In the Kildea Lab we are studying how ionizing radiation causes and cures cancer, and we are building person-centered software to power the learning healthcare system of tomorrow.
Our research projects fall into three broad categories: (1) Neutron-Induced Carcinogenic Effects (NICE) projects, (2) Radiation Oncology Knowledge Sharing (ROKS) projects, and (3) Opal projects.
Opal is the award-winning patient portal that is developed and operated by the Opal Health Informatics Group (O-HIG) at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. John Kildea is a co-founder of the O-HIG and he directs its research and innovation activities. Opal is the powering the Quebec SmartCare Consortium in which John is the principal investigator.
What’s happening in the Kildea lab
The Quebec SmartCare Consortium was one year old on December 13th, 2022. To mark the occasion, the consortium had a 17-day countdown social media campaign during which one consortium partner was highlighted each day. The anniversary itself was highlighted on the website of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.
John Kildea (right in the photo) is the principal investigator of the Quebec SmartCare Consortium. Tristan Williams (left in the photo) is its social media coordinator. The consortium’s logo is shown. More details at: quebecsmartcare.com.
Representing the NICE, ROKS and Opal projects of the lab. All publications are listed under the Publications menu.
This paper presents a rtdsm, a dose-surface-mapping software package that Haley Patrick developed as part of her PhD research project.
This paper presents a COMP, demonstrating the power and potential of dose-surface maps to investigate spatial effects of treatment planning parameters on delivered dose to the rectum.
This paper describes the pioneering process of participatory stakeholder co-design that our research team used to build and deploy the Opal patient portal at the Cedars Cancer Centre of the McGill University Health Centre.
This paper, which was listed in Editor’s Picks 2015, was our pioneering report in the field of neutron spectrometry that demonstrated how Detec’s Nested Neutron Spectrometer (NNS) could be used for practical neutron spectral measurements in radiotherapy environments. Using the NNS in passive mode, we were able to determine a radiotherapy neutron spectrum in just over an hour, whereas previously such measurements took days or weeks using passive techniques. Our NICE research program builds upon this initial work.