Learning objectives

• Development and application of mechanistic mathematical models in immunology
• Expansion of virtual patient cohorts to study disease risk
• Identification of novel drug targets using virtual clinical trials

Speaker Bio

Morgan Craig, Canada Research Chair in Computational Immunology, Researcher at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre, and Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the Université de Montréal, studies how the immune system responds to threats and how differences between individuals affect these responses. For this, she develops predictive, mechanistic mathematical models calibrated to and validated against experimental and clinical data to study the progression and treatment of cancer and viral infectious diseases through the lens of immunity. Her work on virtual clinical trials and virtual patient cohorts contributed to improving therapeutic regimens and patient outcomes.