Anna Goldenberg

Faculty Member

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto

Canada CIFAR Artificial Intelligence Chair

Senior Scientist, SickKids Research Institute

Anna is a Senior Scientist in the Genetics and Genome Biology Program at SickKids Research Institute and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto (Computational Biology Group) with a cross appointment in the department of Statistics. Her main research focus is to develop machine learning methods that can help decipher human disease heterogeneity, which involves combining data from multiple sources. Examples of her recent research include predicting necessity of thyroid biopsy and resection and age of cancer onset in children with cancer predisposition syndrome. Anna trained in machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University, with a postdoctoral focus in computational biology. The Goldenberg Lab collaborates with clinicians to ensure that work is relevant in the clinic. Anna is also a Member of the CIFAR Child and Brain Development group and a Member of the Scientific Management Committee of the Centre for Computational Medicine at SickKids.

Research Interests

  • Computational biology

Highlights

  • Holds the Varma Family Chair of Medical Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence at The SickKids Research Institute.
  • Department of Computer Science Award for exceptional mentoring and outstanding commitment to graduate student recruitment, University of Toronto.
  • Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research and Innovation.

Publications

An Alternative to the Light Touch Digital Health Remote Study: The Stress and Recovery in Frontline COVID-19 Health Care Workers Study

Sarah M Goodday and Emma Karlin and Alexandria Alfarano and Alexa Brooks and Carol Chapman and Rachelle Desille and Daniel R Karlin and Hoora Emami and Nancy Fugate Woods and Adrien Boch and Luca Foschini and Mackenzie Wildman and Francesca Cormack and Nick Taptiklis and Abhishek Pratap and Marzyeh Ghassemi and Anna Goldenberg and Sujay Nagaraj and Elaine Walsh and Stephen Friend

2021