Muhammad Mamdani is a Canadian professor, pharmacist and epidemiologist, known for contributions to pharmacoeconomics, drug safety and the application of data analytics and artificial intelligence to medical systems.

Muhammad Mamdani
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Biography

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Mamdani is a professor in the Faculties of Pharmacy and Medicine at the University of Toronto.[1][2]

He completed a master of arts degree at Wayne State University, followed by a PharmD at University of Michigan and a master of public health degree at Harvard University.[2]

He is the Vice-President of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto, and the founder and Director of the Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM).[3][4][5][6][7]

He also is the Director and founder of the Li Ka Shing Centre for Healthcare Analytics Research and Training (LKS-CHART), a healthcare data analytics program based at Unity Health Toronto.[8][9]

He founded the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), a collaboration between policymakers and investigators in Ontario that serves to inform the province and the country on policy that affects system efficiency, quality of care and health outcomes.[10] He also founded the Applied Health Research Centre, an academic research organization in Ontario, which has managed over 100 multi-site clinical studies since its inception in 2012.[11] He has published over 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts in his career (over 40,000 citations), including in the areas of drug safety, pharmacoeconomics, and application of machine learning to clinical and policy problems.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 Wills, Allison (2024-01-22). "Interview: Dr. Muhammad Mamdani on AI as a Bridge to Better Care". 20Sense. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  2. 1 2 "Muhammad Mamdani". Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. University of Toronto. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  3. McDowell, Adam (2025-03-21). "AI in health care can save money and lives—if Canada embraces the technology". The Hub. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  4. Daniel, Dianne (2022-11-01). "AI spreads across hospitals, becomes an enterprise-wide solution". Canadian Healthcare Technology. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  5. "FACIT and T-CAIREM announce AI partnership". Canadian Healthcare Technology. 2023-08-02. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  6. "Muhammad Mamdani". Unity Health Toronto. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  7. Åhlén, Johan (2025-01-13). "Unity Health interview part 1 of 3". Informerad.se. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  8. "CHARTWatch reduces risk of unanticipated death by 26%". Canadian Healthcare Technology. 2024-09-18. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  9. "Muhammad Mamdani". Chart Data Science. University of Toronto. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  10. "Ontario researchers honoured for leadership in health technology assessment". Canada Newswire. 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
  11. "Canada's Top 40 Under 40 announces 2010 honourees". Caldwell Partners. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-26.