Anna Goldenberg

Anna Goldenberg is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist in the Genetics & Genome Biology Program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). She holds the Varma Family Chair in Biomedical Informatics & AI and CIFAR AI Chair. Her roles include Co-chair of SickKids' AI in Medicine Initiative and Associate Research Director, Health at Vector Institute. Goldenberg's research focuses on developing machine learning methods for healthcare applications, including disease mechanisms, risk prediction systems, and responsible AI deployment.

• Affiliations: SickKids Research Institute, University of Toronto, Vector Institute
• Education: PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, Postdoc in Computational Biology

Research Interests: Machine learning for healthcare, biomedical informatics, precision medicine, and overcoming AI challenges like rare event prediction and model explainability. Her lab emphasizes ethical AI integration into clinical workflows.

Publications: Over 119 peer-reviewed articles spanning AI in medicine, genomics, and clinical prediction systems. Recent work includes early cancer detection via cell-free DNA and AI-driven pediatric urology management.

• Awards: Early Researcher Award, CIFAR AI Chair, Canadian Research Chair in Computational Medicine

Grants: Multiple NIH, CIHR, and industry-funded projects totaling ~$20M, including grants for AI in cardiac arrest prediction, pediatric asthma modeling, and cancer detection via federated learning.

Labs/Teams: Leads Goldenberg Lab at SickKids focusing on clinical AI systems and responsible innovation in healthcare technology.