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 Student
ELRIC ALLISON
PhD Student
MASON KADEM
Head of AI
HUSEYN ISMAYILOV
MSc Student
MARC CUIZON
MSc Student
MALAK AIAD
Undergraduate Thesis Student
FARZAD BOLOORI
Undergraduate Thesis Student
VANESSA MIZZI
Undergraduate Thesis Student
AYA MOHAMED
Undergraduate Thesis Student
DIANE (DAEUN) KIM
NSERC USRA Student
NEHA SAROYA
Undergraduate Thesis Student
TONY JIAO
Undergraduate Placement Student
ARIANA LADHA
Undergraduate Placement Student
MEIRAH ALKUHALI
Undergraduate Placement Student
ABIGAIL BERUBE
Undergraduate Placement StudentWE ARE HIRING
Please read the following information if you are interested in joining our team.
MORE INFOALUMNI
DR. GEOFF COOMBS
Postdoctoral FellowFAWAZ ALSHAMMARI
MSc GraduateSARAH JOHNSON
Undergraduate Thesis StudentMICHAEL CHEN
NSERC USRA StudentLEILA AHMADI
Undergraduate Placement Student (2022)DAVID THOMPSON
Undergraduate Thesis StudentPUBLICATIONS
PRESS
TEACHING
Supervised Machine Learning for the physiologist
Cardiovascular Physiology of Exercise
Cardiovascular Disease: Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation