Team
Our team is organized into four groups: Project Leads, Researchers, Clinicians, and Students. That structure keeps the work technically rigorous, clinically grounded, and connected to real emergency department needs.
Project Leads
Jessalyn Kathryn Holodinsky
Assistant Professor
Research FocusImproving emergency care delivery and optimizing resource use in the emergency department through health data, machine learning, and health systems research.
Researchers
Jiayu Zhou
Associate Professor
Research FocusAI and machine learning, especially scalable and interpretable methods for complex healthcare and real-world data.
Zack Marshall
Associate Professor
Research Focus2SLGBTQ+ health equity, harm reduction, and participatory research.
Eddy Lang
Department Head, Emergency Medicine
Research FocusKnowledge translation, evidence-based medicine, and health services research.
Tracie Risling
Associate Dean, Innovation & Research
Research FocusNursing informatics, digital health, co-design, social media, and workforce support.
Clinicians
Eddy Lang
Department Head, Emergency Medicine
Clinical FocusEmergency medicine leadership, knowledge translation, and implementation science.
Braden Teitge
Emergency Medicine Physician
Clinical FocusEmergency medicine and family medicine (CCFP-EM).
Riley Martens
Registered Nurse / Master's Student
Clinical FocusPeer support, young adult cancer survivorship, and social media platforms for peer support in health contexts.
Students
Gerry Wu
PhD Candidate
Research FocusLLM applications and federated learning.
Samuel Wang
Master's Student
Research FocusLLM applications.
Alexander Burn
Master's Student
Research FocusLLM applications.
Sergiu Cociuba
Master's Student
Research FocusMachine learning and bioinformatics.
Megan Harmon
Data Analyst, Department of Emergency Medicine
Research FocusImproving emergency care delivery and optimizing resource use in the emergency department through health data, machine learning, and health systems research.
Hutton Ledingham
Summer Intern
FocusLLM applications.
Swaleh Zaidi
Summer Intern
FocusLLM applications.
Eldar Ibrahimov
High School Student
FocusWebsite development.