Speaker
Melissa Judd
Vice President of Research Operations & Academic Partnerships, Vector Institute
Speaker details
Melissa Judd drives Vector Institute’s research operations and academic partnerships. She oversees programming, funding and operations for a thriving community of over 900 AI researchers while advancing initiatives that strengthen Ontario’s AI workforce.
Under her leadership, Vector has expanded its recognized Master’s programs, launched the Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence, and developed professional development initiatives to accelerate talent recruitment and hiring in AI. Melissa has also spearheaded diversity-focused initiatives, including programs to advance the participation of women, Black and Indigenous researchers and practitioners in AI.
With 20 years of leadership experience in higher education, Melissa’s roles have included serving as Assistant Dean, Students at York University’s Schulich School of Business. She holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Ottawa.
Learning objectives
TBD
Seminar contact
Emma Brown, Health AI and Data Science Journal Club Admin, OHRI
Upcoming Seminars
“Building the retina: gene regulatory and cell fate choice mechanisms”
TOH General Campus, Critical Care Wing 5th Floor, Room #5225-
Dr. Joseph A Brzezinski IV
''Genome Organization and Transcriptional Regulation in Human Neurons"
uOttawa - RGN Room 2003 and ZOOM-
Yi Liu, PhD