The BMDS Lab is a multidisciplinary research group dedicated to advancing bioinformatics and biomedical data science through novel artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and computational approaches. Our core research areas include AI for drug design, precision medicine, biomedical image analysis, conversational AI systems, generative models, and multi-objective optimization techniques tailored to complex biological data problems.

We brings together researchers from diverse academic backgrounds, including biology, biotechnology, medical sciences, computer science, mathematics, statistics, and game programming. This diversity fuels interdisciplinary innovation and strengthens our ability to address complex challenges in biomedical research.

Our researchers have published their findings in top venues including IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, PLOS Computational Biology, Briefings in Bioinformatics, Frontiers in Pharmacology, among others. Our lab operates as an innovation hub by fostering collaborations with Brock faculty, external academics, government scientists, and industrial partners to amplify research impact across disciplines.

Our research projects and programs are supported by:

• Canada Research Chairs Program (CRC)
• NSERC Discovery Grant Program
• NRC Artificial Intelligence for Design Challenge Program
• NRC Digital Health and Geospatial Analytics Program
• Canada Foundation for Innovation - John R. Evans Leaders Fund (CFI-JELF)
• Ontario Research Fund - Small Infrastructure Fund (ORF-SIF), among others