Vinyas Harish, PhD

I'm an MD/PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health. As a clinician-scientist in-training, I hope to stand at the confluence of knowledge and expertise between the fields of clinical medicine, digital epidemiology, and emergency preparedness. I recently defended my PhD exploring how digital technology can support public health emergency response and promote resilient health systems. My PhD was co-supervised by Dr. Laura Rosella, Canada Research Chair in Population Health Analytics, and Dr. Kamran Khan, infectious diseases physician and founder/CEO of BlueDot (a Toronto-based SaaS/DaaS start-up that helps governments and private enterprises build resilience to emerging infectious diseases). Since August 2023, I've been back on the wards for my core clinical rotations at Unity Health Toronto.

Previously, I was in the Biomedical Computation program in the School of Computing at Queen's University. During my time at Queen's, I conducted translational biomedical engineering research at the Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery under the supervision of Dr. Gabor Fichtinger, Canada Research Chair in Computer-Integrated Surgery. My undergraduate research predominantly focused on designing and testing ultrasound-guided interventions for applications in surgical oncology, cardiology, and teaching clinical trainees procedural skills (e.g. line insertions and injections) within a competency-based framework.

A list of publications can be found on my Google Scholar page.

When I'm not learning how to care for patients or attempting to do some science, you can find me at my local climbing gym, cycling along the lakeshore, taking photos with my DSLR, and enjoying Toronto's unreal food scene.