Welcome to the McMaster Vascular AI Lab, led by Associate Professor Baraa Al-Khazraji.
OVERVIEW
Our lab investigates the biophysics of the cerebral and peripheral vasculature and its adaptation in health, exercise, disease and spaceflight. We leverage cerebrovascular and cardiovascular hemodynamics, biophysics, image processing, mathematical modeling, AI and multimodality imaging to address important research challenges in vascular health.
The lab maintains a multidisciplinary research environment in which we collaborate with clinicians, engineers, statisticians, neuroscientists, and population health scientists. Our projects range from investigating micro- and macro-vascular network function in peripheral and cerebral vascular beds to developing innovative tools for translating research findings into real-world clinical applications.





TEAM

DR. BARAA AL-KHAZRAJI
Director, Assistant Professor
MICHELLE MEI
PhD Candidate NSERC Doctoral Scholarship
ELRIC ALLISON
PhD Candidate NSERC Doctoral ScholarshipTAHA ABBASI-HASHEMI
PhD Student
VANESSA MIZZI
Master's Student Ontario Graduate ScholarshipMATIN BORHANI
Master's Student Ontario Graduate ScholarshipEMILY LEDGERWOOD
Master's Student MIRA Graduate ScholarshipANOJAN SUTHAHARAN
Master's StudentBAHAR ALASTI
Undergraduate thesis studentSHARAN BANWAIT
Undergraduate thesis studentLILY BAUMAN
Undergraduate thesis studentKARINA BHARGAVA
Undergraduate thesis studentALESSIA FILIPAZZO
Undergraduate thesis studentSIMRAN GILL
Undergraduate thesis studentCARRIE HUANG
Undergraduate thesis studentALYSSIA NARAN
Undergraduate thesis studentSHAZMEEN SHAKEEL
Undergraduate thesis studentMAKYE WILKINSON
Undergraduate thesis studentARSHMAN CHAWLA
Undergraduate practicum studentMARIYAH GOLAWALA
Undergraduate practicum studentSIMONE KOBAYATI
Undergraduate practicum studentMADELINE MOSHER
Undergraduate practicum studentSAFA NULLA
Undergraduate practicum studentDIYA PATEL
Undergraduate practicum studentZOE PIERORAZIO
Undergraduate practicum studentYOUSEF SOLIMAN
Undergraduate practicum studentTIMON AU
VolunteerCAITLYN HORTON
Volunteer
MASON KADEM
Head of AIWE ARE HIRING
Please read the following information if you are interested in joining our team.
MORE INFOALUMNI
DR. GEOFF COOMBS
Postdoctoral FellowHUSEYN ISMAYILOV
Master's studentABIGAIL BERUBE
Undergraduate thesis studentJULIANO ABREU
Undergraduate thesis studentFARZAD BOLOORI
Undergraduate thesis studentNIMASHA DE SILVA
Undergraduate practicuum and thesis studentKATE DUNSMORE
Undergraduate thesis studentHOPE HARNACK
Undergraduate thesis studentMALAK AIAD
Undergraduate thesis studentAYA MOHAMED
Undergraduate thesis studentNOOR NATHEIR
Undergraduate thesis studentTALIA NG
Undergraduate practicuum and thesis studentJULIA PATELLI
Undergraduate thesis studentDRAZEN RAKOVAC
Undergraduate thesis studentNEHA SAROYA
Undergraduate thesis studentMOHANAD ABUZEINAH
Undergraduate practicuum studentMEIRAH ALKUHALI
Undergraduate practicum studentZEYAD ELIAS
Undergraduate practicum studentTONY JIAO
Undergraduate practicum studentDIANE (DAEUN) KIM
NSERC USRAARIANA LADHA
Undergraduate practicum studentADAYAN SALO
Undergraduate practicuum studentPUBLICATIONS
PRESS
TEACHING
GRADUATE
KINESIOL 731 Supervised Machine Learning for the Physiologist
UNDERGRADUATE
KINESIOL 3W03 Cardiovascular Physiology of Exercise
KINESIOL 4B03 Cardiovascular Disease: Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation