PRiME Seminars in AI and Drug Discovery
💊 PRiME Seminars in AI and Drug Discovery
🚀 Unlocking the Future of Therapeutics
Join us for the next session in our newly launched seminar series exploring how artificial intelligence is transforming drug discovery. From molecular design to clinical prediction, each session brings leading researchers, innovators, and industry experts to share cutting edge insights.
📅 When
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
3-4 pm
📍 Where
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Room 850, 8th floor
144 College St.
University of Toronto
🎤 Upcoming Speaker
Dr. Andrew T. Sage, PhD
Assistant Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
“Digital Twins of Ex Vivo Human Organs Offer a Novel Approach to Preclinical Drug Discovery”
Dr. Andrew Sage is an Assistant Scientist at UHN and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto specializing in multidisciplinary research in biochemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and lung transplantation research. His program focuses on developing innovative biomarkers and medical devices that improve surgical decision-making and transplant outcomes. Dr. Sage is recognized for ground-breaking achievements such as the world’s first drone-delivered human lung for transplant in 2021 and the creation of InsighTx, a leading machine-learning model for assessing donor lung suitability, in 2023. Most recently, his team has pioneered the development of digital twins of human organs by leveraging UHN’s advanced ex vivo organ perfusion systems.
🔗 Registration & Details
Everyone is welcome to attend.
Graduate students interested in having their attendance at these seminars on their transcript can sign up for the seminar course PHM3100 (0.13 FCE: CR/NCR). All students are welcome to join, but since the deadline for registration has passed, request access to the course using the Course Add/Drop form that you submit to your grad program coordinator.
Hybrid available on demand. Link will be provided upon request, please contact [email protected].
For more information, please contact organizer:
Carolyn Cummins, PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences