Lisa Strug, Senior Scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Academic Director of the Data Sciences Institute, is one of nearly 100 researchers from across the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals who created the CGEn HostSeq — Canadian COVID-19 Human Host Genome Sequencing Databank. (Photo courtesy of The Hospital for Sick Children).

In a data-driven day, more than 250 individuals gathered to unveil the stories embedded within the numbers. The Data Sciences Institute’s first annual Data Science Research Day brought together data science enthusiasts from all corners to celebrate the fusion of data, innovation, and collaboration.

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