Themes: Humans and professions in the future of healthcare and the implications for health professions education
Keynote Speaker: Avi Goldfarb
Avi Goldfarb is the Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, and Professor of Marketing, at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Avi is also Chief Data Scientist at the Creative Destruction Lab, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research lead at the Acceleration Consortium. A former Senior Editor at Marketing Science, his research focuses on the economics of digital technology and artificial intelligence. He has published academic articles in marketing, computing, law, management, medicine, physics, political science, public health, statistics, and economics. He testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on competition and privacy in digital advertising, and before the Canadian House of Commons on the AI and Data Act. A regular speaker at leading universities and companies around the world, his keynotes include the NATO Defense College’s 70th anniversary event, the Lancet Commission on Cancer and Health Systems, the IEEE Aerospace Conference, and the European Commission’s Workshop on the Economics of AI. Avi received his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University. He co-authored the bestselling books Prediction Machines and Power and Prediction, both on the economics of artificial intelligence.
THE RICHARD K. REZNICK WILSON CENTRE RESEARCH DAY | Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
The Richard K. Reznick Wilson Centre Research annual event was established to celebrate the remarkable depth and breadth of scholarship in health professions education underway at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network. Whether in person or virtual, we will continue to highlight our community’s successes and accomplishments. This year, the Wilson Centre Research Day will be in-person with the keynote address available by live-stream for a remote audience.
Keynote Panels
The keynote address will be provided by Dr. Avi Goldfarb, Rotman Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare, and a professor of marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. The keynote will be followed by a panel discussion with members of the Wilson Centre community, exploring the theme of “humans and professions in the future of healthcare” and the implications for health professions education.
We are returning back to in-person presentations for our podium and “lightning talks”. These talks will not be available virtually during or after the conference. Lightning Talks replace traditional poster presentations and provide an opportunity to briefly present work in progress and/or innovations. Lightning Talks and Podium Presentations will be combined into themed sessions and presented in facilitated and moderated sessions. Specific times for these sessions will be announced with the abstract acceptances. This year, we are also introducing a new format: Future Directions. This format is intended for senior researchers to provide an overview of their program of research and visions for exciting future directions for the field. A limited number of presentations (approximately 3 to 4) will be selected for inclusion in this new format.