of geriatric assessment and management on quality of life for older adults with cancer.
Scientific Lead
I completed my PhD at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and my bachelors in Biological Sciences at The University of Chicago.
I am a health outcomes researcher and applied biostatistician. My research leverages data from large health networks to learn about differences in quality of inpatient care and inform health system decisions, with a focus on observational studies, prediction tools, and hospital profiling. I am the Scientific Lead of GEMINI and oversee GEMINI’s research activities, providing methodological direction across a wide range of clinical domains. Additionally, I act as the methods lead for the General Medicine Quality Improvement Network (GeMQIN), a quality improvement partnership between GEMINI and Ontario Health that develops audit & feedback reports delivered to physicians and hospitals annually.
I am an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Prior to joining GEMINI in 2021, I co-led the creation of the Canadian Network for Autoimmune Liver disease (CaNAL). CaNAL is a pan-Canadian registry collecting both retrospective and prospective long-term follow-up of individual patient data. After my bachelors, I spent a year teaching, mentoring, and evaluating twelve students in a for-credit 9th grade algebra class in south Chicago.
When I’m surrounded by people who are passionate about what they do.
Playing 30-second online bullet chess (I can click faster than I can think)
Discovering new and interesting hot sauces