Our team
Aude Motulsky
Codirector, LabTNS
Jean Noël Nikiema
Codirector, LabTNS
jean.nikiema@umontreal.ca
Foued Maafi
Project Coordinator
Foued Maafi holds a Master’s degree in Biomedical Sciences, with a specialization in Experimental Medicine, from the Université de Montréal and the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI). Between 2012 and 2020, he conducted clinical and basic research projects on cardiovascular diseases, including the development of imaging probes and the cellular and molecular alterations affecting HDL particles in aortic valve stenosis.
In 2021, he joined the research team of Dr. Lussier and Dr. Motulsky as a research project coordinator for the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN), and later became Director of Operations for CPCSSN-Quebec. His responsibilities include research coordination, assessment of the quality of primary care practices, continuous quality improvement, implementation of changes in clinical practice, and analysis of electronic medical record (EMR) data.
He has also contributed to the development of a Quebec-wide chronic disease surveillance network in family medicine practices, multi-institutional ethics and authorization processes, and the development of governance frameworks for the CPCSSN-Quebec database.
Louise Ringuette
PhD Candidate
louise.ringuette@umontreal.ca
Priscille Pana
PhD Candidate
priscille.pana@umontreal.ca
Azadeh Bayani
Master's student
Azadeh is a master’s student in Clinical Science, specializing in computational medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal. She is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Nikiema. Her background is in computer engineering and medical informatics, she is very interested in conducting interdisciplinary research in the fields of health and data science. Her research interests lie in the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies to address healthcare challenges. Specifically, her research focuses on automating the fact checking process of online health information using AI, and also undertaking projects related to machine learning applications in health sciences.
Luciano Otero
Master's student
Luciano graduated as a medical doctor from University of Brasilia (Brazil). For years, he practiced and implemented disease prevention and early detection programs in disadvantaged communities in Brazil. Under the direction of Professor Aude Motulsky and Professor Delphine Bosson-Rieutort, he is conducting a master’s project on the positive impacts of teleconsultation in the practice of front-line multidisciplinary teams. He is interested in the adaptation of technological innovations in health and the acceleration of the application of technology projects in the Quebec health network.
Daouda Coulibaly
PhD Candidate
Daouda Coulibaly is a doctoral student in bioinformatics at the Université de Montréal. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering technology from Université Aube Nouvelle and a master’s degree in data science from Université NAZI BONI in Burkina Faso. As part of his end-of-master’s degree project, he worked on a system for detecting fraudulent transactions using machine learning. As part of his PhD, he is working under the supervision of Jean Noël Nikiema, assistant professor in the Department of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy at the Université de Montréal’s School of Public Health and a specialist in biomedical terminologies and ontologies. His research focuses on the automated integration of health data via biomedical ontologies for the deployment of machine learning algorithms.
