Jeff Gilchrist

Biography

Dr. Jeff Gilchrist is a Senior AI Data Scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute collaborating with physicians, researchers, and other teams on the use of machine learning. He completed his PhD in Systems and Computer Engineering and has been an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University since 2013.

Dr. Gilchrist’s research focus is predicting medical outcomes for hospital patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) using artificial intelligence and machine learning by analyzing data from patient vital signs and laboratory test results. Through this work, he has been collaborating with the NICU team at CHEO to design and develop clinical decision support systems and the necessary data collection system to use real-time evidence-based input to provide medical teams and parents with information to assist in the provision of care for babies.