Carolyn McGregor, Ph.D. AM Closed Now

Dr. Carolyn McGregor is a globally recognized expert in health informatics and real-time big data analytics, serving as the Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics at Ontario Tech University. Her research has been instrumental in developing advanced health data systems that monitor, analyze, and predict health conditions in high-stakes environments such as neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), space missions, and military operations.

She is the founder of the groundbreaking Artemis Project, a real-time health analytics platform that applies big data and machine learning techniques to continuously monitor the physiological signals of premature newborns in NICUs. By analyzing streams of data from multiple sensors, the Artemis system helps detect early signs of infections, apnea, or other life-threatening conditions—often hours before traditional clinical methods can identify them.

Beyond neonatology, Dr. McGregor has extended Artemis to address extreme environment health monitoring, including collaborations with NASA to study astronaut health during long-duration space missions, and with defense organizations for monitoring soldier resilience and performance. Her work exemplifies how health data systems can transform clinical care, space medicine, and human performance monitoring.

She has published over 200 scientific papers and is frequently invited to speak at international conferences on health informatics, big data, and digital health. Recognized for her leadership, Dr. McGregor was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2014 for her contributions to computer science and health informatics.

Her vision focuses on harnessing real-time data streams, AI, and predictive analytics to enable proactive interventions, improve patient outcomes, and expand human understanding of health in both terrestrial and extraterrestrial contexts