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Researcher

April Khademi

The biomedical engineer Khademi develops AI for analyzing brain MRI and cancer pathology. She earned engineering degrees at Toronto Metropolitan University and a PhD at the University of Toronto, then held medical-imaging roles at Sunnybrook, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, GE Healthcare, PathCore and the University of Guelph. She received an Early Research Award for a project to analyze MRI and clinical data for neurodegenerative disease, coauthored GAN-based diffusion-map and AI-assisted breast-cancer studies, and received TMU’s Early SRC Career Excellence Award in 2022. As of October 2026, she is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in AI for Medical Imaging at Toronto Metropolitan University.

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Timeline

  1. 2004–2012

    Engineering degrees and a medal

    She earns a BEng at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2004, a MASc there in 2006, and a PhD at the University of Toronto in 2012. She receives the Governor General’s Gold Medal in 2006.

  2. 2006–2014

    Medical imaging industry roles

    She is an R&D engineer at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in 2006–2007 and at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute in 2009–2010. From 2011 to 2013, she works as an algorithm development specialist at GE Healthcare and serves as a senior scientist and innovation specialist at PathCore from 2013 to 2014.

  3. 2014–2017

    Assistant professor at Guelph

    She serves as an assistant professor in biomedical engineering at the University of Guelph from 2014 to 2017.

  4. 2017

    AI research at TMU

    She joins Toronto Metropolitan University as a professor in 2017 and collaborates with clinicians at several hospitals to design AI algorithms.

  5. 2021

    Automated MRI research

    An Early Research Award covers 2021–2026 and supports an automated software tool that analyzes brain MRI with clinical data to investigate neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia.

  6. 2022

    An SRC Career Excellence Award

    In 2022, she receives TMU’s Early SRC Career Excellence Award for designing and translating machine-learning image-analysis tools for clinical radiology and pathology.

  7. 2023–2024

    AI studies of medical images

    In 2023, she coauthors a paper on generating diffusion-weighted MRI scalar maps from FLAIR; it compares GAN-based image-translation models. In 2024, she coauthors a breast-cancer paper that tests AI-assisted Ki-67 assessment with 90 international pathologists.

  8. As of October 2026

    Canada Research Chair in AI

    As of October 2026, she is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in AI for Medical Imaging at Toronto Metropolitan University. In 2026, she presents her lab’s automated image-analysis tools at DiscoveryX. Funding announced in August 2026 supports her AI project to assess risk and guide treatment for HER2-/HR+ breast cancer.

Career

  1. Since 2017Toronto Metropolitan UniversityAssociate Professor; Canada Research Chair in AI for Medical Imaging
  2. 2014–2017University of GuelphAssistant Professor
  3. 2013–2014PathcoreSenior Scientist; Innovation Specialist
  4. 2011–2013GE HealthCareAlgorithm Development Specialist
  5. 2009–2010University Health NetworkR&D Engineer
  6. 2006–2007Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreR&D Engineer

Education

  1. 2012University of TorontoPhD
  2. 2006Toronto Metropolitan UniversityBEng; MASc

From the biography.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Toronto Metropolitan University. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  2. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Toronto Metropolitan University. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  3. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes University of Toronto. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.
  4. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorateIncludes University of Toronto. 84% of people shaping AI with recorded undergraduate and doctoral schools changed institutions for their doctorate. Across 2,116 people with both an undergraduate degree and a doctorate recorded, we trace which undergraduate schools feed which doctoral programs, how often students stay at the same school, and how paths differ by birth-country region.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. April Khademi - Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering - Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. April Khademi - Computer and Biomedical Engineering Dept - Toronto Metropolitan University ecb.torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Harnessing AI for health magazine.torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. Expanding Scholarly, Research & Creative (SRC) Activity torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Faculty Honours & Awards torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. Synthesis of diffusion-weighted MRI scalar maps from FLAIR volumes using generative adversarial networks frontiersin.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics | Articles frontiersin.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. AI improves accuracy, agreement and efficiency of pathologists for Ki67 assessments in breast cancer nature.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. Research from TMU reveals breakthrough in AI-assisted pathology for breast cancer - Media - Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  10. Event recap: TMU research showcases real-world innovation at DiscoveryX 2026 torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.
  11. Professor April Khademi awarded $100K from Breast Cancer Canada torontomu.ca. Checked 20 October 2026.