Biography
Dr. Aline Talhouk is an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is principal investigator at OVCARE, where she directs a data science and informatics laboratory.
Dr. Talhouk holds a PhD from UBC and has expertise in computational statistics and machine learning, specifically in the development and implementation of predictive models in women’s health and oncology. Her research leverages statistical computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence to translate -omics discoveries to clinical applications and bring individualized care to ovarian and endometrial cancer patients. Dr. Talhouk has also developed a nationally funded precision prevention program that uses prediction modeling to identify those at high risk for uterine cancer and direct them to risk-reducing interventions, targeted screening and surveillance.
Dr. Talhouk is a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and holds several grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Canadian Cancer Society.
Research Studies
Exploring strategies to identify and reduce the risk of uterine cancer
News and Awards
VCHRI SPARKS 2024 recipients
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Sep 16, 2020Publications
- Cancer -
- Journal of translational medicine -
- Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research -
- Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research -
- British journal of cancer -