2025 Health Policy Symposium & Sinclair Lecture

Friday, May 23, 2025
The University Club at Queen's
168 Stuart Street, Kingston, ON

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This event is co-hosted by HSPRI and the School of Policy Studies

Half-day symposium featuring a series of expert mini-talks and panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. Capping off the event is the annual Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research with Dr. Laura Rosella.

Dr. Rosella is a Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, where she holds Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics. She is the Principal Investigator and Scientific Director of the Population Health Analytics Lab, and Director of A1 for Public Health, a training initiative focused on building capacity in AI and big data skills for transformative change in addressing population and public health challenges.

12:00 PM Symposium Networking Lunch

Please join us for lunch before the symposium gets underway. This will be an excellent opportunity to connect with other professionals in your field and expand your network!

Dr. Catherine Donnelly, HSPRI Director, will welcome participants to the symposium and provide a land acknowledgement at 12:50 PM

1:00 PM Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Expert Mini Talks

Artificial Intelligence to Support an Integrated Health System: FLA-OHTs Health Homes

Dr. Kim Morrison, Executive Lead, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Ontario Health Team

Artificial Intelligence in Practice: Opportunities, Risks and Challenges

Introduction by Dr. David Walker, Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, Health Sciences

• Primary Care: Dr. David Barber, Department of Family Medicine
• Critical Care: Dr. David Maslove, Department of Medicine
• Radiology: Dr. Omar Islam, Department of Diagnostic Radiology

Artificial Intelligence Regulation and Governance: Considerations for the Path Forward

Introduction by Dr. Catherine Donnelly

Dr. Colleen Flood, Dean, Faculty of Law

2:10 PM Artificial Intelligence: Clinical Implications and Health Policy

Panel Discussion Moderated by Dr. David Walker

Dr. David Barber, Department of Family Medicine
Dr. David Maslove, Department of Medicine
Dr. Omar Islam, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Dr. Colleen Flood, Dean, Faculty of Law

3:00 PM Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research

In recognition of Dr. Sinclair's contributions to the Medical Research Council of Canada, the Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research was established at Queen's University in 1997 by MRC President Dr. Henry Friesen. Acknowledging the importance of this realm of health research in Canada, Duncan and Leona Sinclair assured the longevity of the Lectureship by a generous supplement to the capital fund in 2001.

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Opening Address by Dr. Stephen Vanner, Interim Dean, Health Sciences

Introduction by Dr. Warren Mabee, Associate Dean and Director, School of Policy Studies

Future Unlocked: Navigating the AI Tipping Point to Advance Health

Dr. Laura Rosella

Dr. Laura Rosella, PhD, MHSc, is the Principal Investigator and Scientific Director of the Population Health Analytics Lab. She is a Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics. She is the Director of AI for Public Health, a training initiative focused on building capacity in AI and big data skills for transformative change in addressing population and public health challenges, and understanding how these tools impact health equity.

Dr. Rosella is a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) College of New Scholars, the Stephen Family Research Chair in Community Health at the Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, the Education Lead for the Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM), and the Associate Director of Education and Training at the University of Toronto’s Data Science Initiative (DSI). Her additional scientific appointments include Faculty Affiliate at the Vector Institute and the Schwartz Reisman Institute, and Site Director for ICES UofT.

Her research interests include population health and health equity, data science, predictive models to support public health planning, knowledge translation and evaluation, and population health management. She has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of epidemiology, population health and health services research. She has been awarded several national grants, including a CIHR Foundation grant to support her population health analytics research program. Notably, Dr. Rosella was awarded the Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiology Award by the Society for Epidemiologic Research and was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. Her research has been featured by several media outlets, including Forbes, Newsweek, Reuters, CBC, CTV, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, and The Toronto Star.