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At the ImNeudos 2022 conference in Poland, John presented an overview of the Neutron-induced carcinogenic effects research program and the completed and ongoing work of our research team

Congratulations to James Manalad for his second post-COVID in-person conference presentation! James presented his MSc research project at the ImNeudos 2022 conference in Krakow, Poland.

Congratulations to James Manalad for his first post-COVID in-person conference presentation! James presented his poster entitled “On the Monte Carlo simulation of neutron-induced direct and indirect DNA damage to estimate neutron relative biological effectiveness”, which was the subject of his MSc project.

John Kildea and Tarek Hijal presented Opal and the Quebec SmartCare Consortium during an invited presentation at the Semaine NumériQC 2022 conference in Quebec City. John was present in person and Tarek presented virtually.

Congratulations to student Kayla O’Sullivan-Steben for winning the best visuals award at the symposium “Building Quebec’s Learning Health System together” organized by the Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec!

The Laurie J. Hendren Scholarship is a scholarship that was created to honor the memory of Prof. Laurie Hendren who co-founded the Opal Health Informatics Group. Funding for two undergraduate students to work on projects related to the Opal patient portal is being offered by the Cedars Cancer Foundation.

Canadian Healthcare Technology interviewed John Kildea, PI of the Quebec SmartCare Consortium and clinical lead Dr. Tarek Hijal.

Recently, McGill PhD student Kayla O’Sullivan-Steben presented her research to the public as part of a video call hosted by the CodeX Radiation Therapy Treatment Data workgroup at HL7 International. Kayla showed how she is working to integrate radiation therapy treatment information for patients into Opal using the mCODE oncology data standard. Although still in the development phase, the project is very exciting!

Following the announcement of the Quebec SmartCare Consortium, John interviewed with the MUHC Foundation’s Health Matters Podcast. During the interview, John explained the concept of patient-centered data and why it is so important.