DASH Event
National Health Datathon 2026
October 2 - October 3, 2026
National Health Datathon 2026
Event Details
DASH is pleased to host the UBC site for local participants along with the UBC Department of Computer Science, UBC MedData Research Society and UBC Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Society.
Led by the University of Toronto's Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM), this national event brings together participants from across Canada to solve real-world healthcare challenges using data science and artificial intelligence.
The T-CAIREM National Health Datathon is a two-day workshop and competition for students, trainees, researchers, and healthcare professionals interested in working with real-world medical data. Participants will contribute to applied health research, create innovative solutions to healthcare challenges, and gain valuable experience working with large health datasets.
Dates and Times
Thursday, October 1 | 3:30PM – 4:30PM PT | Pre-event methods onboarding and IT access (online; recording available) |
Friday, October 2 | 3:30PM – 9:00PM PT | Working sessions |
Saturday, October 3 | 9:00AM – 3:00PM PT | Working sessions, team presentations, and awards |
Who: Students, trainees, researchers, healthcare professionals, and recent graduates from a variety of disciplines, including medicine, computer science, data science, engineering, and related fields.
Where: Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, UBC Vancouver Campus – Room details will be provided closer to the event date.
Cost: $15 CAD. A meal will be provided on Friday and Saturday.
What: Working in interdisciplinary teams of 6 to 8 participants, datathoners will access healthcare datasets through the T-CAIREM Health Data Nexus, including examples such as digital pathology images and electronic health record (EHR) data. Teams will clean, analyze, and interpret health data while developing machine learning and AI-based solutions to real-world healthcare challenges.
Prizes will be awarded to the top UBC team and the top team nationally across all participating sites.
Experience with programming and data analysis in R or Python is an asset; however, all interested participants are encouraged to register. Mentors will be available to ask questions.
Registration
EVENT IS FULL
What Health Data Will Be Used?
Participants will work with datasets available through the T-CAIREM Health Data Nexus.
Learn more about the Health Data Nexus here.
Questions?
Contact UBC DASH at dash.coordinator@ubc.ca
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